Schedule product updates
Product updates can be applied on schedule and grouped with other content changes. You can use content staging to create a campaign based on scheduled changes to the product, or apply the changes to an existing campaign.
When configuring schedules for product updates and editing campaigns, keep the following in mind:
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All scheduled updates are applied consecutively, which means that any entity can have only one scheduled update at one time. Any scheduled update is applied to all store views within its time frame. As a result, an entity cannot have different scheduled updates for different store views at the same time. All entity attribute values within all store views, which are not affected by the current scheduled update, are taken from the default values, and not from the previous scheduled update.
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A staging preview for a scheduled update always starts from the default store view, which emulates the customer’s experience of navigating through the staging update campaign.
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If a campaign is linked to more than one product, the campaign can be edited only from the Content Staging Dashboard.
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If an active campaign is initially created without an end date, the campaign cannot be edited later to include an end date. In such a case, it is necessary to create a duplicate campaign and enter the end date that is needed.
Create a scheduled update
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On the Admin sidebar, go to Catalog > Products.
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Select an existing product and click Edit.
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Click Schedule New Update.
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Select Save as a New Update.
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For Update Name, enter a name for the new content staging campaign.
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Enter a brief Description of the update and how it is to be used.
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Use the Calendar (
note note NOTE Campaign Start Date and End Date must be defined by using the default Admin time zone, which is converted from the local time zone for each website. For example, with multiple websites in different time zones where you want to start a campaign based on a US time zone, you must schedule a separate update for each local time zone. Set Start Date and End Date for each, and it is converted from the local website time zone to default Admin time zone. 
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Scroll down to Price and click Advanced Pricing.
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Enter a Special Price for the product during the scheduled campaign and click Done.
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When complete, click Save.
Assign to existing update
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On the Admin sidebar, go to Catalog > Products.
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Select an existing product and click Edit.
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Click Schedule New Update.
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Select Assign to Existing Campaign.
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In the list, select the campaign to be modified.
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Expand
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When complete, click Save.
View the scheduled change
The scheduled change appears at the top of the product page, with the start and end dates of the campaign.
Edit the scheduled change
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In the Scheduled Changes box at the top of the page, click View/Edit.
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Make any changes necessary to the scheduled update.
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Click Save.
Remove the scheduled change
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In the Scheduled Changes box at the top of the page, click View/Edit.
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On the top bar, click Remove from Update.
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In the dialog, select Delete the Update and click Done.
The product is removed from the update and all scheduled changes are lost.
Schedule a design update
The Schedule Design Update section gives you the ability to make temporary changes to the appearance of the product page. You can schedule design changes for a season, promotion, or just to make things fresh. Design changes can be scheduled in advance, so they go into effect, or drip, on your defined schedule.
No layout updates - By default, layout updates are not available for the product page.
Empty - Allows you to define your own layout, such as a 4-column page. (Requires an understanding of XML.)
1 column - Applies a one-column layout to the product page.
2 columns with left bar - Applies a two-column layout with a left sidebar to the product page.
2 columns with right bar - Applies a two-column layout with a right sidebar to the product page.
3 columns - Applies a three-column layout to the product page.