Household cleaning appliance with a dispensing system operable between a single use dispensing system and a bulk dispensing system

In a household cleaning appliance configured to execute a cleaning cycle on an article, having a non-bulk dispensing system having a dispensing chamber fluidly coupled to a treating chamber, wherein the dispensing chamber stores a single dose of treating chemistry that the dispensing system dispenses to the treating chamber in total as part of the execution of the cleaning cycle, the method comprising:

• adding bulk dispensing functionality to the non-bulk dispensing system by inserting a bulk dispensing cartridge configured to contain multiple doses of treating chemistry into the dispensing chamber.