Use Business Calendar Manager to view
all the timetables for your business application. If security is enabled,
you can view and modify information about timetables for which you
have the proper security role.
The Business Calendar Manager interacts with Security
Manager, where the owner, writer and reader security roles
are assigned.
In Business Calendar Manager,
you can perform the following actions:
- View timetables (if you have the owner, writer, or reader security
role).
- View time intervals for the timetables (if you have the owner,
writer, or reader security role).
- Create, modify, and delete time intervals for the timetables (if
you have the owner or writer security role).
- View references to other timetables (if you have the owner, writer,
or reader security role).
A timetable is a schedule of times that indicates availability
(such as Monday to Friday). For example, an organization can define
its business days and holidays in a timetable that includes the following
criteria: working hours of 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday,
with New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day as holidays.
All Timetables
This table
displays all timetables for which you have the owner, writer, or reader
security role. If you are an owner, you can grant others permission
to edit or view your timetables, by assigning them to the writer or
reader role using Security Manager.
This
table includes the following information about timetables :
- Name.
- Target namespace.
- Module information.
Timetable
Each timetable
includes the following information:
- Name.
- Target namespace.
- Module information.
- Time intervals, a table that lists the start time, subject, and
information about repetitions of time intervals, such as working hours
or holidays.
- References, a table that lists included and excluded timetables,
with the name, target namespace, module information, and type of relationship
(if the timetable has references to other timetables).
Time Interval
Each time
interval includes the following information:
- Subject.
- Available time. Select this check box if
the time interval designates available time, or clear it if the time
interval designates unavailable time.
- Description.
- When. Select the date and type the time
for the start of the time interval.
- All day. Select this check box to have
the time interval take up the entire 24 hours.
- Recurrence. Select either Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, By
Hour, By Minute, By
Second, or Does Not Repeat.
- Every. If you selected one of the repeating
values for Recurrence, this field is available.
Select a number, for example, 2, for every two weeks.
- Repeat on. If you selected Weekly for Recurrence,
this field is available. Select the check boxes for the days of the
week.
- Repeat on the. If you selected Monthly or Yearly for Recurrence,
this field is available.
If you selected
Monthly,
do one of the following:
- Select day(s) of the month and type the
dates for the repeating time interval, separated by commas (for example: 1,15,30).
- Select of the month and select a either First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Last or Every,
and select a day of the week for the repeating time interval.
If you selected
Yearly, select
check boxes for the months of the year for the repeating time interval
and do one of the following:
- Select day(s) of the month and type the
dates for the repeating time interval, separated by commas (for example: 1,15,30).
- Select of the month and select a either First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Last or Every,
and select a day of the week for the repeating time interval.
- Repeat. If you selected one of the repeating
values for Recurrence, this field is available.
Do one of the following:
- Select Forever if you want the repetition
to continue for the life of the application.
- Select For and type a number if you want
the time interval to repeat for a set number of times.
- Select Until, and type an end date if you
want the time interval to end on a specific day.
- Timetable. Specifies the name of the timetable.
This field is read-only.
- Save. Click this button to save your changes
to the time interval.
- Reset. When you are modifying a time interval,
click this button return to the previous state.
- Cancel. When you creating an event, click
this button to stop without saving your changes and return to the
timetable.
Opening timetables
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to view
a timetable:
- Under All Timetables, double-click the
table row.
- In the timetable that appears, you can view timetable information,
and if you have the owner or writer security role, you can edit the
timetable information.
Opening time intervals
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to view
a time interval:
- Open a timetable.
- In the Time intervals table, double-click
a time interval.
- In the time interval that opens, you can view the time interval
details, and if you have the owner or writer security role, you can
edit the time interval.
Creating time intervals
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to create
a time interval:
- Open a timetable.
- Below the Time intervals table, click
the Create Time Interval button.
- Under Create Time Interval, define the
details of the new time interval.
- Make sure to select the Available time check
box if are designating available time, such as working hours. Clear
the Available time check box if you are designating
unavailable time, such as holidays.
- Click Save.
Modifying time intervals
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to modify
a time interval:
- Open a timetable.
- In the Time intervals table, double-click
the time interval.
- In the time interval that opens, modify the details of the time
interval.
- Click Save.
Deleting time intervals
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to delete
a time interval:
- Open a timetable.
- In the Time intervals table, select a time
interval.
- Click Delete Time Interval.
Opening referenced timetables
In Business
Calendar Manager, complete the following steps to view
a referenced timetable:
- Open a timetable.
- In the References table, double-click the
row for a referenced timetable.
- In the timetable that opens, you can view the timetable details,
and if you have the owner or writer security role, you can edit the
timetable information.