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Modelling business calendars using examples

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Business calendars can be created or modelled using examples provided in the business calendar editor.

About this task

The editor provides a comprehensive list of examples for common business calendar specifications for the facilitation of modelling your own business calendars. For example, to create a business calendar using an example provided for regular working days including weekends, but unavailable during the lunch period, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. Click Add Interval or Add Exception. A list of examples are displayed.
  2. Select the example to use to create your new business calendar.
  3. From here you can edit the example to meet your own requirements. For example, instead of a working day of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., you may have the requirement of a 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. workday. To make this change, edit the First occurrence fields.
  4. Set the repetition to indicate when and how often you would like the business calendar to run. You can select the time interval preferences from the Schedule, First occurrence, Repeat daily, and Repeat forever options.
  5. To add the unavailability period, click Add Exception . For example, to schedule an unavailability period for a daily lunch hour, select Lunch 12 to 1, every day from the list of examples.
  6. In the Details for the Selected Exception, edit the First occurrence and repetitions fields as needed. You should now see the exception listed in the calendar details.
  7. Save the business calendar. Note that it is now available in the business integration view under the Business Logic container.

What to do next

To see a schedule representation of the business calendar, click Schedule Overview. The schedule will open in the Properties tab. From here you can view the schedule on a monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly basis. If you see a blank schedule or a Flash information graphic, it is because the schedule won't display if Flash isn't installed. Flash is end of life. For more information, see the Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page External link opens a new window or tab.

To go to the general details for a selected time interval, click General Details in the toolbar. From here you can see the calendar name and namespace. To edit the details in the general details view, you must use refactoring.