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Calendar

Calendars are used to handle execution dates and times of objects. You can specify on which days particular tasks should start.

These criteria are also referred to as calendar conditions (such as a workflow which should only run on Saturdays).

Object class: Active object
Object type (short name): CALE

A calendar assistant is available which can be used to summarize particular days in calendar keywords (e.g. the first workday of a month). There is no limit on the number of calendar keywords used in a calendar.

Calendar keywords can be used in the following objects:

Object Type	Description
Notification	Messages can be sent to individual users or user groups depending on calendar keywords
Event	Calendar conditions can be used to determine the point in time for an event to be executed
Workflow and Schedule	Calendar conditions can be specified in tasks

Calendar objects do not require specification of a validity period (e.g. 2005-2007) because keywords are based on particular days or dates regardless of the year. Days are calculated with the keys "NOW_MINUS" and "NOW_PLUS" which are specified by the administrator in the AE UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS. By default, days are calculated 1 year back and 2 years ahead.

Calendar keywords of type "Static" are an exception. They require a validity period to be specified and must therefore be maintained.

Holiday calendars are available in the system client 0000 which can be used in the objects of all clients.

There is a peculiarity when duplicating calendars. It is explained in the example shown below:

Calendar A has a group and a roll calendar keyword both of which refer to one of the calendar's keywords.
Calendar A is duplicated, the copy is named B.
The group and roll calendar keywords of calendar B, however, do not refer to the calendar keyword in B but to the one in calendar A

Please follow the recommendations given for transporting, importing and exporting Calendar objects.