Defining Calendars

Calendars are used to schedule jobs and process flows to run or not run. A calendar specifies a list of dates such as holidays, end of month processing dates, and end of fiscal quarter processing dates.

Sometimes there are days when information is handled in special ways. In Applications Manager, you can specify days by creating calendars. You can schedule jobs and process flows to run or not run on the days specified by a calendar. Calendars are useful for specifying a set of dates such as holidays, end of month processing dates, and end of fiscal quarter processing dates.

Applications Manager user groups control access to calendars. If you do not have access to them, see your Applications Manager administrator.

Procedure

To define a calendar:

1. From the Calendars Selector window, click New.

Applications Manager opens the Calendars window shown above.

For information on using selector windows, see Adding, Editing, and Deleting Applications Manager Objects.

2. Enter a name and description for the calendar.
3. Do one or both of the following to add dates to your calendar. These could be run or skip dates, depending on the use of your calendar:
   • Click dates on the calendar to select or deselect them. Use the arrow buttons to scroll by month and the double arrow buttons to scroll by six month increments.
   • Select the Date Builder tab to generate a list of days to add to or remove from the calendar. For instructions on using the Date Builder tab, see Generating Calendar Days from the Date Builder Tab.

Editing and Deleting Calendars

To edit or delete a calendar, select the calendar on the Calendars Selector window and select the appropriate button. For information on using selector windows, see Adding, Editing, and Deleting Applications Manager Objects.

If you edit a calendar that is assigned to one or more jobs or process flows, Applications Manager will display a Calendar Usage window to show you these references when you click OK or Apply. You can view references for a calendar by selecting the calendar's References tab, or by clicking the Usage button on the calendar's selector window.

Purging Past Calendar Dates

After selected days in calendars have passed, you may not need Applications Manager to store them in the database any longer. You can remove dates that have passed from all Applications Manager calendars by running the PURGE_CAL_DATES job. The PURGE_CAL_DATES job includes one prompt where you specify a date before which to delete all days. The prompt value uses the format DD-MMM-YY. Its default prompt value is determined by the #beginning_of_year substitution variable.