Calendar Events

Calendar Events are sets of rules that result in selecting certain days in the Calendars to which they are assigned. You create a Calendar Event from within a Calendar object. This Calendar Event is then available for reuse when you create more Calendars. The following types of Calendar Events are available:

  • Non-Recurring
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Yearly
  • Group
  • Offset

A Calendar Event can be assigned to as many Calendars as you need. There is also no restriction as to how many Calendar Events can be assigned to a Calendar.

As an administrator user, you define and maintain company-wide Calendar Events.  As a developer and object designer, you assign Calendar Events to executable objects and tasks to apply Calendar conditions to their executions.

Tips:

  • The combo boxes for selecting Calendar Events can contain many entries. Hover your mouse over an entry to display a tooltip with information that helps you identify the Calendar Event. The tooltip shows the name and the title of the Calendar in which it is included.
  • You can share filtered lists of Calendar Events with other users. You can also bookmark the filtered list to be able to access it quickly next time.

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Best Practices

Easier Maintenance of Calendar Events

Reduce maintenance efforts by creating dynamic Calendar Events rather than Non-Recurring ones. Non-Recurring Calendar Events are easy to create but must be maintained manually. Calendar Events that are based on calculation logic or algorithms need no further maintenance.

Flexible Search for Calendar Events

Large installations probably need multiple Calendars and Calendar Events to manage start dates across regions and time zones. Flexible search capabilities help you find dates or tasks that are affected by Calendar Events.

For more information, see Searching for Calendar Events.

Defining Calendar Events

You define Calendar Events from within Calendars.

  1. In the Process Assembly perspective, click Add Object and select Calendar.

  2. On the Calendar page, the days of the year that lie in the past are dimmed. The difference in color is a mere visual help. Any Calendar Event that you define here also affects past dates.
  3. Select the Add Event button.

  4. From the drop-down list, select the type of Calendar Event that you want to define. For more information about how to set up each type see:

  5. Select Apply & Close to add the event to the Calendar.

    A button with the name of the Calendar Event is now displayed in the Calendar Events pane.

  6. Select Save.

Maintaining Calendar Events

You maintain Calendar Events from within the Calendars in which they are defined. 

  1. Open the Calendar.

    Note: You can open Calendars from within the list displayed by Using AWI Combo Boxes that serve to select objects. Many important Calendars are probably stored in Client 0 because they apply system-wide. You can also open those Calendars. They are in read-only mode.

  2. The events that are contained in this Calendar are visible on the Calendar Events pane in the form of buttons. Right-click a Calendar Event to display the functions that are available to it.

Important!

  • When renaming or copying Calendar Events, their names must be unique within a Calendar
  • If you have opened the Calendar from within a combo box and the Calendar is stored in Client 0, it is in read-only mode. If you right-click it , fewer functions are provided as for Calendars stored in the current Client

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