Creating an XBOUND calendar
You can set up one or more calendars that specify when work is being done in XBOUND. For example, a calendar could specify national holidays. It could also define different working hours for different days of the week.
These calendars can be used in the SLA Reporting activity, for example.
Use this procedure
Using the XBOUND Management Center, open a console containing the Process Designer.
Select > .
Click (
). The dialog is displayed.Specify a name and/or description for the calendar and click .
Click (
). A calendar grid is displayed on the right.To specify a work day, click in the calendar and drag downward to specify the work time.
You can click each specified work day to adjust the times. You can also define multiple times for each work day. The entries do not need to contain any text or label.
To copy specified work times to other days, hold while dragging the selected time(s) to a later day.
Click (
).Using similar methods as those described above, specify exceptions to the work days that you defined.
You can also click at the top of a day to define an entire day as a holiday. Then specify work hours during that day, if applicable. Example:
On Christmas Eve, work ends at 12:00. The rest of the day is free.
In the left pane, select December 24.
In the right pane, click in the area at the top of that day and type "Christmas Eve".
Still in , click the beginning of your shortened work time for that day and drag down to the end of the work time (for example 8:00 – 12:00). This abbreviated work time is the exception.
In the left pane, you can press and select multiple days. Use to select consecutive days. A maximum of 14 days can be selected at once.
You can also import a calendar (an ICS file) that specifies holidays for your country or area. Such calendars are often available on the Internet. To import a calendar, click (
) and navigate to the ICS file.
All changes are saved in XBOUND immediately.
Notes
Where they conflict, holidays and exceptions take precedence over work days.
XBOUND calendars are valid for one calendar year. For each subsequent year you must define new calendars.
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