Special event scheduling
The system supports two types of schedules: weekly schedules, which define normal weekly hours of operation and one-off special
events, and calendar schedules, which define recurring special events. The Installation and Maintenance Guide provides a procedure for creating weekly schedules. This chapter covers the scheduling of special events.
Weekly schedules
A weekly schedule defines normal working days. Two types of special events configure exceptions to the normal weekly schedule:
- One-time only events, such as three hours off to view a solar eclipse, apply to individual weekly schedules only.
- Recurring special events, such as Christmas Day or Martin Luther King Day, reside on a calendar schedule. Weekly schedules reference calendar schedules. Since special events on a calendar schedule apply to any weekly schedule that references the calendar schedule, you can globally change the days of recurring special events in all weekly schedules by editing the calendar schedule.
Figure 15. Weekly scheduler view
The scheduling interface uses a simple calendar view. The screen capture is an example of a schedule used to configure access rights for a daily shift.
All special events on a weekly schedule take priority over regular weekly events. Among special events, you define relative priorities by the order of listing in the Special Events table, as follows:
- Highest priority is at top of list. These special events, when active, always occur.
- Lowest priority is at bottom of list. These special events occur only if not overlapped by other special events that are active during the same period.
Special events
The system provides multiple ways to define a special event:
- By specific date (
Dateoption) - Based on when the special event begins and ends (
Date Rangeoption) - By defining a movable date based on the day of the week, the week within any month, and the month in the year (
Week and Dayoption) - By a combination of day within the month, month within the year, day of the week, week of the month and year (
Customoption) - By referencing a Calendar Schedule, which defines a recurring event.