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Custom Days | Custom Days are global custom days; they can be assigned to any Calendar. You create a Custom Day via the Custom Days page, which is accessed via the Automation Center navigation pane. |
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Local Custom Days | Local Custom Days are assigned automatically only to the Calendar for which they were created. You create a Local Custom Day via the Local Custom Days tab in a Calendar Details. |
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The Custom Day Global Permitted Universal Controller system property must be set to true (the default) in order for you to create global Custom Days. If Custom Days already exist on the Controller, you cannot set the property to false. |
Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Other > Custom Days. The Custom Days list displays. |
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Step 2 | Enter / select Details for a new Custom Day, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 3 | Click a Save button. The Custom Day is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Details are enabled. |
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Details | This section contains detailed information about the Custom Day. | ||||||||||||
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Version | System-supplied; version number of the current record, which is incremented by the system every time a user updates a record. Click the Creating Custom Days#Versions Versions tab to view previous versions. For details, see Record Versioning. | ||||||||||||
Description |
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Date (yyyy-mm-dd) | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Single Date; specific date for this Custom Day (selected from the drop-down lists or the Calendar tool). | ||||||||||||
Dates | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = List of Dates; multiple specific dates for this Custom Day.
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| If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date; Occurrence of this day in the month. Options: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Last, Last Day, Last Business Day, Every, Nth. Example: The 4th Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Nth Amount | If Creating Custom Days#Category Category = Day, Business Day, or Holiday and Creating Custom Days#When When = Nth; Value of N. | ||||||||||||
Nth Type | If Creating Custom Days#When When = Nth; Type of Nth Day. Default is Day.
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Day Of Week | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date and Creating Custom Days#When When is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Last, or Every; Day of the week. Example: The 4th Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Month | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date or Absolute Repeating Date; Month of the year, or All. Example: The fourth Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Day | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Absolute Repeating Date; Day of the month (1 through 31). Example: December 25. | ||||||||||||
| If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date; Allows you to adjust the Relative Repeating Date by a less or plus number of Days or Business Days. Default is - - None - -.
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| If Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment = Less or Plus; Allows you to specify the number of Days or Business Days to adjust the Relative Repeating Date. Maximum is 366. Default is 1. | ||||||||||||
| If Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment = Less or Plus; Allows you to specify the type of day by which to adjust the Relative Repeating Date.
Default is Day.
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| If Creating Custom Days#Category Category = Holiday and Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date or Absolute Repeating Date; Allows you to specify the actual day of the week on which the holiday occurs and a day of the week on which you want the holiday observed. | ||||||||||||
Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Custom Day Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||||||||
Save | Saves a new task record in the Controller database. | ||||||||||||
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. | ||||||||||||
Save & View | Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record. | ||||||||||||
New | Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record. | ||||||||||||
Update |
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Delete |
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Refresh | Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details. | ||||||||||||
Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this task. | ||||||||||||
Tabs | This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Custom Day Details that provide access to additional information about the task instance. | ||||||||||||
Calendars |
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Step 1 | Open a Calendar for which you want to create a Local Custom Day. |
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Step 2 | Click the Local Custom Days tab to display a list of existing Local Custom Days for that Calendar. |
Step 3 | Click the New button to display Local Custom Day Details for a new Local Custom Day. |
Step 4 | Enter / select Details for a new Custom Day, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 5 | Click a Save button. The Custom Day is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Details are enabled. |
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Field Name | Description | ||||||||||||
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Details | This section contains detailed information about the Custom Day. | ||||||||||||
Name |
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Calendar | Read only; Calendar for which this Local Custom Day was created.
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Description |
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Date (yyyy-mm-dd) | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Single Date; specific date for this Custom Day (selected from the drop-down lists or the Calendar tool). | ||||||||||||
Dates | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = List of Dates; multiple specific dates for this Custom Day.
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When | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date; Occurrence of this day in the month. Options: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Last, Last Day, Last Business Day, Every. Example: The 4th Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Nth Amount | If Creating Custom Days#Category Category = Day, Business Day, or Holiday and Creating Custom Days#When When = Nth; Value of N. | ||||||||||||
Nth Type | If Creating Custom Days#When When = Nth; Type of Nth Day. Default is Day. | ||||||||||||
Day Of Week | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date; Day of the week. Example: The 4th Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Month | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date or Absolute Repeating Date; Month of the year, or All. Example: The fourth Thursday of November. | ||||||||||||
Day | If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Absolute Repeating Date; Day of the month (1 through 31). Example: December 25. | ||||||||||||
| If Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date; Allows you to adjust the Relative Repeating Date by a less or plus number of Days or Business Days. Default is - - None - -.
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| If Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment = Less or Plus; Allows you to specify the number of Days or Business Days to adjust the Relative Repeating Date. Maximum is 366. Default is 1. | ||||||||||||
| If Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment = Less or Plus; Allows you to specify the type of day by which to adjust the Relative Repeating Date. Default is Day.
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| If Creating Custom Days#Category Category = Holiday and Creating Custom Days#Type Type = Relative Repeating Date or Absolute Repeating Date; Allows you to specify the actual day of the week on which the holiday occurs and a day of the week on which you want the holiday observed. | ||||||||||||
Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Custom Day Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||||||||
Save | Saves a new task record in the Controller database. | ||||||||||||
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. | ||||||||||||
Save & View | Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record. | ||||||||||||
New | Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record. | ||||||||||||
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Delete |
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Refresh | Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details. | ||||||||||||
Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this task. | ||||||||||||
Tabs | This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Custom Day Details that provide access to additional information about the task instance. | ||||||||||||
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Since Business Days are defined by a Calendar and its Custom Days (if the Exclude Holidays For Business Days Universal Controller system property is set to true), specifying a Business Day Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment Type requires that the Custom Day belong to at least one Calendar in order to generate a list of qualifying dates. The following error message will display if you try to generate a list of qualifying dates before adding the Custom Day to a Calendar:
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Step 1 | Click the Creating Custom Days#List List Qualifying Dates button in the Custom Day Details. | |||||
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Step 2 | If the Custom Day does not specify a Business Day Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment Type, a list of Qualifying Dates for the Custom Day displays. | |||||
Step 3 | If the Custom Day specifies a Business Day Creating Custom Days#Adjustment Adjustment Type, the List Qualifying Dates Input dialog displays when you click the Creating Custom Days#List List Qualifying Dates button.
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Step 1 | Click the Creating Custom Days#List List Qualifying Period button in the Custom Day Details. |
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Step 2 | A list of Qualifying Periods for the Custom Day displays. |
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There are two ways to assign a Custom Day to a Calendar from Custom Day Details:
- Creating Custom Days#Assign Assign a Custom Day to an Existing Calendar
- Creating Custom Days#Create Create a Calendar and Assign the Custom Day to It
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