Configuring Calendars

Owned by Hua Soon SIM [Akeles]
Last updated: Mar 04, 2016 by TZR
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Calendars are used to determine the working day and hours. For more info, please refer to detailed introduction on Calendars.

Accessing Calendar Manager

  1. Navigate to Calendar Manager using either of the following ways

    1. Choose  > Issues. Select Calendar Manager under the Traffic Light Configuration section
    2. Use Keyboard shortcut: g + g and start typing calendar manager

  2. The page will list all the calendars defined

Adding a new calendar

The 2 types of calendars have similar steps

Country CalendarOrganization Calendar
The Country Calendar can be added by 
  1. Clicking on the + Add Country Calendar button
  2. Typing the name of the Country Calendar (e.g. Singapore Public Holidays)
  3. Clicking on the Add Country Calendar button
  4. It will go directly to the Calendar configuration page
The Country Calendar can be added by 
  1. Clicking on the + Add Organisation Calendar button
  2. Typing the name of the Organisation Calendar (e.g. Akeles Calendar)
  3. Clicking on the Add Organisation Calendar button
  4. It will go directly to the Calendar configuration page

Configuring a country calendar

  1. Select the non working days of the week
  2. Select the Work Start time and Work End time from the dropdown list
  3. Click on Save Calendar button to save the changes
  4. Refer to Adding/Editing a holiday section below on how to add holidays or events to the calendar

Configuring an Organisation calendar

For Organisation Calendar, there is an extra option to select the Country Calendar.
If a Country Calendar is selected, the list of holidays from the selected Country Calendar will also be included as the non working days

The Country Calendar is an independent Calendar whereas the Organisation Calendar can either be independent or linked to a Country Calendar.

  1. When there is any changes made to a Country Calendar, it will also affect all the Organisation Calendars linked to it.
  2. Changes made to the Organisation Calendar will not affect the Country Calendar

Working with holidays

A holiday is an exception to the normal working period and the day should not considered as a working day. It could be a public holiday, an off day or even a corporate event such as Dinner and Dance.

To add a holiday:
  1. Type in the holiday/event name
  2. Fill in the Date of the holiday/event in dd/mm/yy format
     
  3. Click on the Add button to save the holiday
  4. The holiday/event is updated in the list


To edit a holiday:
  1. Mouse over the Holiday/Event Name or the Date entry
  2. A pencil icon will appear
     
  3. Click on the text field and it will switch to edit mode
  4. Make the change
  5. Click on the Update button to save the changes
     
To delete a holiday:
  1. Click on the Delete button for the Holiday/Event

To return to the calendar configuration

  1. Click on the Back to Configure Calendar button near the top right