Introduction

JS7 offers JS7 - Calendars for use with JS7 - Schedules:

• Calendars specify the days for which Orders can be created by Schedules to execute Workflows.
• Schedules can further limit the days suggested by a Calendar and specify the time for which Orders are scheduled.

Set up

Add Calendar

Calendars are available from the Configuration->Inventory View in in the respective sub-folders.

• The tree in the left panel offers an action menu to create a calendar.
• The action menu is available from the Calendars object folder.
  
  

When adding a Calendar a popup window asks for the object name:

As a result an empty Calendar object becomes available:

• Calendars are configured for either working days or non-working days:
  • Working day Calendars specify the business days for which orders for workflow execution are scheduled.
  • Non-working day Calendars specify days that are excluded from workflow execution.
  • Both calendar types can be combined with precedence being given to non-working days for any overlapping days.
• Calendars can be limited by a validity period that specifies the begin and end of validity respectively. A Calendar does not calculate days that lie
  • before begin of its validity period,
  • after end of its validity period.
    
    

Add Frequencies

The selection of days in a Calendar is managed by use of Frequencies:

• Any number of Frequencies of the same or different type can be added.
• Similar to a Calendar each Frequency can further limit the validity period. However, a Frequency cannot anticipate or exceed its Calendar's validity.

 Typical Frequencies include for example:

• Weekdays: Monday to Friday, every week,
• Specific Weekdays: every first Friday, every last Monday in month
• Specific Days: days selected from a yearly calendar
• Month Days: 3rd of month, last of month, last-3 of month
• Recurring Days: every 2nd day in every month,
• National Holidays: for a country for the particular year.

When using the Add Frequency button for a Calendar the following popup window offers to select a Frequency:

• Any number of the same or different Frequencies can be added to a Calendar.
• Frequencies are merged to calculate the resulting days of the given Calendar.
  
  

Frequency: Weekdays

This option offers to select the days of week.

Frequency: Specific Weekdays

This option offers to specify a day of week and its occurrence in a month.

Frequency: Specific Days

This option lets users freely select dates from a yearly calendar.

Frequency: Month Days

This option specifies relative days in a month:

• in ascending order from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.
• in descending order from the last, last-1, last-2 etc.