QRG Creating and Maintaining Public Holiday Calendars

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Purpose

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Steps

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Create a Public Holiday Calendar

1. Click on the App Launcher icon (see Figure 1).

2. Go to the Calendars object by using the Search function (see Figure 2).

3. Click on the New button (see Figure 3).

4. Choose the record type of Public Holiday (see Figure 4).
5. Click Next.

6. Populate the following required fields to provide the base details of the Public Holiday Calendar record (see Figure 5):
   1. Name
   2. Start Date
7. Populate the following optional fields as needed:
   1. To make this Calendar active for a limited time, populate the End Date field.
   2. To prevent the Status of the Public Holiday Calendar from being automatically updated by the automatic status update scheduled job, tick the Exclude From Auto Update checkbox.
8. Click on the Save button.

9. A new Public Holiday Calendar record has been created (see Figure 6).

10. To modify an existing Public Holiday Calendar record, open the required record and select the Edit button available on the top right side of the page. You can also double click in any of the fields that need editing, or just click on the pencil icon that appears within fields when you move your cursor over the field.
11. When complete, click on the Save button.

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Create Public Holiday Calendar Periods

1. Scroll down to the Periods panel on the Public Holiday Calendar record and click on the New button (see Figure 7).

2. Choose the record type of Public Holiday (see Figure 8).
3. Click Next.

4. Populate the following required fields to provide the base details of the Public Holiday Calendar Period record (see Figure 9):
   1. Name
   2. Start Date
   3. End Date
   4. Start Time
   5. End Time
5. Click on the Save button.

6. A new Public Holiday Calendar Period record has been created (see Figure 10).

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Field Descriptions

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Further Information