You can define and name up to 14 unique categories to describe
special Calendar dates, such as holiday, payday, quarter, etc. Each
name may be specified as many times as required to identify the special
day. (For example, in the distributed US Calendar, there are 8 days
predefined as HOLIDAY.)
Select the Dates tab
on the Calendar Editor to:
- Define Calendar dates that have significant meaning
at your site, for example, holiday, workday, payday or other.
- Specify the exact day, number of offset days, and
duration of each Calendar date.
- Indicate how to resolve differences when an aged
date or scheduled process request occurs on the defined Calendar date.
- Specify how often each Calendar date can reoccur
during the year.
Grid Details
- Name
- A category to which the Calendar date applies (1
to 8 characters).
- You can specify up to 14 unique names.
- You can use the same name, with different characteristics,
any number of times.
- Description
- Text to describe or explain the Calendar date (up
to 40 characters).
- Date/Day
- A name to identify the day for the Calendar date.
Click the down arrow to select from a list of the following:
- Day of the week
- Easter
- Workday
- Day of the Month
- Date/Which
- The frequency of the Date/Day you enter.
To select from a list of valid entries, click to display a down arrow,
then click the down arrow. For example:
- If you enter Date/Day:
- Specify:
- Day of the week
- Every Week, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, or Last
Week
- Workday
- Every, an explicit day by number 1 through 25, or
Last
- Day of the Month
- Every, an explicit day by number 1 through 31, or
Last
- Easter
- No entry required.
Note: - Every indicates every instance of the specific day, for recurring
dates.
- Last indicates the last instance of the specific day.
- Workday indicates any day not specifically defined as a Weekend
or Holiday.
- Easter calculates the specific day based on Easter Sunday, using
a plus (+) or minus (-) offset
.
- Date/Offset
- The number of days (1 to 366) to adjust the Calendar
date. Use a minus (-) sign to decrement the date, or a plus (+) sign
to increment the date.
Note: The Date/Offset value entered must not
cause the adjusted date to occur in a different year. The value you
specify must be less than or equal to the number of days remaining
in the year (if incremental), or the number of days since the beginning
of the year (if decremented).
- Date/Duration
- The duration of the Calendar date, in number of
days (1 to 366).
Note: The Date/Duration value entered must not cause
any portion of the Calendar date to occur in a different year. The
value you specify must be less than or equal to the number of days
remaining in the year (if incremental), or the number of days since
the beginning of the year (if decremented).
Scroll the grid horizontally to the
right to display the following details:

- Absorb Contig
- Select this check box to include Monday when the
specified Calendar date occurs on a Tuesday, or to include Friday
when the specified Calendar date occurs on a Thursday. The check box
is cleared by default.
- Resolve Weekend/Holiday
- The adjustment parameter to use when the Calendar
date occurs on a weekend or holiday. Specify None if no adjustment
is required. Click the down arrow to select from the following list:
- None
- Closest Workday
- Previous Workday
- Next Workday
- Start/Month
- The month to start using the Reoccurs (frequency)
settings for the Calendar date.
- Start/Year
- The year to start using the Reoccurs (frequency)
settings for the Calendar date.
- Reoccurs/Type
- The frequency of the Calendar date. (For example,
payday may occur every two weeks, regardless of the date.) Click the
down arrow to select from a list, where n is the number for
each unit of time. “(None)” indicates the Calendar date does not reoccur.
- Reoccurs/ Value
- The number for the nth unit of time specified
in the Type of frequency. You can specify a value only when Type is
not “(None)”.
- Reoccurs/ Ending Date
- The date that the frequency specifications are to
be discontinued. You can specify a value only when Type is not “(None)”.
The default ending date is 12/31/3999.
For a list of sample Calendar dates
provided with Optim™, see Sample Calendar Dates.