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Calendars

Calendars define all of the timelines, events, and regularly occurring events in your process model, schedules for activities, resources, and generators.

Days display in green to show active time, gray to show inactive time, and red on composite schedules only to show inactive time as designated by another schedule.

You cannot delete days and hours that are in use by a schedule. Before deleting them, you must remove them from all schedules.

The following procedures use the Define Schedule dialog box. On the Model menu, choose Schedule, or click the tool on the Model toolbar. In the Define Schedule dialog box, you can click one of the Define buttons to modify the days, hours, or time span.

Event - A periodic occurrence within your model when something happens, or controls when snapshots occur.
Day - A span of days within a schedule, such as Weekdays.
Hour - A span of hours within a day, such as Standard Hours.

Task	Procedure
Define days	In the Define Schedule dialog box, click a schedule in the existing Schedules list. Click the Define button next to the Days list. In the Define Days dialog box, click the Add button. In the Add New Day dialog box, type a name and click OK. In the Define Days dialog box, select the day type and period.
Delete days	In the Define Schedule dialog box, select a schedule and click the Define button next to the Days list. Select an item in the Existing Days list and click the Delete button.
Define hours	In the Define Schedule dialog box, select a schedule in the Existing Schedules list. Click the Define button next to the Hours list. In the Define Hours dialog box, click the Add button. In the Add New Hour dialog box, enter a name and click OK. In the Define Hours dialog box, select a time span. Redefine start and end times as needed.
Delete hours	In the Define Schedule dialog box, select a schedule and click the Define button next to the Hours list. Select an item in the Existing Hours list and click the Delete button.
Insert a time span	In the Define Schedule dialog box, select a schedule in the Existing Schedules list. Click the Define button next to the Hours list. In the Define Hours dialog box, select an item in the Existing Hours list. Click a time span in the Time Spans list, click the Insert button, and reset the time span as needed.
Remove a time span	In the Define Schedule dialog box, select a schedule and click the Define button next to the Hours list. Select an item in the Existing Hours list, then select a time span and click the Remove button.
Define a schedule	In the Define Schedule dialog box, click the Add button below the Existing Schedules list. In the Add New Schedule dialog box, enter a schedule name with no spaces and click OK.
Create a composite schedule	In the Define Schedule dialog box, click the Add button to create a new schedule, then click the Composite button and add schedules, days or hours using the Insert Days/Hours button or the Insert Schedule button.