Managing Calendars
Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer
What Is It?
The Calendars editor defines and maintains OpCon Calendars. It contains a list of existing calendars with a date list indicating the month and day(s) involved, and a table showing the schedules, jobs, and frequencies using each calendar. For conceptual information, refer to Calendars in the Concepts online help.
Calendars Toolbar
The Calendars editor has a toolbar for managing calendars. Select any icon on the toolbar below to learn more about its functionality.
Related Topics
- Adding Holidays or Non-Working Days to Calendars
- Applying Master Calendars to Schedules
- Creating User-defined Calendars
- Using User-defined Calendars as Additional Holiday Calendars
- Using User-defined Calendars as Annual Plan Calendars
- Using User-defined Calendars as Negative Annual Plan Calendars
- Viewing Additional Calendar Information
- Copying Calendars
- Deleting Un-used User-defined Calendars
- Deleting Old Dates
FAQs
Q: What does managing calendars involve?
Managing calendars includes Calendars Toolbar. Access calendars through the Enterprise Manager navigation pane.
Q: Who can manage calendars in OpCon?
Users with the appropriate privileges assigned through their role can manage calendars. Contact your OpCon system administrator if you do not have access.
Glossary
Enterprise Manager (EM): OpCon's rich client graphical user interface for Windows and Linux, used to define schedules and jobs, manage automation data, and perform operational tasks.
Frequency: A set of rules that defines when a job or schedule is eligible to run, based on calendar rules, day-of-week settings, period offsets, and other timing criteria.
Calendar: A named collection of dates in OpCon used by schedules and frequencies to determine when automation runs or is excluded. Calendars can represent holidays, working days, or any custom date set.
Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.
Role: A named security profile in OpCon that groups privileges together. Roles are assigned to user accounts to control which features, schedules, jobs, machines, and administrative functions a user can access.
Privilege: A specific permission granted through an OpCon role that controls access to a feature, function, or object type. Privileges are organized into categories such as Function Privileges, Machine Privileges, Schedule Privileges, and Access Codes.
Schedule: A named container for jobs in OpCon, built for a specific date to create that day's automation. Schedules define build settings, frequencies, and the jobs that run within them.
Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.