Creating a calendar

Each finance group can have one or more System Calendars defined. Calendars use Period Groups to schedule transactions.

Note: 

AP Invoice Automation uses the Corporate Calendar to determine work days when escalating invoices that are pending approval.

  1. Select General Setup > Calendars.
  2. From the Actions menu, select Create.

    Use the following guidelines to specify field values:

    Enterprise Group

    This is the equivalent of the Finance Group.

    System Calendar

    Defines an organization's working days, non-working days, holidays, and bank days for a year. The calendar is used to schedule processing jobs within the system.

    Description

    Specify a description for your system calendar.

    Non Working Day Text

    Optional. The values in this field will appear in the non-working days of the system calendar.

    M3 In Use
    Note: 

    M3 In Use is not used for any Office of Finance modules.

  3. Click Save.

    The Dates and Period Groups tabs appear.

  4. Create dates.
    1. From the Actions menu, select Create Dates.

      Use the following guidelines to specify field values:

      From Year

      Select the starting year of the system calendar.

      To Year

      Select the starting year of the system calendar.

      Work Days

      (Used by AP Invoice Automation and Close Management) Select the days of the week that are work days.

      Bank Days

      (Used by Cash and Treasury) Select the days of the week that are bank days.

      Note: 

      Fields not mentioned in this table are not used by Office of Finance applications.

    2. Click OK.
    3. Update the calendar work dates or bank dates for holidays.