Default Availability Patterns

All employees require a default pattern to establish their availability during their employment with the company. By default, an employee’s default pattern is blank, meaning that if no temporary patterns are defined for a period, then the employee is assumed to be unavailable for that period. By default, the Employee Availability Pattern page displays a temporary pattern for the day selected in the criteria, if one exists, or the page displays the default pattern.

The default availability pattern is applied to the entire date range in the module, from 01/01/1900 to a distant future date (in the year 3000). The Start Date field value is used to match a calendar day with a pattern day, which needs to be taken into consideration when defining a 14-day pattern.

For example, if you want to define availability for Sunday November 5, 2006, then determine whether this calendar day corresponds to the first or the second Sunday occurring in a 14-day pattern. Your determination will affect the availability pattern.

The Start Date field is only displayed for default patterns greater than 7 days or for temporary patterns.

You cannot delete a default pattern.