Defining Temporary Patterns

A temporary pattern is uniquely identified by its Start Date and End Date values.

To specify temporary availability:

  1. Select Maintenance > Employees > Employee Availability.
  2. Select the employee for whom you want to specify temporary availability using the Employee lookup. Only the employees to which you have access are displayed.
  3. Click Employee Availability Pattern.
  4. Click New.
    Alternatively, you can click New & Copy to copy the current pattern to the new Employee Availability Pattern page.
  5. Select the date to apply the temporary availability pattern in the Start Date field.
    If the temporary pattern is a 7-day pattern, the Start Date field is not displayed. Availability pattern length is controlled by a registry setting set by your system administrator.
  6. Select the date to stop applying the temporary availability pattern in the End Date field.
    If the temporary pattern is a 7-day pattern, the End Date field is not displayed. Availability pattern length is controlled by a registry setting set by your system administrator.
  7. Select the location for each day of the week using the Team lookup.
    The Team lookup may not be configured to display on the page.
  8. Select the time the employee can start working on each day of the week in the Start Time field.
  9. Select the time the employee must stop working on each day of the week in the End Time field.
  10. Select the Midnight check box to indicate that the time the employee is able to work spans two days. For example, if an employee can work from 4:00PM Tuesday to 2:00AM Wednesday.
    You must select the Midnight check box if the availability block of time spans midnight.
  11. Click Second Set of Available Times to add another row of time fields below the current ones.
    Use this option only if additional availability time windows for a day are needed.
  12. Specify any comments in the Comments field.
  13. Click Submit.