Creating Holiday Groups

Before creating a schedule, it is convenient to program one or more holiday groups that apply to it. These should include national, local and other holidays which might cause your site to operate differently - for example, a retail business might have shorter (or longer) hours on a public holiday.

There is no need to program weekends as holiday groups.

1. Navigate to Scheduling | Holiday Groups and click Add.

2. Enter a Name for the holiday group.

3. Select the Holidays tab and Add holidays to the group.

   • Enable the Repeat option for holidays that occur on the same day every year.
   • For holiday periods that span multiple days (such as Christmas Day and Boxing Day), define the start (first day) and end (last day) dates.
   • For holidays that fall on a different day each year (such as Easter), these need to be programmed for each annual occurrence as the dates do not repeat. However, by adding multiple entries you can program many years in advance.
4. Click Save. Once you have programmed your holiday group(s), they can be applied to your schedules.