1. Navigate to the Workday Calendar window (Brazilian General Information: General > Calendar > Calendars).

2. Enter a name that clearly identifies this calendar as the business day calendar in the Name field.

3. Enter a date range for this calendar in the Start and End Date fields. The default end date is four years from the start date. Make sure that the start date is a Monday so that the calendar follows the standard business day pattern.

4. Press the Workday Pattern button. The Workday Patterns window appears.

5. Enter the sequence number 1 in the Sequence field to apply this workday pattern to the calendar when it is built.

6. Enter 5 in the Days On field and 2 in the Days Off field. This defines Monday through Friday on and Saturday and Sunday off.

7. Save your work. You can view calendar dates.

8. Press the Dates button in the Workday Calendar window. The Calendar Dates window appears.

9. Press the Exception List button.

10. Press the Load button and select Template to apply existing exceptions.

11. Enter the name of the national holidays template, and press the OK button to load the template.

12. Save your work.

13. Choose Build from the Special menu to build the workday calendar.