7.4 Holiday Exceptions

You can specify exceptions to the holidays.

As a prerequisite, a Holiday Calendar must be properly defined and the status of the Holiday Calendar in the summary page must be processed. Generating the holiday list will populate the holidays (weekends, fixed, and moving) along with the working days. Then the Show Exceptions button is enabled on the detail page. Any changes in the holiday definition will disable the “Show Exceptions” button. The user must generate the holiday list again to define or view the exceptions.

  1. Click Show Exceptions in the Holiday Exceptions pane. The Holiday Exceptions window opens.
  2. The search block in the Exceptions page has the following fields:
    • From and To: Denotes the range of years which is a subset out of the holiday list generated, for which exceptions are required to be defined.
    • Fixed Holidays: You can filter the list of holidays by the type of Fixed Holidays.
    • Moving Holidays: You can filter the list of holidays by the type of Moving Holidays.
    • Holiday Date: For a particular known holiday date, exceptions can be defined.
    • All Exceptions: This check box when selected lists all the exceptions, if already defined, for the holidays within the From, To Date range.
  3. The search result gives the list of all holidays based on the selection of the above search criteria fields.
  4. In the Holiday Exceptions pane, there are two types of exceptions that can be defined: Not a holiday and Shift to.
  5. Any holiday can be marked as not a holiday, in which case that day is removed from the Holiday List. If you select Not a Holiday from the Exception Type drop-down, then the Shift to date field is disabled.
  6. Spring earlier considered as a holiday in the Holiday Calendar can be marked as Not a Holiday in the Holiday Exceptions window. You can write your comments or remarks in the Notes next to the Exception Type drop-down list.
  7. Any holiday can be shifted to another day, in which case the earlier declared holiday is removed from the Holiday List, while the shifted day is included as a holiday.