Before creating work centers groups or work centers, you have to set up working time calendars. These calendars are used to record and manage assigned work hours. You can create an overall calendar for your entire production, several calendars for work centers that operate at different times or shifts, or one calendar for each individual work center.

To create more than one working time calendar, it is useful to create a standard base calendar first. When you want to create additional working time calendars, copy the base calendar and change the relevant times to reflect the changes in working times.

1. Select Basic> Calendar.

2. Press CTRL+N to create a new line in the Calendarform.

3. In the Calendarfield, type an alphanumeric identifier of up to ten characters in length.

4. In the Namefield, type a descriptive name.

5. In the Base calendarfield, select the base calendar that the current calendar is based on.

6. Click Working timesto create or update working times for the current calendar.

7. From the Working timescalendar form, click Compose working timesto set up automatic creation of working times.

8. In the Compose working timesdialog box, under Calendar, select the new calendar name you just created. (If relevant, you can also select a different calendar.)

9. In the From datefield, enter the date that you want to begin using the calendar. The field contains the current date as the default date.

10. In the To datefield, enter the date you want the calendar to end. The field contains a default date of one year from the current date.

11. Select the Use base calendarcheck box if you want to create this calendar from a base calendar.

12. In the Working time templatefield, select the appropriate template.

13. Click OK.

14. From the Working timescalendar form, click Copy calendarto set up automatic creation of working times.

15. In the Copy calendardialog box, select the calendar you want to copy in the From calendarfield.

16. In the To calendarfield, select the calendar to which the original calendar is being copied.

17. Select the check box Copy propertyif you want to include properties when copying the calendar.

18. Click OKto save the calendar and close the form.