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.

Note Note

Before creating a working time calendar, you have to create working time templates. You also have the option of setting up work center properties, which is recommended, but not required.


  1. Select > .

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

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

  4. In the field, type a descriptive name.

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

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

  7. From the calendar form, click to set up automatic creation of working times.

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

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

  10. In the field, 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 check box if you want to create this calendar from a base calendar.

  12. In the field, select the appropriate template.

  13. Click OK.

  14. From the calendar form, click to set up automatic creation of working times.

  15. In the dialog box, select the calendar you want to copy in the field.

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

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

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

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