Add a Holiday Rule

Holiday rules are a collection of holidays that can be applied to a work schedule defined in a calendar rule. Participants will not be able to access their Work List Items on holidays defined in a holiday rule that is applied by a calendar rule.

To add a holiday rule to the Process Administrator:

  1. In the left pane of the Process Administrator, click Holiday Rules.

  2. On the Holiday Rules page, click Add.

  3. On the Holiday Rules | Add Holiday Rule page, enter a Name for the holiday rule, such as Annual Holidays or Employee Holidays 2006.

Then add holidays to the holiday rule:

  1. Click Next.

  2. On the Holiday Rules | Add Holiday Rule | Add Holiday page, enter a name or Description for the holiday. Examples of holiday descriptions are Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.

  3. Select a Type.

The holiday type is determined by the calendar occurrence of the holiday and impacts the way the date is entered in the date field. The type options include:

Type

Meaning

Same Date Every Year

The calendar date entered will be considered a holiday on the same calendar date each year.

A Date Applicable Only for the Given Year

The calendar date entered will only be considered a holiday for the year selected in the date field.

N-th Weekday of the Month

Instead of a calendar date, the date is entered as NUMBER DAY MONTH. For example, Thanksgiving would be entered as FOURTH THURSDAY NOVEMBER. The characters must be entered in capital letters.

Easter Relative

Instead of a calendar date, the number of days before or after Easter are entered in the date field. For a holiday that occurs three days before Easter, -3 would be entered in the date field.

Mobile to Closest Monday

Each year, the holiday will be celebrated on the Monday closest to the calendar date entered in the date field.

 

  1. Enter the Date on which the holiday occurs. The information entered in the date field depends on the holiday type selected, as described in the Holiday Type Table.

  2. Click Save.

  3. To continue adding holidays to the holiday rule, on the Holiday Rules | Edit Holiday Rule page, click Holidays.

  4. On the Holiday Rules | Edit Holiday Rule | Holidays page, click Add.

  5. On the Holiday Rules | Edit Holiday Rule | Holidays | Add Holiday page, enter the Description, Type, and Date for the holiday.

  6. Click Save.

  7. Repeat steps 10 - 12 to create additional holidays for the holiday rule.

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