Add a Holiday to a Holiday Rule

These steps assume that a Holiday Rule has already been added to Process Administrator.

To add a holiday to a holiday rule:

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

  2. On the Holiday Rules page, select the Name of the holiday rule which will contain the new holiday.

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

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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.

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. Repeat steps 4 - 7 to create additional holidays for the holiday rule.

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