Managing schedule exclusion lists

The following configurations take place in YourSite > Schedules.

Managing schedule exclusion lists enables administrators to omit days from business hour schedules. For example, administrators can use a schedule exclusion list to omit national holidays from a business’ yearly schedule.

The following procedures tell you how to
  • Create and apply new exclusion lists to schedules
  • Apply existing exclusion lists to schedules
  • Remove exclusion lists from schedules
  • Edit and remove dates from schedule exclusion lists
  • Delete exclusion lists from YourSite Explorer
To create and apply a new exclusion list to a schedule
  1. Select the schedule and click Manage schedule exclusion list.
  2. Type a Name for the exclusion list.
    Note:

    To create a new list for a schedule with an exclusion list already applied to it, click Add and follow step 2 onward.

  3. Select the dates to exclude from the schedule and click Save.
  4. To apply the exclusion list to the selected schedule, click Apply. Otherwise, close the schedule exclusion list designer window.
  5. On the ribbon, click Save.
To apply an existing exclusion list to a schedule
  1. Select the schedule and, after Schedule exclusion list, click Browse.
  2. Select a schedule exclusion list and click OK
  3. Click Save.
To edit and remove dates from an exclusion list
  1. Select a schedule with an exclusion list applied to it and click Manage Schedule exclusion list.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. To add new dates, select them from the calendar.
  4. To remove dates, select the dates from the list and click Remove.
  5. To remove all dates, click Clear.
  6. Click Save.
  7. To apply these changes to the schedule, click Apply.
  8. On the ribbon, click Save.
To delete an exclusion list from YourSite Explorer
  1. Select a schedule that has the exclusion list to be deleted and click Manage Schedule exclusion list.
    Note:

    If deleting exclusion lists as part of clean-up, select any schedule with an exclusion list applied to it and follow these steps.

  2. From the drop-down list, select the exclusion list you want to delete and click Delete.
  3. Close the schedule exclusion list designer and, on the ribbon, click Save.
Parent topic: Configuring business hour schedules
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