Scheduling Night/Day Service

You can schedule events to switch the system from day service to night service and vice versa. For example, you may choose to create one event that switches the system from day service to night service every evening, and another event that switches the system back to day service every morning.

Conditions

Before scheduling a night service event, complete basic programming for the Night Service feature:

• Enter answer points for Day, Night 1, and Night 2.

• Configure a night bell.

• After a system reboot, the system restores the same service (Day, Night1, or Night 2) that it was in before the reboot regardless of whether Programmed Service is on or off.

• Regardless of the service, the system reverts to the Night1 service after a system upgrade or a database restore.

Operation

To schedule night service events, refer to the following procedures:

• Add a Night/Day Service Event

• Edit an Event

• Delete an Event

• Copy an Event

• Execute an Event Immediately

Add a Night/Day Service Event

To create a night or day service event:  

1. Go to the Scheduler form.

2. Use the screen tools (arrows and mini-calendar) to locate the day you wish to update.

3. Select the day and click Add Event.

4. Click the Event Parameters tab and complete the following fields:

5. Title: Type a title for the event. The title can contain up to 255 alphanumeric characters.

6. Start Date: Use the dialog box to select the Month, Day, and Year that the event is scheduled to start.  

7. Time: Use the dialog box to select the Hour, AM/PM, and Minute that the event is scheduled to occur. Click Set to save your changes.

8. Repeats: Specify how often you want the event to repeat - Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, or Repeats Interval. If you select Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly, the dialog expands, enabling you to customize the repetition interval. If you select Repeats Interval, you can specify the number up minutes between repeat events (up to 1440 minutes, or 24 hours), and whether you would like the event to be repeated continuously or a fixed number of times.  

5. Click the Activity Parameters tab and complete the following fields:   

6. Select Activity: Select an event: Go to Day Service or Go to Night Service.   

7. Night Service Options: Select a night service option (if applicable): Night1 or Night2.   

6. Click Submit and then OK to save the new event.
   The new event is added to the event list.

NOTE: To run the event outside the normal schedule, see Execute an Event Immediately.

 

• Scheduler

• Scheduler Overview

• Scheduling Backups

• Scheduling CSV File Import/Export

• Scheduling Database Audits

• Scheduling File Transfers

• Scheduling IDS Synchronization

• Scheduling Hot Desk User Logouts