Generate Calendar

Explanation

This activity interprets the calendar's rules (schedules and schedule exceptions) , creates and stores the interpretation of those rules, and generates a calendar. This mandatory activity is to be performed by a system administrator or equivalent person, and is required in order to use the calendar in the system.

Only one calendar can be generated at the same time. Both new (Not Generated state) and existing (Changes Pending state) calendars can be generated. Generating a calendar in Changes Pending state should only be done with extreme caution and not during normal business hours. Changing a calendar affects all of the components which use that calendar and could seriously impact stored data in the system.

Prerequisites

This activity has the following prerequisites:

A calendar must be created.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

A calendar is generated and becomes available in the system.
The generated calendar can be viewed or monitored in the Generated Calendars and Generated Calendar Details window.
The background job can be monitored and errors corrected in the Background Jobs window.
The components which use the calendar that has been changed, receive a Calendar Changed message.
If generating an existing calendar (Changes Pending state), the system may be seriously impacted since all components which use that calendar will be affected. When changing a calendar, the system validates if the change is allowed based on each connected component's functionality and security settings, e.g., if a calendar change makes it necessary to move a date for a customer order, the user running the update must be allowed to make the date change.

Window

Calendars
Calendar

Related Window Descriptions

Calendars
Calendar

Procedure

To perform this activity, follow these steps:

Open the Calendars or Calendar window.
Query for the calendar to generate.
Right-click in the header and click Generate Calendar.
View or monitor the background job in the Background Jobs window.