Add a Recurring Schedule Entry

A recurring schedule entry allows you to specify ongoing state changes for a piece of equipment based on a day, week, month or year.

To add a recurring schedule entry:

1. Create a schedule entry following the steps described in Add a Schedule Entry.
2. If required, double-click on the required schedule entry in the Scheduler calendar to open the Schedule Entry dialog.
3. Confirm that the period of time specified by the Start Time and End Time fields is not longer than 24 hours, as this is the maximum period of time supported by a recurring schedule entry.

4. Click on the Edit Recurrence button. The Edit Recurrence dialog will display.

   

5. In the Recurrence pattern section, select one of the following:
• Daily — Specifies how regularly the schedule will occur based on the Every field value. For example, "2" would mean the state change occurs every second day. Alternatively, you can specify that the state change will occur Every Week Day (Monday to Friday).
• Weekly — Specifies how regularly the schedule will occur based on the Every field value. For example, "2" would mean the state change occurs every fortnight. You can also use the check boxes to indicate that a state change should only happen on certain days of the week.
• Monthly — Specifies that the state change occurs on the same day across a monthly cycle (for example, "Day 1 of every 3 month(s)"), or on a particular day within a specific week (for example, "The Last Friday of every 1 month(s)").
• Yearly — Specifies that the state change occurs on the same date every year (for example, "Every January 1"), or on a particular day within a specific month (for example, "The First Tuesday of November")
• Special Days — Use this option if you want the state change to only occur on special days that fall on the selected week days. To enable the Special Days radio button, the Special Days Included section needs to be set to something other than None.
6. In the Special Days Included section, specify on which special days the state change will occur:
• All Occurrences — indicates the schedule entry will occur on every special day (regardless of the category).
• Selected Categories — indicates the schedule entry will occur on the special days within the selected categories. You can select more than one category.
• None — indicates the state change will not occur on any special days.
7. In the Range of recurrence section, specify the recurring schedule's Start date and an end date (if required). You can specify an end date using one of the following options:
• No end date — indicates that the state change will occur indefinitely
• End After — specifies a selected number of occurrences (for example "9" indicates the state change will occur nine times).
• End by — specifies a particular end date.
8. Click OK to close the Edit Recurrence dialog.
9. Click OK to save the schedule entry.

Note: To remove a recurrent pattern from a schedule entry, open the Edit Recurrence dialog and click on the Remove Recurrence button.

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Published June 2018