Time Periods

Time Periods Overview

Policy rules and query conditions can test for events that occur (or not) during user-defined time periods. There is a set of pre-defined time periods (7x24, After Hours Work, Before Hours Work, Evening, Regular Work Day, Saturday, Sunday, and Week End), and users can define their own.

Add a Time Period

  1. Navigate to the Time Period panel:

  2. Expand the Add Time Period pane by clicking the Expand button.

  3. Enter a unique description for the period in the Time Period Description box. Do not include apostrophe characters in the description.

  4. Optionally mark the Contiguous box to define a single time period that may span multiple days. Leave this box cleared to define a fixed time period on one or more days.

Example: Contiguous vs. Non-Contiguous Time Periods

The following two time periods both begin 09:00 Monday and end 17:00 Friday:

The first time period, Workweek, defines a single 164-hour period beginning at 9 AM on Monday and ending at 5 PM on Friday, whereas the second time period, Workday, defines five separate eight-hour time periods (9 AM – 5 PM), on five consecutive days (Monday – Friday)

  1. Enter a beginning time in hours (00-24) and minutes (00-59) in the Hour From box.

  2. Enter an ending time in hours (00-24) and minutes (00-59) in the Hour To box.

  3. Select a beginning day of the week in the Weekday From box.

  4. Select an ending day of the week in the Weekday To box.

  5. Optionally click the (Comments) button to add comments (see Commenting).

  6. Click the Add button.

Remove a Time Period

  1. Navigate to the Time Period panel:

  2. Mark the Select checkbox for the time period you want to remove.

  3. Click the Remove button. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion. Note that you cannot delete a time period that is used by an existing policy rule.