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Deactivate or activate a time period occurrence

Once you have added rules to a time period, the occurrences are automatically calculated and displayed in the record. By default, all occurrences are automatically activated after the time period is approved; however you can manually deactivate an individual occurrence and activate it later if needed.

To cancel an occurrence in a time period, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Time Period Management > Search Time Periods, to open the time period record.
  2. In the Occurrences section, locate an occurrence and do the following according to the current phase of the time period:

    Phase  

    Planning

    or

    Approval

    In the Activate after approval column, click Yes or No to change to the opposite value.

    Yes means the occurrence is activated after approval while No means the occurrence stays inactive after approval.

    Published

    In the Status column, click Active to deactivate or click Inactive to activate, and then enter an explanation about the status change if required. The value now changes from Active to Inactive or from Inactive to Active.

    Note

    • After approval the Activate after approval column is no longer displayed. Instead the Status column is displayed as a link. Clicking the Active or Inactive link deactivates or activates the occurrence.
    • As a normal user (with only update rights), you can always deactivate occurrences, but you cannot reactivate occurrences once the record is published; to reactivate an occurrence after the approval phase, you must have Expert or Approval rights to a time period record. Normal users are disallowed to play with the status of the occurrences.