Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Working with time periods
- Create a time period
- Update a time period
- Submit a time period for approval
- Activate or deactivate a time period occurrence
- Deactivate a time period rule
- Delegate a time period approval
- Approve a time period
- Change the time zone of a time period
- Retire a time period
- Submit a time period for replanning
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:
- Navigate to Time Period Management > Search Time Periods, to open the time period record.
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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.
Related concepts
Time Period Management
Time Period Management concepts
Time Period Management process
Time period workflow
Time period occurrences
Time period recurrence rules
Time period security areas and roles
Related tasks
Create a time period
Update a time period
Submit a time period for approval
Deactivate a time period rule
Delegate a time period approval
Approve a time period
Change the time zone of a time period
Retire a time period
Submit a time period for replanning
Time period configuration tasks
