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
Retire a time period
Once a time period is no longer needed, you can retire it. When retired, the time period record is inactive and closed.
Note You can retire a time period only when it is in the planning or published phase.
To retire a time period, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Time Period Management > Search Time Periods, and then open the time period record you want to retire.
- Make sure the record is in the planning or published phase.
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Click Retire.
The time period advances to the retired phase, and becomes read-only. All occurrences in the Occurrences section have been removed.
To unretire a time period, follow these steps:
Note To unretire a retired time period, you need one of the following security roles: system administrator, Timeperiod Administrator, or Timeperiod Manager. These roles have the rights to unretire time periods.
- Open the time period.
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Click More or the More Actions menu, and then select Unretire.
The time period returns to the planning phase.
Note Although the rules are active at this time, the occurrences are not automatically added back. You need to manually save the rules to get them back.
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In the Rules section, open each rule, and click Save and then Save & Exit.
The occurrences now display in the Occurrences section.
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 or activate 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
Submit a time period for replanning
Time period configuration tasks
