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
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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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Time Period Management concepts
The following table lists the concepts used in Time Period Management.
| Concept | Description |
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| Time Period Definition | A set of settings that defines a type of time period, including its category, current phase (based on a pre-configured workflow), approval status, scope, owning group, owner, affected services, affected departments and locations, and so on. |
| Time Period Category | Time period categories are templates for creating different kinds of time period definitions. Each time period category is associated with a workflow that defines a life cycle for time periods. When creating a new time period, users are prompted to select a category from a list. The list of categories are grouped by type so that users can easily find the one they want. Category grouping is defined in Time Period Settings. |
| Time Period Rule | A rule is the central element in a time period to create time period occurrences. It reflects the recurrence of future start and end times of time period occurrences, and stores all the recurrence patterns. |
| Time Period Occurrence | An occurrence is the real time (start and end) when a time period window happens. Each occurrence contains a start and end date/time. A time period definition can have many occurrences. |
| Time Period Workflow | A time period workflow defines a life cycle for time periods. Each workflow is associated with a time period category. Out-of-the-box, the Timeperiod workflow includes four phases: Planning, Approval, Published, and Retired. |
| Time Period Approval | Administrators define approvals required for time periods using the Approval Definition utility. When the time period creator submits it for approval, the time period enters the Approval phase and goes through the pre-configured approvals. The Time Period Management module uses assignment groups and operators as approvers. |
| Time Period Notification | For time period approvals, standard approval notifications are defined in the timeperiodDefinition object record (Tailoring > Document Engine > Objects). Notifications can be automatically triggered and sent to relevant approvers or owners based on configured conditions. |
| Time Period Security Area and Role | The Time Period Management module uses security areas and roles to control user access to the module. By default, there are two areas (Timeperiod and Timeperiod Configuration), and four roles (Timeperiod Administrator, Timeperiod Analyst, Timeperiod Approver, and Timeperiod Manager). |
Related concepts
Time Period Management
Time Period Management process
Time period workflow
Time period occurrences
Time period recurrence rules
Time period security areas and roles
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