About Holiday Services

The Holiday screen lets you apply services, restore regular service, and autogenerate holiday bids.

Holiday services can be created in the Holiday screen and applied when needed. You can also restore regular service from the Holiday screen. You can use the Holiday wizard to create and update holidays.

Note: If the holiday schedule is successfully applied, a check mark is shown in the attribute column.
Holiday screen
Table 1. Holiday Screen Toolbar Button Descriptions
Button Label Description
Auto Holiday Bid Auto Holiday Bid Generates automatic holiday bids.
Applying Holiday Service Applying Holiday Service Activates the holiday. Prior to holiday activation, holidays aren't usable.
Restoring Regular Service Restoring Regular Service Removes the holiday schedule and restores the regular schedule.
New Holiday New Holiday Uses the Holiday Configuration wizard to create a holiday.
Edit Holiday Edit Holiday Uses the Holiday Configuration wizard to edit the selected holiday.
Apply Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment Apply Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment

Opens the Select Scenario for Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment dialog. Select the roster scenario and division to show all rosters and associated holiday work. Only rosters that are not associated with a bid are shown.

Available only when the OPS > Bidding > Rosters > Roster Management > Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment property is selected.
Undo Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment Undo Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment

Opens the Select Scenario for Undo Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment dialog. This is only available until a bid is created.

Available only when the OPS > Bidding > Rosters > Roster Management > Rostered Auto Holiday Assignment property is selected.
Note: You can only update holidays if no holiday bid exists and the day isn't activated.
Table 2. Holiday Ancillary Data left pane
Field Required/Optional Description
Abbreviation Optional Abbreviation for the holiday.
Date Required

Specifies the date when the holiday occurs.

Note: Only one holiday can be defined for each calendar date.
Day Type Required

Specifies the day type of the holiday. Day types are specified in Day Types ancillary data.

Holiday Id Required Integer that uniquely identifies the holiday.
Is Paid Optional If selected, the holiday is a paid holiday.
Name Optional Name of the holiday.
Table 3. Holiday Ancillary Data right pane
Field Required/Optional Description
Division Group Required

Specifies the division group affected by the holiday.

Note: All divisions in the division group must belong to the same agency.
Service Group Id Required

Specifies a service group that runs on the holiday.

Note: The pull-down list only shows service groups in the specified sign-up period.