Creating Holidays

Holidays can be created and activated using the Holiday Configuration wizard.

Holidays are created separately for each agency and sign-up period.

Holidays must be created for each year. Some holidays (for example, New Year’s Day) fall on the same date every year. Other holidays (for example, Labor Day) change depending on the calendar year.

  1. Open the Holiday screen and set the Context (F3).
  2. Select New Holiday: New Holiday
On the Holiday Configuration - General tab, do the following:
  1. Enter the Holiday Abbr.
  2. Enter the Holiday Name.
  3. Enter the Holiday Date.
    If you try to create a holiday record on a date that has already been activated, a warning appears. To create the holiday record, you can first either delete the holiday record in scheduling or deactivate the date.
  4. Select a Day Type.
  5. Select Is Paid if this is a paid holiday.
  6. Select Next.
On the Holiday Configuration - Select Service Group tab, do the following:
  1. Select a Division Group.
  2. Select a Service Group Id.

    Holidays without service groups can only be created outside of an active sign-up period.

    Using service groups, for example, you can specify that your agency runs Sunday service on Labor Day.

  3. Select an ExcComboId.
    If there is no ExcComboId, select Off.
  4. Select Next.
On the Holiday Configuration - Completion tab:
  1. Review the holiday information. Select Finish to create and roll out the holiday.
The holiday is created. If the holiday is in an active sign-period and each division has a service group, the holiday is rolled out.
If needed, you can edit the holiday by selecting it and clicking Edit Holiday: Edit Holiday