Configuring Official Holidays

The Workflow 8 Administration Console's Holidays node enables you to define weekends and holiday. These days will be taken into consideration by the Route Entry to Folder, Group and User's Exclude weekends and holidays option.

To add a holiday

1. Open the Workflow 8 Administration Console. 
2. In the console tree pane, expand a Workflow Server.

   

3. Expand the Holidays tab.

   

4. Right-click the Official Holidays node.
5. Select New Holiday.
6. In the Add New Holiday dialog box, name the holiday.

   

7. Configure whether the holiday should be active by selecting or clearing the Observed option.
8. Under Holiday starts, define when the holiday begins.
9. Select what should happen if the holiday falls on a weekend.
10. Define the length of the holiday.

To delete a holiday

1. Select the Official Holidays node in the tree.
2. Right-click a holiday in the center pane.

   

3. Select Delete.

To enable/disable a holiday

1. Select the Official Holidays node in the tree.
2. Double-click a holiday in the center pane.

   

3. Select or clear the Observed option.