In ApPro, daily profiles may be assigned to the 7 days of the week plus a holiday day-type. The holiday day-type applies to days defined as holidays in the Simulation Calendar.
The simplest way to set a holiday pattern is by selecting a Holiday Template. Holiday Templates are available for many regions of the world. You can also create your own Holiday Templates.
Holidays appear in the list displayed in the centre of the dialog. A holiday is a single day of the year, and has the following user-editable attributes.
Holiday Name can be any suitable text string.
Specification Mode specifies how the holiday is defined. The options are:
Day/Month (fixed). Assigns the holiday to a specified day of a specified month – for example the 1st of January. If this day falls on a weekend or another holiday it is ignored.
Day/Month (or next weekday). Assigns the holiday to a specified day of a specified month, or, if this falls on a weekend or another holiday, to the next available weekday.
Day/Month (or nearest weekday). Assigns the holiday to a specified day of a specified month, or, if this falls on a weekend or another holiday, to the nearest available weekday.
Weekday/Week. Assigns the holiday to a specified weekday of a specified week – for example Wednesday in week 32.
Weekday/Month. Assigns the holiday to a specified weekday of a specified month – for example the fourth Thursday in November.
In each case, the details of the holiday are specified in the ‘Definition’ field. Note that, if the calendar is set to leap year, the user may enter 29th February as a holiday. If the user adds such a holiday to the list of holidays and subsequently reverts to a non-leap year calendar, they will be prompted to remove the 29th February entries.
‘Add Holiday’ adds a holiday to the list.
‘Edit Holiday’ edits the currently selected holiday. The data is edited in a pop-up dialog. Another way to edit an existing holiday is to double-click an entry in the holiday list.
‘Delete Holiday’ deletes the currently selected holiday.
‘Save As Template’ saves the current holiday list as a Holiday Template for use in other projects. You will be prompted to supply a suitable name for the Template.
The Simulation Calendar at the bottom of the dialog displays the currently set holidays with yellow markers.
‘Highlight Week’ allows you to identify a numbered week, as used by the ‘Weekday/Week’ Specification Mode. Enter the number of the week, which will then be displayed in the Calendar. Numbered weeks always run from Monday to Sunday, with Week 1 ending on the first Sunday in the year.
