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Home > Setting Up and Managing Processes > Holidays and Holiday Groups > Creating a Holiday Entry
Creating a Holiday Entry
To create a Holiday entry:
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Note: Only systems administrators can define and set up Holiday entries. |
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Click on Holidays in the Process Management tab.
The Holidays screen will appear.

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Click the Add button in the Holidays panel.
The Holiday dialog box will appear.

- In the Name box, type a unique name for the Holiday entry.
- Check the Date Range check box if the holiday extends to two or more days. If the Holiday only lasts for one day then leave this box unchecked.
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Check the Indicate on Views check box if you want the holiday to be displayed on the Timesheet and the Expense sheet.
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Note: If you check the Indicate on Views check box, the day(s) of the holidays of the group will be shown with a blue shading on the Timesheet and Expense sheet. |
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- In the Date field, specify the date of the holiday using the date picker.
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In the Through field, specify the last date of the holiday using the date picker.
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Note: The Through field appears only if you have checked the Date Range check box. |
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- Check the Lock Dates check box if you want to disallow any time entries for the duration of the holiday. If the Lock Dates check box is checked, Office Timesheets will not allow the user to make any time entries on any of the holiday’s dates.
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Click on the Groups button to display the Groups panel of the Holiday dialog box.

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Tip: Click on the Holiday button if you want to go back to the Holiday panel. |
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Use the Groups panel to add the holiday to one or more existing Holiday Groups.
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To add the holiday to an existing group, select the group name in the Is not a member of panel and click the Add button.
The group name will shift from the Is not a member of panel to the Is a member of panel.
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Tip: To add the holiday to mutliple groups, you can select multiple group names before clicking the Add button. To do this, in the Is not a member of panel, click on a group name and then hold down the Ctrl key and click on the names of the other groups that you want to add the holiday to. Then, release the Ctrl key and click the Add button. |
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To remove the holiday from a group, select the group name in the Is a member of panel and click the Remove button.
The group name will shift from the Is a member of panel to the Is not a member of panel.
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Tip: To remove the holiday from mutliple groups, you can select multiple group names before clicking the Remove button. To do this, in the Is a member of panel, click on a group name and then hold down the Ctrl key and click on the names of the other groups that you want to remove the holiday from. Then, release the Ctrl key and click the Remove button. |
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Finally, do one of the following...
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| Click the Save & New button |
Save this Holiday entry and start creating a new Holiday entry. |
| Click the Save & Close button |
Save this Holiday entry and return to the Holidays screen. |
| Click the Cancel button or the Close button on the top right corner of the Holiday dialog box |
Return to the Holidays screen without saving the new Holiday entry. |
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