Create a new calendar
When you create a new application, you can create the application calendar to match the needs of your company.
Warning
After a calendar has been created for an application, the calendar can only be extended and most properties are not changeable. Because a calendar can span a timeframe of many years, be certain of the calendar characteristics you use and need, and then create the calendar to match.
To create a new calendar
In the Workspace Browser pane, click Dimensions.
In the Dimension Tasks pane, click Create the Calendar. The Create an Application Calendar Wizard is displayed.
In the Label box, enter a name for the calendar. By default, the calendar name is set to Calendar. The calendar name cannot exceed 40 characters and must be unique. There are reserved words and restricted characters that cannot be used in the calendar name. See the topic About names and labels for a more information about calendar name restrictions.
(Optional) In the Description box, enter a description for this calendar. The description can be up to 512 characters long.
Click Next to open the Define the Calendar Pattern page.
In the Year 2007 ends list, either enter a date or click the down arrow to display the calendar control. Use the calendar control to select a date for the end of the calendar year that you are defining.
If each year always ends on the same day that you entered in the Year 2007 ends list, select Year always ends on the selected month and day. In the Monthly periods box, select one of the following options.
Select Correspond to the calendar months to make your new calendar coincide exactly with the calendar months.
Select Follow the pattern to make your new calendar coincide with one of the available patterns. Select the appropriate pattern in the list.
If the end of the year varies from year to year, select The year end varies. In the Monthly periods follow the pattern list, select the appropriate pattern.
In the Number of past years box, enter the number of past years.
In the Number of future years box, enter the number of future years.
If you selected Year always ends on the selected month and day, click Next to open the Define Weeks page.
In the Weeks end on list, select the day of the week upon which a week should end.
Do one of the following:
Select Contain the first occurrence of the selected day of the week of the fiscal year, and then select a day of the week in the list.
Select Contain a minimum number of days, and then select a number in the list.
Click Next to open the Select optional frequencies page.
If you selected The year end varies, click Next to open the Add Extra Weeks (Optional) page.
In the Add extra week to period list, select a period to which you want to add an extra week.
In the Add an extra week to the following year(s) list, select the year(s) to which you want to add an extra week.
Click Next to open the Select optional frequencies page.
In the Include optional frequencies area, check the additional frequencies that you want included in your calendar.
Click Next to open the Define Period Naming Conventions page.
(Optional) Select a frequency in the Select a frequency to define the naming convention list.
Note
You can add a prefix and can restart numbering for all periods except Year and Day.
(Optional) Edit the Prefix text box to change the prefix for the period naming convention.
(Optional) Edit the Suffix text box to change the suffix for the period naming convention.
Click Next to open the Create Calendar Views page.
In the Available Views area, click Create a view to add a view to the Calendar views box.
(Optional) Click Delete selected view to remove a view from the Calendar views box.
In the Label box, enter a name for the new view. The calendar view name cannot exceed 40 characters and must be unique. There are reserved words and restricted characters that cannot be used in the calendar view name. See the topic About names and labels for more information about restrictions on calendar view names.
(Optional) In the Description box, enter a description. The description can be up to 512 characters long.
In the Included frequencies box, select the frequencies that you want to include in the new view.
Click Next to open the Review and Create page. Review the information that is displayed. If the new calendar contains any errors, you can click Back to return to the appropriate page to correct it. If the new calendar is accurate, click Finish to create the new calendar.
Note
The calendar is created based on the regional and language settings of the client computer, not on the regional and language settings of the computer that is running Planning Server. We strongly recommend that you save the Time dimension immediately after you create the calendar and before you synchronize the stating database.