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Date and Time Controls

You can associate the name of a CA NSM calendar with any access rule. When a calendar is associated with a rule, that rule is considered applicable only when the dates and times specified as ON in that Calendar definition are met.

For example, calendars are often used in conjunction with DENY asset types to set special dates and times when access will be denied.

Understanding how access modes and calendars affect security evaluation make it possible to construct sophisticated security rules. For example, assume the staff in the systems management department has read and write access to the CA NSM calendar BASE, and you want to deny write access to members of that group on weekends. You could create a weekdays‑only calendar and associate it to Payroll as a PERMIT access type for access mode UPDATE.