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Input Parameters

Allow dates Calendar

Specifies the full path of the calendar. This expression defines the allowed dates for subsequent branches in the process to be processed.

Click Open icon to locate a calendar object. After you select a calendar, click Open to open the calendar object in the calendar designer.

Exclude dates Calendar

Specifies the full path of the calendar used to define excluded days. Excluded days are days when subsequent branches in the process may not be processed.

There are no excluded days when no calendar is specified.

Click Open icon to locate a calendar object. After you select a calendar, click Open to open the calendar object in the calendar designer.

Delta

Specifies the number of days an allowed date is shifted when it falls on an excluded date.

The shift depends on whether the value is positive, negative, or zero. A negative value shifts forward (earlier), and a positive value shifts backward (later). When this value is zero, the allowed date is skipped.

Open days only

Counts only open days when shifting an eligible date that falls on an excluded date.

Open days are those days not specified by a condition or rule that closes or excludes dates.

Maximum shifts

This option defines the maximum number of shifts that are allowed if subsequent shifts fall on a closed date.

This setting is only relevant if Open days only is selected.

Date

Specifies the date to test against the calendar rules.

Click the calendar icon to select a date. This option is unavailable if you select either the Use current date or the Use calculated date check box.

Use current date

Specifies to use the current date to test against the calendar rules.

Clear this check box to specify a particular date in the Date field. This check box is initially selected.

Use calculated date

Specifies to use the date from the Calculated date field.

Calculated date

If Use calculated date is selected, this parameter returns a date. Typical uses include calculating a future date based on the current date.