Create Cyclical Event

A cyclical event is an event which is triggered by a time condition. 

The following image shows the form to edit a cyclical event.

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* indicates a required field.

Field

Description

Field

Description

Enabled

Enable (default) or disable the event.

Name

The name of the event.

Description

Event description.

Start date/time

Select date/time of the first event execution.

End date/time

Select date/time of the last event execution.

Color

Color that gets used when the event is displayed in the calendar. If not defined, a default color will be used.

Cyclical Interval

Select the interval of the event execution

Format: hour : min : sec

15 minutes (default) 

Different Actions

Disabled (default):

Specify one action in the Action field which executes at start date/time, during cyclical interval, and end date/time. 

Enabled: additional form fields appear.

Specify an action in the Start Action field which executes at start date/time.

Specify an action in the Cyclical Action field which executes cyclically.

Specify an action in the End Action field which executes at end date/time.

Recurrence

Select None if the time frame (defined by start date/time and end date/time) is not recurring.

Select Daily (default), Weekly, Monthly, Yearly if the time frame is recurring.

Repeat

Select Every day or specify the e.g. Every 3 day to repeat every 3rd day.

Months

Select one or more months for the recurrence interval.

Holidays

Ignore (default): the recurrence ignores if the day is a holiday or not.

Include: the recurrence takes place as planned. Additionally, it will take place on holidays.

Exclude: the recurrence takes place as planned when the day is no holiday.

Holiday definition

Ends

Never (default)

On date - e.g. On 23.02.2021

After x recurrences - e.g. After 4 recurrences

Additional recurrence

None, Monthly, or Yearly