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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Calendars and Periods</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Central Calendar Management (CCP)</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef> module to maintain <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Calendar.tc" role="glossary">calendars</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Periods.tc" role="glossary">periods</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Calendars</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The purpose of calendars is to record information on the availability of resources, and to make this information available to other SSA ERP applications as appropriate.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>You can link calendars to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Companies.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Employees.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Departments.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Addresses.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The various business partner roles.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP always uses the most specific calendar. For example, if you link a calendar to a ship-to business partner, this calendar is used instead of the calendar that you linked to the ship-to business partner's address. The company's calendar defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1170m000" role="session">Companies (tcemm1170m000)</GUIRef> session is the default calendar for all the entities that use calendars.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If you want to share the calendar tables between the companies of a multicompany structure, the first day of the week must be the same for all the companies. For example, you cannot share the calendars if one company defines the first day of the week as Sunday and another company defines it as Monday.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Periods</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Periods are defined time intervals that can be used for statistical, financial, hours accounting, planning, and cost controlling purposes. The periods functionality of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef> module enables you to define periods that can be used by all SSA ERP applications.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000120" role="manual">Calendars and Periods (CCP)</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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