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   <Header>
      <Title>Overview of calendars and periods</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1448724">
         <Level1>calendars</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1448727">
         <Level1>periods</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>This topic presents an overview of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef> module.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef> module, you can define calendars and time patterns to use throughout the ERP Enterprise packages.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <ConceptSection>
      <SectionTitle>Concepts</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef> module, you can define the following types of data, for
		  use in other parts of ERP Enterprise:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000460" role="glossary">Recurrences</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">Patterns</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Calendar_tc" role="glossary">Calendars</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Periods_tc" role="glossary">Periods</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The following table describes each of these concepts.</Paragraph>
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             space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR valign="top" no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Concept</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Description</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="4">
            <TR valign="top" no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Recurrence</Paragraph>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>A recurrence is a repetitive pattern of dates, such as
				  “Biweekly on Mondays and Fridays”, “The 27th of each month”, or “January 1st of
				  each year”.</Paragraph> 
                  <Paragraph>Recurrences are used to build patterns and calendars.</Paragraph> 
                  <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/bp" role="package">People</GUIRef> package, you can use recurrences in <Link href="/baanerp/bp/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">assignments</Link>.</Paragraph>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR valign="top" no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Pattern</Paragraph>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>A pattern is a scheme defining the day of the month, the
				  day of the week, and the time of the day you want an activity to be carried
				  out. Patterns are defined by using a combination of recurrences, exceptions,
				  and times of day.</Paragraph> 
                  <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td" role="package">Order Management</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> packages use patterns to define delivery moments, shipping
				  moments, and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#417" role="glossary">fixed delivery patterns</Link>.</Paragraph>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR valign="top" no="3" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Calendar</Paragraph>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Calendars define the working times or opening times over
				  a large range of dates. Calendars can also store efficiency-related and
				  capacity-related data.</Paragraph> 
                  <Paragraph>You use calendars to define the working times of <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Employee_tc" role="glossary">employees</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work centers</Link>, and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Warehouse_tc" role="glossary">warehouses</Link> and information on the working dates and times
				  of business partners, required to plan deliveries.</Paragraph>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR valign="top" no="4" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Period</Paragraph>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                  <Paragraph>Periods divide a
				  year into regular intervals, such as weeks, months, or quarters.</Paragraph> 
                  <Paragraph>You use periods
				  for statistical, financial, hours accounting, planning, and cost controlling
				  purposes, especially in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/sales" role="package">Sales</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/procurement" role="package">Procurement</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef> packages.</Paragraph>
               </TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Dependencies</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To help you understand the structure of this module, some of
		  the dependencies between the concepts are described below:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A pattern is based on one or more <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000460" role="glossary">recurrences</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Calendars are based on <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#ResoActiType_tc" role="glossary">availability types</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000370" role="glossary">calendar recurrences</Link>. A calendar recurrence is based on
			 one or more <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000460" role="glossary">recurrences</Link>.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>For dates with no available information, the calendar falls
			 back on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#StandaCalend_tc" role="glossary">standard calendar</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <FigIntro>In the following simplified diagram, the outward pointing
		  arrows represent information that is made available outside <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef>.</FigIntro>
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         <FigCaption>Simplified diagram of relationships within <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp" role="module">Calendars and Periods</GUIRef>
         </FigCaption>
      </Figure>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To use the data</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>For more information on the use of the data defined in this
		module, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000123" role="manual">Relationships between CCP and other modules</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For integrations with external scheduling packages, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000134" role="manual">Calendar integration with external scheduling packages</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set up the data</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For more information on the setup of data in this module,
		  refer to the following topics:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000127" role="manual">To define recurrences</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000375" role="manual">To define patterns</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000128" role="manual">Overview of calendar functionality</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000124" role="manual">Setting up periods</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000123" role="manual">Relationships between CCP and other modules</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000127" role="manual">To define recurrences</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000375" role="manual">To define patterns</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000128" role="manual">Overview of calendar functionality</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000124" role="manual">Setting up periods</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000134" role="manual">Calendar integration with external scheduling packages</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>