Defining a business hour profile
Use the Business Hours wizard to create, manage, and assign business hour profiles. A business hour profile defines the business working hours (day of the week, start time/stop time) for a set of devices.
Perform one of the following procedures.
To create a business hour profile
1. Log in to the UI as a user with administrative privilege.
2. Choose Configure > All Settings > Alert: Business Hours. The Business Hours wizard appears.
3. Select Create a Business Hour Profile and click Next.
4. Enter the following information and click Next.
• Active—Whether the profile is active. By default, the option is selected.
• Name—A unique name to identify the profile
• Description—An optional user-specified description of the profile.
• Day of the week—The business days of the week for the profile. Select one or more days.
• Start time / Stop time—For each selected day, specify the start time and end time. Either select the time from the pull-down menu or enter a value into the field. Additionally, you can copy and paste values for quicker input.
5. Select the devices to assign to the profile and click Next.
Use the panel on the left to filter devices. Devices can be filtered by group, country, region, and city. Then select the devices to associate with the profile. Select the check box in the header to select all devices in the current list. Changing the filter does not unselect devices.
A device can be assigned to only one profile. If you assign a profile to a device that has already been assigned to a profile, the most recent assignment replaces the assignment to the older profile.
6. Review the summary of the profile. If you need to make changes click Previous. When the information is correct, click Finish to save the new profile. Alternately, click Run Again to save the profile and restart the wizard.
If a device has been previously assigned to a business hour profile, the Current Profile column in the list of associated devices displays name of the previously associated profile. Because a device can be associated with only one profile, when the profile is saved, the device will be associated with the current profile and removed from the previously-defined profile.
To edit a business hour profile
1. Log in to the UI as a user with administrative privilege.
2. Choose Configure > All Settings > Alert: Business Hours.
3. Select Edit a Business Hour Profile.
4. From the list of existing Business Hour Profiles, select the profile that you want to edit and click Next.
5. Edit the information as necessary and click Next.
7. Review the summary of the profile. If you need to make changes click Previous. When the information is correct, click Finish to save the new profile. Alternately, click Run Again to save the profile and restart the wizard.
If a device has been previously assigned to a business hour profile, the Current Profile column in the list of associated devices displays name of the previously associated profile. Because a device can be associated with only one profile, when the profile is saved, the device will be associated with the current profile and removed from the previously-defined profile.
To delete a business hour profile
1. Log in to the UI as a user with administrative privilege.
2. Choose Configure > All Settings > Alert: Business Hours.
3. Select Delete a Business Hour Profile.
4. From the list of existing Business Hour Profiles, select the profile that you want to delete and click Next.
5. Review the summary of the profile to verify that you selected the correct profile to delete. Click Finish to delete the new profile. Alternately, click Run Again to delete the profile and restart the wizard.
If you delete a business hour profile that is assigned to one or more devices, those devices will not have defined business hours until you assign a new business hour profile.