Adding Public Holidays for your organisation
Who is this article for?Site Administrators who want to configure Public Holidays on their site.
Site Admin permissions are required.
Determining which Public Holidays are applicable to your organisation is important to calculating working days for your Feedback and Incidents. This guide will walk you through how to add, edit, and delete them.
In this article:
1. General Options view
To access General Options:
- Open the Go To... menu.
- Hover over 'Site Admin' at the bottom of the menu.
- Select 'General' (under 'Site Options').
You will be taken to a page with a list of various site options.
2. Setting Public Holidays
To set Public Holidays:
- Go to the General Options view.
- Select 'Public Holidays' from the list on the left.
- Click 'Public Holidays▼'.
- Select 'Edit'.
You'll be taken to a separate page. - Click 'Public Holidays▼'.
- Select 'Add'.
You'll see a new row being created. - Change the name and date for the holiday.
- Click 'Save'.
The newly created holiday will appear highlighted in green, with a plus icon next to it to show 'creation' was the last action taken on the entry.
Adding multiple entries?
No problem, but make sure you check that the 'unsaved' badge is not displayed before navigating away from the page!
You will be able to see your added holidays on the overview page once you go back to it:
3. Editing Public Holidays
- Go to the General Options view.
- Hover over the name or date you want to edit.
- Select the paper and pen icon.
- Make your changes.
- Click 'Save'.
The edited holiday will appear highlighted in blue, with a pen and paper icon next to it to show 'edit' was the last action taken on the entry.
4. Deleting Public Holidays
- Go to the General Options view.
- Highlight the row of the holiday you want to delete.
- Click 'Public Holidays▼'.
- Select 'Delete'.
- Click 'Save'.
The deleted holiday will appear highlighted in grey, with a cross icon next to it to show 'deletion' was the last action taken on the entry.