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Work Hours

This documentation applies to NMS version 5.4. An online version of the software can be found here.

The Work Hours page enables you to create work hours for devices. Work hours enable you to create reports that present statistics for specific work hours. Pages that use work hours include: Report Attachment Wizard, Instant Graphs, TopN Reports, New Device, Edit Device, and Device Manager.

To access the Work Hours page from the navigation bar, click the Administration menu and select Work Hours.

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Manage Work Hours

Enter times in a 24 hour format. A day starts at 00:00 (12:00 AM) and ends at 23:59 (11:59 PM). For an example of a time span that crosses midnight such as 5 PM Monday to 2 AM Tuesday: Enter one span Monday 17:00-24:00 and enter a second time span Tuesday 00:00 - 2:00. Perform the following steps to manage work hour groups.

Click the Work Hours drop-down and select Create New or select a work hour group to edit.
In the Name field, enter the name of the work hours group.
Select the Default check box to have this work hours group appear as the default work hours group for all new devices. You can designate one default work hours group.
Click the Add Work Hours to display day and time entry fields.
In the Days section, select the check box for each day to include in the work hours group.
In the Start Time fields, enter the start time, in 24 hour format.
In the End Time fields, enter the end time, in 24 hour format.
Click Update to add the work hours group to the list.
Repeat these steps to add multiple work hours groups.
Click Save to update the work hours group with the changes or click Save as New to create a copy of the work hours group.