Configuring Operational Hours

You can set the operational hours to define the working hours of your service desk across various sites. Operational hours are used to calculate request completion time, SLA, or timespent by technicians as applicable to requests. You can also ensure that critical automations are executed during business hours via operational hours.

Role Required: SDAdmin

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Configure Operational Hours 

To set the organization's operational hours, go to Setup > Instance Configurations > Operational Hours.

Click New and add an operational hour using the pointers below:

 

Steps Involved

Configurations

Provide the operational hour details

  • Provide a name for the operational hour.

  • Describe the usage and details of the operational hour.

  • Select the sites and groups where the operational hour is applicable.

 If no operational hour is associated with a site or group, the default operational hour will be associated. 

Select the working time of your organization

  • Select Round the Clock if your organization has 24 hours working system.  

  • Select Standard Hours if your organization has routine working hours. You can set the start and end time using the drop-down menus.

  • Click Add Break Hours to schedule intervals in the working time.

 You can schedule break hours only for standard working time. 

Select the working days of your organization

The configured working time will be populated as the working hours for the selected working days.

  • Use the checkbox to select the days when your organization's services will be available. Unselected days will be considered as non-working days.

  • You can also set a custom working time for specific days by selecting Custom Hours using the drop-down beside the weekday. Input your custom start and end times accordingly.

  • You can schedule break hours for the days where custom hours are configured.

Configure exceptions for certain weekdays

You can exempt certain weekdays in a month from the configured operational hours.

  • Select the weekdays when the exception should be applied.

  • Set the custom hours and break hours to be applied for the exempted weekdays.

 

Click Save.

 

 

You cannot specify custom working hours for all working days. 
Operational hours for a site depend on the time zone configured for that site. 
You can set operational hours to end the next day. Overflowing working hours are indicated with icon. 

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You cannot delete or associate sites/groups to default operational hour. 

 

 

Click an operational hour name to expand and view the regular hours and associated special operational hours. In the Special Operational Hours tab, you can:

 

 

Configure Special Operation Hours  

Configure special operational hours for certain days in a year. Special operational hours are associated with operational hours to map the sites and groups where special operational hours are applicable. You can schedule the special operational hours, repeat them annually, add break hours, and configure exceptions.

Special operational hours are used to calculate request completion time, SLA, or timespent by technicians as applicable to requests. You can also ensure that critical automations are executed during business hours via special operational hours.

To set the organization's operational hours,

Click New and use the pointers below to add a special operational hour:

Steps Involved

Configurations

Provide the special operational hour details

  • Provide a name for the special operational hour.

  • Describe the purpose of the special operational hour.

  • Select the operational hours to be associated.

 You cannot associate multiple special operational hours configured with overlapping time periods to one operational hour. 

Schedule the special operational hour

  • Select the start and end time for the special operational hour.

  • Choose if you want to repeat the special operational hour every year.

Select the working time of the special operational hour

  • Select Round the Clock if the organization has 24 hours working system during the special operational hour.

  • Select Standard Hours if the organization has routine working hours during the special operational hour. You can set the start and end time using the drop-down menus.

  • Click Add Break Hours to schedule intervals in the working time.

 You can schedule break hours only for standard working time. 

Select the working days in the special operational hour

The configured working time will be populated as the working hours for the selected working days.

  • Use the checkbox to select the days when your organization's services will be available. Unselected days will be considered as non-working days.

  • You can also set a custom working time for specific days by selecting Custom Hours using the drop-down beside the weekday. Input your custom start and end times accordingly.

  • You can schedule break hours for the days where custom hours are configured.

Configure exceptions for certain days

You can exempt certain weekdays in a month from the configured special operational hours.

  • Select the weekdays when the exception should be applied.

  • Set the custom hours and break hours to be applied for the exempted weekdays.

 

Click Save.

You can set special operational hours to end the next day. Overflowing working hours are indicated with  icon. 

 

 

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