Base Calendars

Base calendars maintain basic information regarding working times (for example, hours in the standard working week). You can use base calendars to define different working hours for particular organization units or for locations in different time zones.

Note the following considerations before using the Base Calendar:

  • You must map a base calendar to an organizational entity before you can use it.
    Note: Base calendars cannot be mapped to resources.
  • Base calendars are mapped to organizational entities using their alias. So you can define an alias either:
    • before you map a base calendar to an organizational entity, or
    • when mapping a base calendar to an organizational entity.
  • A base calendar can be mapped to multiple organizational entities.
  • An organizational entity can only have one base calendar mapped to it at any time.
  • You can remap a base calendar to a different organizational entity at any time.
    Note: TIBCO BPM Enterprise uses the latest calendar mapping. So if you remap a calendar while a process is deployed, then it does not adversely affect the process.
  • Though working hours are time zone neutral, a base calendar is associated with a particular time zone. In other words, when specifying working hours, you should specify your working hours according to your time zone. TIBCO BPM Enterprise then interprets those hours according to the time zone you have specified.
  • If the base calendar’s time-zone value changes, the future entries that are displayed are adjusted to the new timezone. However, the earlier entries are not adjusted. So if you define the start of the working week as 08:00 on Monday, it is still 08:00 on Monday even if the time zone of the calendar changes.