Adding Exclusion Period to a Schedule

You can define a period when you want the system to ignore the rulebases and rules.

Procedure

1. In the Hawk Console, open the Hawk Agent page for which you want to add the exclusion period of a schedule.
For steps, see Viewing the Agent Details.
2. In the Agent page, select the Schedules tab.

All the schedules for the Hawk agent are displayed in the left panel of the tab. For details, see Schedules Tab.

3. In the Schedules tab, select the Schedule for which you want to add the exclusion period.

The list of inclusion periods and exclusion periods are displayed in the right panel.

4. On the right panel, click the Add icon for the Exclusion Periods.

The Period Details window opens to define a new period.

5. In the Period Details window, define the following parameters in the exclusion period of a schedule:
Time of Day - Select the starting and ending time interval for the period. If you want to specify multiple time intervals for the schedule, you must add multiple Exclusion periods.
Day of Month - Select the dates for the schedule to be active. Click Select All to select all days of the month.
Week Day of Month - Select the days of the week and weeks in the month for the period.
Month of Year -Select the month of the year for the period. Click Select All to select all months of the year.

The Week Day of Month and Day of Month selections must overlap in order for a day to be selected.

6. Click Save.

Result

The new exclusion period is listed under the Exclusion Periods list for the schedule.

What to do Next

If you want to define a period when you want the system to apply the rulebases and rules whenever conditions are met, add an inclusion period for the schedule. For details, see Adding Inclusion Period to a Schedule.
Deploy the schedule to the Hawk agent for applying it to all rules and rulebases of the Hawk agent. For details, see Deploying a Schedule to the Associated Hawk Agent.