3.5.6 Defining a schedule that has different behavior at different times of the month

This subsection describes how to define a schedule that causes a jobnet to execute in the first ten-day period, the second ten-day period, and the last ten-day period in a month. You can define this type of schedule by creating schedule rules that define execution start dates in the first ten-day period, second ten-day period and last ten-day period of the month. For example, to execute a process on the last open day of each ten-day period in the month, specify the 10th, the 20th and the final day of the month as the execution start dates. Use the schedule by days from start function if you want the execution dates to shift from these dates when required. The following example illustrates the use of schedule by days from start to execute a process once every ten-days.

Figure 3‒12: Example of a schedule that executes a process every ten-days

This schedule is structured so that the process is executed on the open day that follows the first open day in each ten-day period in the month. The first day in the last ten-day period is the 21st. However, because the 21st is Sunday and therefore a closed day, the execution date shifts to the next business day, in this case the 22nd. The Schedule by days from start setting then shifts the execution date back by one day. As a result, the scheduled execution date is calculated as the 23rd.

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