Creating a separate baseline for seasonal or special  dates

In your organization, there may be predetermined days when your business experiences out-of-the-ordinary workloads or other special behavior. If factored into the baseline, it artificially raises or lowers the baseline, causing unnecessary abnormalities. You can use the baseline seasonality functionality to calculate specialized baselines for these unusual days that are separate from the baseline for normal business days. The seasonal baseline can be applied to all groups and services or to specified groups and services.

There are two types of dates that you can account for using the baseline seasonality functionality:

• Specific seasonality dates-planned, single days with exceptional behavior, such as special sales and holidays 
• Recurring seasonality dates-events that repeat on a regular basis with exact frequency, such as weekly or monthly payroll and backups
  In the Operations Console, you control the baseline seasonality feature by using the Baseline Seasonality Administration page. 

To access the Baseline Seasonality Administration page

1. From the Operations Console, choose Options.
2. On the Options page, choose the Administration tab.
3. In the Advanced area of the Administration page, next to Baseline, click Edit.
    The Baseline Administration page is displayed.
4. On the Baseline Administration page, click the Baseline Seasonality link.
    The Baseline Seasonality Administration page is displayed.
5. Use the Baseline Seasonality Administration page for

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   • Creating-a-baseline-seasonality-instance 
   • Editing-or-deleting-a-baseline-seasonality-instance