Adding and copying a new schedule profile

Before you create a schedule profile, you must create the group profiles to be included in the schedule. You can create a new schedule profile by using the following methods:

• Add a new schedule profile by using the ADD command (see To add a new schedule profile by using the ADD command)
• Add a new schedule profile by copying another profile using the COPY command (see To copy a schedule profile)

To access the Schedule Profile panel, by type ADD profileName on the Command line of the Profile Selection List panel and press Enter. The Schedule Profile panel is displayed as follows:

Schedule Profile panel

The Schedule Profile panel contains a table showing the days of the week, the hours of the day, and the groups in effect at various times. Each space in the table is a 30-minute interval. The periods (.) in a schedule indicates that no group is in effect for that interval or timeslot.

The following commands can be issued from the Schedule Profile panel:

To add a new schedule profile by using the ADD command

1. Type ADD profileName on the Command line of the Profile Selection List panel and press Enter.
   The Schedule Profile panel is displayed
2. (Optional) Add a description for the profile in the Description field. If you do not specify a description, the description will be DEFAULT PROFILE.

3. Add the group profiles by using one of the following methods:

   • To select group profiles from a list, perform the following steps:

   1. 
      
      1. Type ADD (without a parameter) on the Command line, and press Enter.
      2. From the Add Group Selection list, select all of the groups that you want to use in the schedule by typing S in the Act next to the group name.
      3. Press F3 when you are finished selecting. The selected groups are added to the schedule profile.

   OPERTUNE assigns a legend identifier to each group you add to the schedule profile. Use this identifier to insert the group into a specific time slot in the table. A schedule can have a maximum of eight groups.

   • To add an individual group to the schedule profile, type ADD groupName on the Command line, and press Enter. The corresponding group is added to the schedule profile.

     OPERTUNE assigns a legend identifier to each group you add to the schedule profile. Use this identifier to insert the group into a specific time slot in the table. A schedule can have a maximum of eight groups.

4. (Optional) You can delete a group from the schedule profile by typing D in the Act field next to the group, and pressing Enter.

5. Type the legend identifier for the group into a specific timeslot in the table.

   The following figure shows how to type the legend identifier for the following groups and timeslots:

   Legend	Name	Description	Timeslots
   1	GXADAY	Daytime Configuration	Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm
   2	GXANIGHT	Night Time Configuration	Monday through Friday 5pm to 12am
   3	GXAWEEK	Weekend Configuration	Saturday and Sunday 24 hours

   DDTG DBI1 Schedule Profile   Row 1 of 3
   Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE
   
   Profile name . . . . . . . . : GXASCHD1 Commands: ADD
   Description . . . . . . . . . NORMAL SCHEDULE     COPY
            UNDO
   00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
   | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
   Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
   Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................11111111111111111112222222222222
   Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................11111111111111111112222222222222
   Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . .................11111111111111111112222222222222
   Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................11111111111111111112222222222222
   Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................11111111111111111112222222222222
   Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
   Select the group(s) with one of the following. Then press Enter.
   D=Delete V=View
   Act Legend Name Description
   ..   1 GXADAY DAYTIME CONFIGURATION
   ..   2 GXANIGHT NIGHT TIME CONFIGURATION
   ..   3 GXAWEEK WEEKEND CONFIGURATION
   ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************
6. Press F3 when you are finished entering the timeslots to return to the Profile Selection List panel.

To copy a schedule profile

You can create a new schedule profile by copying an already-existing profile. If you know the profile name you want to copy from, you can type COPY existingProfileName on the Command line and press Enter to copy the schedule from the specified profile into the new profile.

If you do not know the profile name you want to copy from, or the profile is on another OPERTUNE, perform these steps to copy a profile:

1. On the Profile Selection List panel, type COPY (without a parameter) on the Command line and press Enter to display the Profile Copy panel, which lists the existing schedule profiles.

   N/A HB4 Profile Copy Row 1 to 8 of 8
   Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE
   
   OPERTUNE to copy from . . . . N/A (? for list)
   
   Select the desired SCHEDULE and press Enter.
   S=Select
   
   Act Name  Description
   ..  COMAXPG  DEFAULT PROFILE VALUES
   ..  COPYTST  DEFAULT PROFILE VALUES
   ..  EEFTEST  DEFAULT PROFILE
   ..  MIDNIGHT  DEFAULT PROFILE
   ..  STATFREQ  DEFAULT PROFILE
   ..  TESTNOW  DEFAULT PROFILE
   ..  TEST1  DEFAULT PROFILE VALUES
   ..  Y2KTEST  DEFAULT PROFILE VALUES
   ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************

2. (Optional) If the profile you want to copy is on another OPERTUNE, type the OPERTUNE name in the OPERTUNE to Copy from field to specify that OPERTUNE, and press Enter. The Profile Copy panel is displayed, listing the Schedule Profiles for the specified OPERTUNE.

   You can also type a question mark (?) in the OPERTUNE to Copy From field and press Enter to display a list of OPERTUNEs from which to choose.

3. Select a schedule profile from the list to copy all commands from the existing schedule profile into the new profile by typing S in the Act field next to the schedule profile name.
4. Press Enter. The schedule profile settings are copied into the new schedule profile.
5. Type a description for the profile in the Description field. If you do not specify a description, the description will be DEFAULT PROFILE VALUES.
6. Press F3 to exit from the Schedule Profile panel and return to the Profile Selection List panel.

Cancelling modifications to a profile by using the UNDO command

Type UNDO on the Command line and press Enter to cancel the all of the modifications you made to the profile without exiting the Schedule Profile panel.