Action Calendar at a Glance

About this task

The Action Calendar gives you the capability to:

  • Define and automatically execute events in your plant, based on a standard schedule.
  • Project a schedule of automated events for any day in the future
  • Add, delete or reschedule events for a specific day.

Once you have planned your areas and events, entering information into the Action Calendar is very straightforward.

  • Open the Action Calendar
  • Action Calendar window parts
  • Action Calendar printing

Open the Action Calendar

CIMPLICITY provides several methods to open the Action Calendar.

Procedure

  1. Select Project>Action Calendar in the Workbench left pane.

    Note: If the icon does not appear in the Workbench left pane, you may need to enable the Action Calendar optionin your project. 

  2. Select Action Calendar in the Workbench right pane.
  3. Do one of the following.
    A Click Edit>Properties on the Workbench menu bar.
    B Click the Properties button on the Workbench toolbar.
    C In the Workbench left pane:
    Either Or
    Double click Action Calendar.
    1. Right-click Action Calendar.
    2. Select Properties on the Popup menu.
    D In the Workbench right pane:
    Either Or
    Double click Action Calendar.
    1. Right-click Action Calendar.
    2. Select Properties on the Popup menu.
    E Press Alt+Enter on the keyboard.

    Action Calendar window parts

    When you open the Action Calendar, you see the Action Calendar window that is divided into four parts:

    Area

    The Area box displays the current area being viewed, for example an area called Plant. Selecting the new menu option accessed by clicking the right mouse button over the control or selecting the menu button can configure new areas .

    Schedule Type

    The Schedule Type group contains radio buttons for

    Day Type to configure and view the events for a type of day.
    Calendar to view and override the schedule for a particular date.

    Day Type Legend

    The Day Type Legend grid provides configuration and selection of the day type being viewed. Each day type is assigned a color. Each day of the week (for example, Tuesday) displays the color of the day type to which it is assigned.

    When your Schedule Type is in Day Type mode, the Day Type Legend displays the:

    • Color and Day Type grid
    • Days: Mon through Sat

    When your Schedule Type is in Calendar mode, the Day Type Legend displays the:

    • Color and Day Type grid
    • Year
    • Month
    • Days—Mon through Sat
    • Days of the month: from 1 – 31 depending on how many days are in the displayed month.

    Weekday Schedule

    The Weekday Schedule section

    • Allows the configuration and viewing of the events configured for a day type or a projected calendar schedule. You can add or remove events from the schedule.
    • Tags the hour intervals for which events are scheduled. These tags remain stationary even when you scroll the schedule up and down.

    When you view:

    • Day Type schedules and select a day type in the Day Type Legend you will see the day type's associated schedule in the schedule area.
    • Calendar schedules you will see the schedule for the date that is selected on the calendar.

    Action Calendar Printing

    You can print any selected Action Calendar schedule.

  4. Right-click Action Calendar.
  5. Select Properties on the Popup menu.
  6. Right-click Action Calendar.
  7. Select Properties on the Popup menu.
  8. Click File on the Action Calendar menu bar.
  9. Do any of the following.
    • Select Print Preview.

    A Print Preview window opens displaying the document that will be printed.

    • Select Print Setup.

    A Windows Print Setup dialog box opens enabling you to set up the appropriate printer.

    • Select Print.

    A Windows Print dialog box opens enabling you to enter print specifications and print the Action Calendar schedule.

    Note: You can also click the Print button on the Action Calendar toolbar to open the Print dialog box.