Price schedule interval window

Price schedule interval window
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Abstract

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Windows used to manage price schedule intervals:

Price schedule interval editor window
New price schedule interval entry window

All these windows are opened from the context menu of the Specification panel's data grid.

The Price schedule interval editor window is used to change start and end times of an interval set in the price schedule specification. Multiple selection of price schedule intervals for editing is disabled.

The window is opened by the Edit command from the Intervals menu in the context menu when selecting an interval or selecting one or more prices within one interval.

Figure 2.229. Interval editor (start and end time within the same 24-hour period)

Figure 2.230. Interval editor (start and end time belong to different 24-hour periods)

Window fields:

Interval start – interval start time. Required field.
Interval end – interval end time. Required field.
Note
Interval start and end times should be entered as a single whole number of hours (for example, 15, or in the format HH:MM:SS). Example: 10:30:55.

Click OK to save data. Selecting Cancel will close the window without saving data.

The New price schedule interval entry window enables to add a new time interval to the price schedule specification.

The window is opened by the Add command from the Intervals menu in the context menu of the specification items ( Specification panel in the Price schedule window or Specification panel in the Sales rule window).

Figure 2.231. Interval entry window

When opening the entry window in the Interval start field, the default value is Open business day, i.e. whatever time the business day is opened. While in the Interval end field there is displayed Close business day as the default option, i.e. whatever time the business day is closed.

The fields and their purpose are the same as in the Price schedule interval window.

Guidelines on how to complete the Interval start and Interval end

Figure 2.232. Interval start field list

The drop-down list of the Interval start field contains the following commands:

Open business day – whatever time the business day is opened.
Same 24-hour period – indicates that the time entered is before midnight in the day when the business day was opened.
Next 24-hour period – indicates that the time entered is in the 24-hour period following that in which the business day was opened.

Figure 2.233. Interval end field list

The drop-down list of the Interval end field contains the following commands:

Close business day – whatever time the business day is closed.
Same 24-hour period – indicates that the time entered is before midnight in the day when the business day was opened.
Next 24-hour period – indicates that the time entered is in the 24-hour period following that in which the business day was opened.

If the interval start or end time is specified as being in the same day (the day of opening the business day), you should select the Same 24-hour period option in the drop-down menu of the corresponding field. Start time and interval end are displayed in the format HH:MM:SS, for example, 15:00:00.

Figure 2.234. Time entered in the same day format

If the interval start or end time is specified as being in the next day (following the day of opening the business day), you should select the Next 24-hour period option in the drop-down menu of the corresponding field. In this case the (next 24-hour period) message in a gray colour will appear in the entry field. Start time or interval end should be entered to the right to the message.

Figure 2.235. Time entered in the next day format

The number of columns used to represent an interval depends on the values entered in the Interval start andInterval end fields.

If in the Interval start field the interval is defined as being Open business day, while in the Interval end field it is defined as being Close business day (i.e. the interval is defined as being from Opening time to Close of business day), there will be a single column with the Entire business day header.

Figure 2.236. All day interval

If in the Interval start field the interval is defined as being Open business day, while in the Interval end field there is a specific time (i.e. the interval is defined as being from Opening time to a specific time), there will be two columns. The first will represent the period from opening time up to the start of the interval and the second will represent the period from the start of the interval onwards.

Figure 2.237. Interval from the Opening time to the specific time and from the specific time to the Close of business day.

If in the Interval start field a specific time is entered, while in the Interval end field there is set the Close business day option (i.e. the interval is defined as being from a specific time to Close of business day), then a single column will be created. In the header of this column there will be the start time of the interval.

Figure 2.238. Specific time to Close of business day interval

If in the Interval start field a specific time is entered, while in the Interval end field there is also a specific time (i.e. the interval is defined as being between two specific times), such an interval will be represented by two columns. The first will represent the start time of the interval.

Figure 2.239. Interval between two specified times