You can restrict the times when a rule is valid by defining an access time and adding it to the rule conditions. You can also use access times as script entities.
Click
on the home page of the console.Click
in the navigation pane.To add an access time at the top level, click
in the task pane. To add an access time to a category, select the category and click in the task pane.Specify a name for the access time, for example, Office hours.
Click
.To configure the access time, continue with Section 5.10.2, Modifying an Access Time.
Click
on the home page of the console.Click
in the navigation pane.Select the access time you want to modify.
Click
in the task pane.Modify the access time as desired:
Change the name of the access time.
Specify a description of the access time.
Click
to disable the access time. A disabled access time is dimmed.Set the access time as described in Step 6.
Set the access time in multiples of half-hourly intervals. The default access time is set to
for the whole week, shown in the calendar as blue.To allow access at specific times, click and drag across the days and times until the hours when you want to grant access are shown in green,
To allow access for the majority of times and deny access for specific times, click the
box below the table to grant access for the whole week, then click and drag across the days and times until the hours when you want to deny access are shown in blue.For example, to allow access only during the hours from 9:00 to 18:00 from Monday to Friday:
Ensure that the whole week is set to Deny Access (blue).
Click in the calendar on 9 on Monday morning, then drag to 18 and down to Friday. This creates a green block representing the times when access is allowed.
Click
. You can now use this access time in rule conditions or as a script entity.Click
on the home page of the console.Click
in the navigation pane.Select the access time you want to copy.
To select multiple access times in the same category, press the Ctrl key and select the required access times one at a time, or press the Shift key to select a consecutive list of access times.
To create the copy, press the Ctrl key and drag the selected access time to the desired location.
If necessary, rename or modify the copy by using the Modifying an Access Time.
option, as described inClick
in the navigation pane on the home page of the console.Click
in the navigation pane.Select the access time you want to move.
To move multiple access times in the same category, press the Ctrl key and select the required access times one at a time, or press the Shift key to select a consecutive list of access times.
Drag the selected access time to the desired location.
Click
on the home page of the console.Click
in the navigation pane.Select the access time you want to delete.
To select multiple access times in the same category, press the Ctrl key and select the required access times one at a time, or press the Shift key to select a consecutive list of access times.
Click
in the task pane.Click
.The access time is deleted, and is also removed from any rule conditions and script entities in which it has been defined.