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In this scenarios, John handles notifications for all days except those he has off. He has several standing days off each month, as well as some planned vacations. Bob handles notifications when John is on vacation or out of the office.
1 . First, define a timeperiod that contains time ranges for John’s vacation days and days off:
define timeperiod{
name john-out-of-office
timeperiod_name john-out-of-office
day 15 00:00-24:00 ; 15th day of each month
day -1 00:00-24:00 ; Last day of each month (28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st)
day -2 00:00-24:00 ; 2nd to last day of each month (27th, 28th, 29th, or 30th)
january 2 00:00-24:00 ; January 2nd each year
june 1 - july 5 00:00-24:00 ; Yearly camping trip (June 1st - July 5th)
2017-11-01 - 2017-11-10 00:00-24:00 ; Vacation to the US Virgin Islands (November 1st-10th, 2017)
}
2 . Next, define a timeperiod for John’s on-call times that excludes the dates/times defined in the timeperiod above:
define timeperiod{
timeperiod_name john-oncall
monday 00:00-24:00
tuesday 00:00-24:00
wednesday 00:00-24:00
thursday 00:00-24:00
friday 00:00-24:00
exclude john-out-of-office ; Exclude dates/times John is out
}
3 . You can now reference this timeperiod in John’s contact definition:
4 . Define a new timeperiod for Bob’s on-call times that include the dates/times that John is out of the office:
define timeperiod{
timeperod_name bob-oncall
use john-out-of-office ; Include holiday date/times that John is out
}
5 . You can now reference this timeperiod in Bob’s contact definition:
