13.1 Maintaining Time Categories

Time categories are used to identify important blocks of time. For example, peak hours can be defined as weekdays from 7 AM to 5 PM. Operations Center provides six default time categories, which can be customized:

Blackout
Critical
Peak
On
Non-Peak
Off

You can rank them by priority and select whether to enable or disable using them. By default, Blackout and Off are disabled.

To customize a time category:

In the Explorer pane, expand Administration > Time Management.
Right-click the Time Categories element, then select Properties to open the Status property page.
In the left pane, click Time Categories to open its property page:
To change the name of a time category, double-click the name in the Category Name column, specify a new name, then click anywhere in the dialog box to save the new name.

The Blackout time category name cannot be edited.
To change the color, double-click the associated color box in the Color for Calendar column to open the Select a New Color dialog box, then do one of the following:
- Use the Swatches, HSB, or RGB tabs to select the new color, then click OK to save the new color.
- To close the dialog box without saving the color selection, click Cancel.
- To revert to previous color settings, click Reset.
The Time Categories Color Selector is the same as the one used to set up the condition and severity values.
(Optional) Consider whether to collect alarm history and performance data for each time category, then do one of the following in the Data Warehouse column:
- Select the On radio button to record alarm history and performance data in the Data Warehouse.
- Select the Off radio button to disable data capture of alarm history and performance data in the Data Warehouse.
To complete the customization process, do one of the following:
- To save new Time Category selections, click Apply to display a confirmation dialog box, then click Yes to save the changes.
- To revert to the default settings, click Set to Defaults.