The Mine Calendar

The Mine panel is used to define non-working and downtime days for the whole mine.

A Mine calendar controls downtime for all schedule components, for example in the event of full shutdowns or non-working hours.

Excel Data

Date, time and duration calendar data can be copied and pasted into the Non-Working days grid and the Non-Standard Days grid from Excel.

Create a new row in either table using Add, position the cursor into the first row/column to contain copied data, then copy from the clipboard.

In the Non-Working Days or Non-Standard Days table, click Add.

If defining non-standard days (representing downtime events), you can also choose to Add Multiple, letting you define multiple non-working dates based on a recurring pattern (see "Adding multiple non-standard days", below).
In the Define Time Period dialog, define the From and To dates, click OK

In the Non-Working Days or Non-Standard Days table, select the required item or items in the grid. You can select and drag to select multiple items, or click twice with the <SHIFT> key held down to select all table records between the two clicks.
Click Remove. All currently highlighted dates will be removed.

Adding Multiple Non-standard Days/Downtimes

You can quickly define a pattern of downtime events using the Define Multiple Time Periods dialog.

In the Mine Calendar panel, Non-Standard Days (Downtime) section, select Add Multiple.
In the Define Multiple Time Periods dialog, enter the start (From) and end (To) downtime phase.
Choose the daily Pattern of the downtime event (Daily, Weekly etc.)
Choose the duration of the recurring downtime pattern. You can choose to End by a particular date (meaning downtime will not be applied on the specified date) or you can define a number of occurrences, after which the downtime pattern is cancelled.
Click OK to add all downtime dates/times for the specified range and pattern to the Mine Calendar panel.

Dates will be added to the Mine Calendar, appending any dates already there.

Field Details:

The following fields are available in this dialog's tab:

Non-Working Days:

Add: click this button to add a non-working date to the list using the Define Time Period dialog.

Remove: click this button to remove the selected a non-working date from the list.

Non-Working days grid:

From Date: non-working day's start date.

To Date: non-working day's end date.

Duration: non-working day's duration.

Non-Standard Days (Downtime):

Add: click this button to add a non-standard day to the list using the Define Time Period dialog.

Remove: click this button to remove the selected non-working date from the list.

Non-Standard Days grid:

Date: non-standard day's date.

From Time: non-standard day's start time.

To Time: non-standard day's end time.

Duration: non-standard day's duration.