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Function documentationEvent Planning: IT Calendar

 

You use IT Calendar to manage the following, for technical component such as technical systems, databases, technical scenarios, and hosts in an easy-to-use interface. You can also analyze the events for technical components for any period.

  • Work modes

  • IT events

  • Change cycle phases

  • Change documents

  • IT Task Planning operational tasks

  • Quality Gate Management phases

  • Quality Gate Management Q-Gates/Milestones

The following table compares milestones, IT events, and work modes:

IT Event

Work Mode

Overlapping

Yes

Yes

Relevant to System and Application Monitoring Infrastructure

No

Yes

Duration

Multiple Days

Multiple Days

Integration

Event Planning: IT Calendar is integrated with Work Mode Management, Quality Gate Management, IT Task Planning, and Change Request Management.

Prerequisites

You are authorized to access Work Mode Management, Quality Gate Management, IT Task Planning, Change Request Management, and Event Planning: IT Calendar.

Activities

  1. Open the Event Planning: IT Calendar application on the launch pad. You can also open the application from the Technical Administration work center on the launch pad.

    Note Note

    1. If you are launching the application from the Technical Administration work center then do the following:

      1. In the Detailed Selection screen area, select the query.

        Group components in queries for faster access.

      2. To view the events planned for components, select the components.

      3. Choose IT Calendar.

    2. If you are opening the Event Planning: IT Calendar application on the launch pad, you can choose the technical component of the type technical system.

    End of the note.

    For more information, see Viewing Events.

  2. Plan an event in one of the following ways:

    • To plan the availability of a component, plan a work mode.

      For more information, see Planning Work Modes.

    • To plan an event or milestone, plan an IT event.

      For more information, see Planning an IT Event.

  3. If you want to make changes to the planned IT event or work mode, edit your settings.

    For more information, see Editing Events.

Recommendation Recommendation

To remove the records that are flagged for deletion from IT Calendar database, schedule the report program ITC_REMOVE_DELETED_EVENTS in background, periodically. This reduces data volume.

End of the recommendation.