Planning a Work Mode

This procedure specifies the availability of technical components. Work modes planned on a technical scenario or component are applied to a technical instance, but can be applied to a host or a data base depending on your requirements.

The table below shows the possibilities:

Technical Scenario or Component Type	Technical System	Technical Instance	Host	Database
Dual Stack	Optionally applies	Applies	Optionally applies	Optionally applies
Work Mode Management	Optionally applies	Applies	Optionally applies	Optionally applies
Technical System	Not applicable	Applies	Optionally applies	Optionally applies
Host	Not applicable	Applies	Not applicable	Not applicable

Procedure

Run the transaction sm_workcenter.
Choose Technical Administration Work center IT Calendar
Select the relevant technical systems and choose IT Calendar
IT Calendar screen appears. Do one of the followings:
- Creating Work Mode
1. Select a date or time range on the calendar, and choose Create Event Schedule Work mode
  The Work Mode screen appears.
2. Enter the required details in the Schedule section.
  - If it is a recurring work mode, select the Recurring checkbox and enter the required details in the Recurring section.
  - To view the dependents or other components that are affected by this work mode, go to the Technical Components tab page and expand the technical component. You can view other landscape components that are affected like technical instance, host or database. You can choose to not apply the work mode for them.
    
    Note
    The other dependents, like interfaces that are listed in the Other Impacted Components section, are affected by this work mode.
    
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  - If you want to schedule work mode for more than one technical component, go to the Technical Components tab page. You can add more components by selecting them from the dropdown.
    Separate work modes are created for each of the technical component.
- Deleting Work Mode
  - If it is a single work mode, click on the work mode and choose the Delete button.
  - If it is a recurring work mode, do the following:
    
    Click on the work mode and choose the Delete button.
    TheConfirm Delete screen appears.
    
    Choose the relevant radio button.
    Choose OK.
- Editing a work mode
  1. Click the work mode and choose Open Work mode.
    
    If it is a single work mode, the Work mode screen appears. Enter the changes and choose Save.
    If it is a recurring item, the Open Recurring Item screen appears.
    
    Choose an option and enter the required changes.
    Choose Save.
    
    Note
    You can edit the attributes of the work mode depending on its status.
    
    If the work mode is new, you can change all the attributes except for the Work Mode Type and Recurring Type.
    If the work mode is already in progress, only the End Time can be changed. It can be extended or shortened.
    If the work mode is already completed, none of the attributes can be changed.
    
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- Copying Work Mode
  1. Click on the work mode and choose Copy Work mode
    
    If it is a recurring item, the Copy Recurring Item screen appears.
    
    Choose an option and enter the required changes.
    Choose Save.
Note
You can copy work modes only between technical components of the same type. For example, you can copy a work mode from a component of type system to another component of type system.

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