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Entering Periodic Events

A Periodic event is one which repeats. You may need to prepare a status report on the 1st day of each month, or go to a class every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for a few weeks. These are periodic events.

Periodic events require a start date, end date, and repeat definition. The start and end dates identify the interval in which the periodic event occurs. The event does not necessarily fall on the start date or the end date. The event can be timed (having a start time with or without an end time) or untimed (no start or end time).

In Day view you can add a new event to your calendar (see Adding Events to My Calendar). TorontoMLS displays the data entry page specific to the type of event you want to add (Daily, Duration, or Periodic).

Data Entry for a New Periodic Calendar Event

Field

Definition

Event Title

Enter a short title for the event. This title displays on the calendar at each day the event occurs. Additional information can be added at the Event Details field.

Select Colors

Blue text on a white background is the default for event titles on your calendar. You can choose other colors for text and background for each entry. Click Select Colors to display the available palette. Background choices are shown on the left and text choices on the right. A "Sample Text" box previews your choices. Click Close, when finished, to return to the data entry page.

Border

Select this check box if you want a grey rectangular border to surround the title of this entry on your calendar display.

Event Details or URL Link

Enter any details for the event. This text is stored and displays in a smaller browser window when you click on the event title in Month view. It is also included in Day view.

As an alternative, you can enter a URL (Web site address). Once entered, when you click on the event title in Month view, the Web page displays. The URL is listed in Day view.

You cannot specify both event details and a URL.

Open link in new window

This option is preselected. As such, when you click on a URL-linked event title the Web page opens in a new browser window. Close the window to return to TMLS.

You can cancel this selection. Note, however, that upon clicking the event title you exit TMLS when the Web page displays. (If at the Web page you determine you want to return to TMLS, click the browser's Back button to restore your session. If you close the browser, you close TMLS; see Starting TorontoMLS and Logging Off.)

Start Time am/pm

Choose the starting time and AM or PM designations from the drop-down lists. This time displays in Month and Day views and is used to sort events in chronological order.

End Time am/pm

Choose the ending time and AM or PM designations from the drop-down lists. This time displays in Month and Day views.

Starting Date

Choose month, day, and year from the drop-down lists for the first date of the interval in which the periodic event occurs. (The event does not necessarily occur on the start date. E.g., "Starting January 1, 2006, all progress reports are due on the 5th of each month". )

Ending Date

Choose month, day, and year from the drop-down lists for the last date of the interval in which the periodic event occurs. (The event does not necessarily occur on the end date.)

How to Repeat:

Choose: Every Month (if the event occurs one or more days per month, e.g., an event occurring the 1st and 15th of each month); or Every Year (if the event occurs once a year); or Repeat by Day of Week (if the event follows a pattern such as occurring every Monday and Wednesday, or every other Thursday, or every first Friday of each month).

Date(s)

When you repeat by Every Month or Every Year: choose the date or dates (1-31) for the event to occur. CTRL+Click to select more than one date.  (For repeat every year: the month is set to match that of the Day view or Event Maintenance view date).

Weekend Hits OK

Select this option if the occurrence of the event on a Saturday or Sunday is acceptable.

Weekends to Monday

Select this option to move the event to the following Monday if the date falls on Saturday or Sunday.

Weekends to Friday

Select this option to move the event to the previous Friday if the date falls on Saturday or Sunday.

Split to Friday/Monday

Select this option to move the event to the previous Friday if the date falls on Saturday and to the following Monday if the date falls on Sunday.

Day of Week

When you repeat by day of week: choose the day or days from the drop-down list.  CTRL+Click to select more than one day.

Repeat

When you repeat by day of week: choose the repeat pattern from Day of Week and Repeat. At Day of Week select one or more days from the list. CTRL+Click to select more than one day. At Repeat, choose from the available patterns.

Save

Click Save to add this entry to your calendar.

Reset

Click Reset to return all fields to their former value.

(Delete)

Available at Edit page only. Click to Delete this event.

Cancel

Click Cancel to clear the fields of entered data and return to the previous page.

 

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Help for TorontoMLS, v. June 30, 2011