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1513422 - How to Create a New Working Day Calendar for any Non-Localized Country

Symptom

Your requirement is to create a Working Day Calendar for a non-localized or pre-localized Country, but the respective non-localized Country XYZ is not available under the List of Countries in the Working Day Calendar activity (where XYZ represents the country name).

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Enter the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select the implementation project.
  4. Click on the Open Activity List button.
  5. Search for the activity Working Day Calendar.
  6. Click on the name of the activity name to open it.
  7. Click on Create new working day calendar.

The required non-localized country is missing in the list of countries available.

Resolution

Working Day Calendar for non-localized and pre-localized Countries is currently not available in the project scope.

In these scenarios, it is possible to create a calendar while selecting a different country, and still assign it to the required organization unit.

To create a New Holiday Calendar, please follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Enter the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select the implementation project.
  4. Click on the Open Activity List button.
  5. Search for the activity Working Day Calendar.
  6. Click on the activity name to open it.
  7. Click on Create New Holiday Calendar.
  8. Select a different country available from the list.
  9. Proceed in the wizard to create the holiday calendar.

Note: For country-specific holidays which are not available, it is possible to create a new holiday by clicking on the Add Row button in the holiday selection step.

After creating the New Holiday Calendar, it is required to assign it to a working day calendar. In order to create a working day calendar, please follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Enter the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select the implementation project.
  4. Click on the Open Activity List button.
  5. Search for the activity Working Day Calendar.
  6. Click on the activity name to open it.
  7. Click on Create New Working Day Calendars
  8. Choose the same country for which the holiday calendar was created.
  9. Select the Country XYZ for which the New Holiday Calendar was created previously
  10. Proceed with the wizard, and assign the holiday calendar created to it.

Keywords

List of Countries, Working Day Calendar, Holiday Calendar , KBA , working day calendar , holiday calendar , list of countries , LOD-CRM-EMP , Employee , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions