Limit a Link’nX scenario to specific date ranges

The Date range condition in Link’nX can contain several date ranges, with their year, and apply the rule inside or outside them: a vacation period, an exceptional closure or a season in a given year.

Intended for administrators and installers. For the same periods every year, use the yearly recurrence guide.

Create the date ranges

1. In Conditions, click Add, then choose Date range in Select a condition type. Fill in Name.
2. Leave Recurring yearly turned off.
3. In Date ranges, click Choose a date range or its calendar icon. Choose the start date, then the end date in the calendar. Check both dates and their years in the row.
4. For another period, click Add a date range, then fill in the new row the same way. Each row kept must have a start and an end.
5. To remove a row, click Remove this date range next to it. This command is offered when several rows remain; it removes the row from the form directly. To replace the only remaining range, change its dates.

Removing a row does not change the saved condition until you save the form; after saving, this period is no longer part of its list.

Apply the rule inside or outside the ranges

Several ranges are alternatives: the date can match any one of them. The Active outside ranges switch inverts this result for all the ranges.

Active outside ranges	The condition is met	Summary sentence below the ranges
Off	When the date falls within one of the ranges	“Active when current date is within” followed by the ranges
On	Only outside all the ranges	“Active when current date is NOT within” followed by the ranges

Save and add the condition to the scenario

1. Click the floppy disk, then follow the save confirmations.
2. In the scenario, select the condition in Date condition, then save the scenario too.

Check the result

• Review the summary sentence below the ranges, especially the word NOT when exclusion is active.
• Reopen the condition and check the years and the order of the dates in each row.
• Before relying on the exact time of entering or leaving a range, especially to cover the whole day of the end date, have support confirm the bounds suited to your installation. The display of a date does not show an end time.

Troubleshooting

• Issue with field ‘Date range’. It requires a value.: complete the start and end of each row, or remove the added rows that are not used. Check that a complete range remains defined: a start date alone is not enough.
• The condition seems not to apply: check the years, the order of the dates, Active outside ranges and the selection in the scenario.
• You want to switch to yearly mode: use the conversion procedure in the yearly recurrence guide before saving.

If the problem persists, contact support@can-nx.com with the desired dates, the test date, the inside or outside mode and the expected result.