Click the Create Reports Printer Access link in the Reports Printer Access

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8. Optionally, enter a description of the calendar under Description.

9. Click Next.

10. On the DateTime Availability page, define the parameters for the calendar:

Under Duration, specify the length of time that comprises a unit of duration or duration period. For example, if you plan to set this calendar up to allow report access from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on a given day, then both Start and End would be the same month, day, and year, but the hour and minute setting for Start would be 9:00 AM and for End would be 5:00 PM. In this example, the duration of availability of a report on a given day is from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Under Repeat, specify how frequently the duration period is repeated: ■ Occurs only once indicates that the duration period does not repeat, and associated components are no longer available when the period expires. For example, if you select Occurs only once and set a duration period of one year, then the associated components cease to be available after one year. ■ Yearly indicates that the duration period restarts each year. If you select Yearly and have the same start and end date in your Duration setting, but your Start hour is set to 9:00 AM and your End hour is set to 5:00 PM, then the Reports components associated with this availability calendar will be available one day a year between 9:00 and 5:00. ■ Monthly indicates that the duration period restarts each month between the Start and End dates specified under Duration. If you select Monthly and have the same date and year in both Start and End—July 25, 2001—but set the Start hour for 9:00 AM and the End hour for 5 PM, then the associated components will be available between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the 25th of each month. ■ The by DateDay setting applies only to Monthly. With by DateDay, you specify whether the duration period is set by the particular date for example, always on the 25th through the 29th of the month or by the particular days for example, always on Monday through Friday—which happen this month to fall on the 25th through the 29th. ■ Weekly indicates that the duration period restarts on a weekly basis between the days specified under Duration. ■ Daily indicates that the duration period restarts each day between the hours specified under Duration. ■ Frequency fills in the missing value for the phrase: Repeat every n years, months, weeks, days—depending on what you selected under Repeat. For example, if you set the duration period to repeat weekly, then set Frequency to 2, the duration period restarts every two weeks, or every other week. ■ Optionally, check Repeat Until and assign a termination datetime for the calendar. Availability for all associated Reports components ends on the Repeat Until datetime.

11. Click Next.

Note: No validation is run on your calendar. If the duration period exceeds the repetition setting, no error message will be generated. For example, if you set the duration period for 10 days and the repetition for weekly, the periods will overlap, but you will not be notified of the overlap.