Setting Schedule Blackout Dates

Schedule blackout dates are those dates on which schedules will not run and cannot be set to run. As a ReportCaster user, you can view schedule blackout dates that have been set for all users (global dates) and those set for the groups to which you belong. Only ReportCaster administrators and Managed Reporting Group administrators can define, update, and delete schedule blackout dates.

To view schedule blackout dates, in the ReportCaster Development Interface, select the Blackout Dates tab. The Schedule Blackout Dates interface, shown in the following image, provides a calendar and a list of groups to which you belong in the left pane. The right pane displays a list of schedule blackout dates for the selected group. The Blackout Dates tab initially opens to the Global group.

To view the schedule blackout dates for a particular group, select that group in the left pane. The list of blackout dates in the calendar and right pane refresh to display the selected group blackout dates, which are shaded in yellow, along with the global blackout dates, shaded in gray.

You can change the month or year using the arrows at the top of the calendar. Click Refresh to load the latest blackout dates. Dates only appear as available or unavailable. You can toggle between exposing and hiding the left pane by clicking the arrow in the top-right corner of the pane. The following image shows the display with the left pane hidden.

Reference: Schedule Behavior for Blackout Dates

Blackout dates are enforced during schedule creation and at run time:

When creating or editing one of the date fields in a schedule, ReportCaster dynamically checks the first upcoming date on which the schedule will run to ensure that this date has not been blacked out. If there is a conflict with the date, an error message appears and the schedule cannot be saved until the conflict is resolved by either changing the schedule date or by not blacking out the date.
At run time, each schedule is checked against the list of blackout dates. If a blackout date has been defined for the scheduled date, the schedule will not run. If notification is enabled, a notification is distributed indicating that the schedule did not run because of a defined blackout date.
Note: Schedule blackout dates for a specific user include the global blackout dates and the blackout dates assigned to the group(s) to which the user belongs.