On the Schedule page, you can define common time segment combinations, which can be referenced when you set the validation and expiration time of rules on the page displayed after choosing Firewall > Firewall Rules, Online Activities > Policies, or Bandwidth Management > Bandwidth Channel.[A237]

Navigate to Objects > Schedule. The Schedule pane is displayed on the right, as shown in the following figure.

Click Add. The Schedule page is displayed.

Name: Specifies the name of the schedule group to be added.

Description: Specifies the description of the schedule group.

Date: Specifies the validation date and expiry date. A maximum of 10 dates can be set.

Click Settings. The schedule configuration page is displayed, as shown in the following figure.

Included: A date within the specified included date segment can match the schedule group.

Excluded: A date that is not within the specified excluded date segment can match the schedule group. This field can be used to exclude holidays and festivals.

Click Add to set a time segment. See the following figure.

You can add multiple discontinuous time segments. To delete a time segment, select it and click Delete.

Defined time segments are displayed in Preview. The horizontal coordinate indicates the time point, and the vertical coordinate indicates the date range.