In a UCM carrier, the screens that enable you to add transit days and holidays allow you to configure how weekends and holidays are managed with time in transit calculations.

Notes:

•When you import a time in transit file or a holiday file, the data in this file appears in the table on the corresponding screen. For information on the fields on these screens as well as file formats, see the following Help topic: Time in Transit Files.

•For information on how the time in transit flags (Saturday Delivery, Add Weekend Transit, Allow Delivery, Add Transit) on the Transit Days and Holidays screens behave, see the following table: Example: How TinT options are calculated.

Add Transit Days

To add services and geographic codes for transit time calculations...

1.Click the Transit Days link under the UCM carrier, and then click the plus to display the Add Record screen for entering transit days (shown in the following illustration with the defaults for the Geocode and Service fields):

2.Enter the following values:

a.From the Geocode drop-down list, select the geographic code for which you want to specify transit time or leave the default All Geocodes to apply the transit days to all geographic codes.

b.From the Service drop-down list, select the service for which you want to specify transit time or leave the default All Services.

c.In the Transit Days field, enter a whole number for the number of transit days to associate with the geocode(s) and service(s) specified in steps 2a and 2b; for example: 2

d.In the Transit Time field, enter a time in the form HH:MM.

e.If Saturday Delivery is allowed with this service for this geographic code, select the Saturday Delivery check box.

f.To add two days to the delivery date if Saturday and Sunday are not counted as transit days, select the Add Weekend Transit check box.

3.Click [Save Changes] to add this record to the table on the Transit Days screen or click [Cancel] to exit without saving.

Add Holidays

To add a holiday with transit time option for a carrier service...

1.Click the Holidays link under a carrier that supports this option, and then click the plus to display the Add Record screen for entering transit days for services and Geographic codes:

2.Enter the following values:

a.From the Service drop-down list, select the service for which you want to specify a holiday or leave the default All Services.

b.From the Country drop-down list, select the country for which you want to specify a holiday or leave the default All Countries.

c.In the Region field, optionally enter the state, province, or equivalent region within the selected country (or leave blank if you selected All Countries for the previous value).

d.In the Description field, optionally enter a description of the holiday.

e.In the Date field, select the month, date, and year from these respective drop-down lists or click the calendar and select a date.

f.If delivery on this holiday is allowed for this service and country, select the Allow Delivery check box.

g.To add one day to the delivery date if the holiday is not counted as a transit day, select the Add Transit check box.

3.Click [Save Changes] to add this record to the table on the Holidays screen or click [x] to exit without saving.

Edit, Delete, or Filter Transit Days or Holidays

•To edit a row of UCM carrier transit days or holidays data, select the row with the data, and then click the pencil to display the editing screen. Fields are identical to the Add screens show in the previous illustrations. Make any required changes, and then click [Save Changes] to save your changes or click [Cancel] to exit the screen without saving.

•To delete a row of transit days or holidays data, select the row, and then click the Delete . Note that no confirm dialog is displayed and there is no undo for this operation.

•To filter a list of transit days or holidays, enter a filter criterion in the row with the filter , and then click the filter . For example, to filter by date, enter or select the date to filter by, and then click the filter .