Specifying a Date

For any Date box available in Business Process Portal (for example, Due Date, Start Date, End Date), you can specify a date either by:

Typing the date in the Date text box, or

Selecting the date using the Select Date icon, which is generally located beside the Date text box.

To specify a date using the Select Date icon, perform the following:

1. Click the Select Date icon (

) beside the Date box for which you want to specify a date.

The Select Date dialog box appears.

For a blank Date box, the Select Date dialog box displays the current month’s calendar and by default, highlights today’s date and the current time.

2. You can select a date by performing one or more of the following operations from the Select Date dialog box:

To select a date from the displayed month, click the desired date. To select today’s date, click Today.

To display the calendar for another month, use the single arrows provided above the days of the week. Click the arrow pointing right for the next month, or the arrow pointing left for the previous month. Alternatively, to select any other month, you can click and hold the mouse on either of the arrows and then drag it to the desired month.

Similarly, to display the calendar for another year, click the double-arrow pointing right for the next year, or the double-arrow pointing left for the previous year. Alternatively, to select any other year, you can click and hold the mouse on either of the double-arrows and then drag it to the desired year.

To change the default time, click the hour and minute boxes in the Time section, to increment the value by 1 unit. Alternatively, to decrement the value, hold down SHIFT and then click the respective boxes. To change the value by multiple units, point to the respective boxes and then drag to the right to increment or to the left to decrement the value.

3. Select time from the Time drop down, which is generally located next to the the Date box.

The selected date and time is displayed in the Date box.

Note: By default, the Select Date dialog box displays the calendar with each week starting Sunday. To change this setting to another day of the week, click the day in the calendar header.