Create a Holiday
This topic describes how to create holidays by date, week, and month.
Create a holiday by date
If the holiday date varies every year, you can create a holiday by date.
- Example
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Chinese Spring Festival varies every year, and 2020 Chinese Spring Festival falls on Jan. 24 to Feb. 8. You can set the holiday as follows.
- Configuration Example
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- Log in to PBX web portal, go to .
- On the Holidays page, click Add.
- In the Basic section, enter 2020 Chinese Spring Festival in the text field.
- In the Type section, set the type, date, and
prompt of the holiday.
- Holiday Type: Select By Date.
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Date: Select the holiday start date and end date.
- Prompt: Optional. Select
an existing prompt or click Upload to
upload a prompt.Note:
- Prompts in the drop-down list are synchronized from .
- To play the prompt to callers when they call to the PBX during holidays, you need to enable Play Holiday Prompt During Holidays (Path: ) for the time-based inbound route.
- Click Save and Apply.
Create a holiday by month
If the holiday always falls on the same date, you can set a holiday by month.
- Example
- The Christmas falls on Dec. 25 every year. You can set the holiday as follows.
- Configuration Example
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- Log in to PBX web portal, go to .
- On the Holidays page, click Add.
- In the Basic section, enter Christmas in the text field.
- In the Type section, set the type, date,
and prompt of the holiday.
- Holiday Type: Select By Month.
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Date: Select the holiday start date and end date.
- Prompt: Optional. Select
an existing prompt or click Upload to
upload a prompt.Note:
- Prompts in the drop-down list are synchronized from .
- To play the prompt to callers when they call to the PBX during holidays, you need to enable Play Holiday Prompt During Holidays (Path: ) for the time-based inbound route.
- Click Save and Apply.
Create a holiday by week
If a holiday always falls on the same week, you can set a holiday by week.
- Example
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Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of November. You can set the holiday as follows.
- Configuration Example
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- Log in to PBX web portal, go to .
- On the Holiday page, click Add.
- In the Basic section, enter Thanksgiving Day in the text field.
- In the Type section, set the type, date,
and prompt of the holiday.
- Holiday Type: Select By Week.
- Date: Select the month and the day of a specific week.
- Prompt: Optional. Select
an existing prompt or click Upload to
upload a prompt.Note:
- Prompts in the drop-down list are synchronized from .
- To play the prompt to callers when they call to the PBX during holidays, you need to enable Play Holiday Prompt During Holidays (Path: ) for the time-based inbound route.
- Click Save and Apply.
What to do next
- To handle inbound calls based on Holidays, see Set up an Inbound Route.
- To limit users to make outbound calls during holidays, see Set up an Outbound Route.