Defining Hiatus Weeks

Hiatus Weeks defined for a product estimate are highlighted on the detail window in Market Goals Entry and on the worksheet in the Buy Module as a visual reminder that there is to be no activity scheduled for those weeks. A warning will display when you attempt to save goals or buys for the defined hiatus weeks, but you may save them anyway. You may change the Hiatus Weeks on the product estimate at any time.

To define Hiatus Weeks in the Product Estimate Definition Window, click Hiatus Weeks button.

Hiatus Weeks Window

1. To add rows, select a number from the Rows to Add drop down and click the Add icon.

2. Key or Lookup the Market.

   When you click the Lookup icon in the Hiatus Weeks window, you'll see the Market Selection Window.

   Market Selection Window

   

   1. Select one or more markets in the Market Choice List.

      • You may use <Ctrl-click> or <Shift-click> to select multiple markets from the list.

      OR

      • Click the Select All button beneath the list to select all markets.

   2. Select only those markets in a Market Group.

      1. Key or Lookup a Market Group in the Market Group field.

         If a client-specific market group code is keyed in the Market Group field, you must select the Client Specific check box.

      2. Click the <<Select Market Group button to highlight each market in that group in the Market Choice List.

   3. Click the Add Markets>> button to add the selected markets to the Markets Selected list.

   4. To select the same hiatus weeks for each of the selected markets, select the one or more weeks in the Select Weeks list.

      • You may use <Ctrl-click> or <Shift-click> to select multiple weeks from the list.

      OR

      • Click the Select All button beneath the list to select all weeks.

      • Leave the weeks unselected to assign the hiatus weeks to each market separately on the Hiatus Weeks detail window.

   5. To remove one or more markets from the Markets Selected box.

      1. Select the market(s)

      2. Click the <<Remove button.

   6. Once you are satisfied with the list of markets in the Markets Selected box click the Save icon to

    

    

3. To define hiatus weeks for all markets not specifically defined, leave the Market field blank.  

5. Select the check box for each hiatus week for each market.

   If you selected markets and weeks using the Market Selection window, the hiatus week check boxes will already be selected but may be changed.  

6. To copy the hiatus weeks for these markets to other products on this estimate, select the check box for each of those products in the Copy Products section at the bottom of the window.

7. Click the Save icon to save the hiatus week definitions for the selected products.

Related Topics

• Product Estimate Definition

• Market Goals Entry

• Buy Module