Calendar with .ics files, or just more options in the custom calendar

[LasseSørensen]

I really wish i was able to import a .ics file into the calendar function so i could better control the holidays that is not built in. 

I would even be satisfied with the possibility to create a custom calendar and only mark the days a process should run, instead of now marking everyday it should not run.

For the particular process in mind, i would have to mark 353 days as holidays, to get the desired option.

[MariusBalukevic]

In order to create and set calendar  we have to mark all days in which robot should not run, but not opposite. It leads us to lots of manual work

[robert.nicklin]

Hello @LasseSørensen,

Thanks for taking the time to raise an idea.

Though we've made additions to the calendar area over the years, we've never added the ability to add a calendar (or add dates to a calendar) through an import of a .ics file or any other type of calendar format file. At this time, we don't plan to add this function into Blue Prism Enterprise, so I'm going to mark this idea as Not Planned.

One thing I will say is that as of BPE 7.2 you can add, edit and delete calendars via the Blue Prism API, which includes adding "other" holiday dates to an existing calendar. Using this method, you would be able to add an array of additional holiday dates to a calendar in bulk without having to do this on a 1-by-1 basis in the UI.

Regards,

Rob

[robert.nicklin]

Hello @MariusBalukevic,

This idea appears to be a duplicate of one that is already present on the ideas portal - I've gone ahead and updated this one to Duplicate and will merge it into the existing idea shortly.

Regards,

Rob