Split an event

You can split an event so that the new event is added either before or after the event that is being split.

Split an event

1. In the Edit Event side sheet, click either Split Next or Split Previous.

2. Reclassify one of the split events by selecting that event and then changing the reason in the Utilization Reason tree. All utilization reasons are shown in this tree.

Splitting an event has the following effects:

• For Split Previous, the new event’s start time will be the source event’s start time.

• For Split Next, the new event’s end time will be the source event’s end time.

• The new event will default to the same reason and comment as the source event.

• The duration of both events will default to half the original duration of the source event.

Change the durations of the split events

• Perform one of the following actions:

  • If Split Next was chosen, select the new next event, and use the hour, minutes, and seconds buttons in the Event Start control to change its start time. Note that the end time of the new previous event will change as well, matching the new start time of the next event.

    

  • If Split Previous was chosen, select the new previous event, and use the hour, minutes, and seconds buttons in Event End control to change its end time. Note that the start time of the new next event will change as well, matching the new end time of the previous event.

    

  The hours (-h, h) or minutes (-m, m) buttons might not appear in the Event Start or Event End controls, depending on the duration of the event. For example, in the previous screens the hours buttons do no appear because the duration of the original event is less than an hour.

To understand how changing an event’s start and end time works, consider the time changes to an event as shown in the following diagram.