Wrap Around Midnight Option - Analytics Database - Teradata Workload Management

When you create period events, use the Wrap Around Midnight option to define a time range spanning midnight. With this option, the period begins on the days selected and ends the following day. If you do not use this option, the period is only active on the days selected. The period may start or end at midnight, depending on days selected.

For example, in the following tables, you want to specify that an after-hours batch window for payroll updates occurs on Mondays and Tuesdays from 5 PM until 8 AM. In the following table, the Wrap Around Midnight option is not selected. The unintended consequences of not using Wrap Around Midnight appear in italics.

In the following table, the Wrap Around Midnight option is selected, and the after-hours batch window for payroll updates occurs on Mondays and Tuesdays from 5 PM until 8 AM, as expected.