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title: "How do I set up/update/delete non-working days sets?"
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# How do I set up/update/delete non-working days sets?

**Non-Working Days (Excluded Days)** are used to record dated events within the system such as bank holidays and closure days, which the system can use in order to ensure the correct recording of **Holiday** and **Sickness**. You can create the exclusion sets and then define their dates.

The dates are grouped together into "sets" which can then be added to the employee's calendar. You can create sets for bank holidays, factory shut downs etc. This is so that when an employee books a holiday, for instance, they won't book a bank holiday off as part of their holiday entitlement.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** The system already has exclusion sets for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Factory Shutdown and you are only required to update the dates/days from when you start to use them.

## To create the exclusion set

1. Navigate to the **Standard Exclusion Set** form.
  - Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employer Settings > Non-Working Days > Navigator. The **Excluded Dates** appear in the **Navigator**.
2. Right-click: **New** in the **Navigator**. The **New Record for the Standard Exclusion Set** form appears.
3. Enter the **Name** of the non-working day set.
4. Enter a **Description**.
5. Choose an **Access Level**, if necessary.
6. Select the **Exclude from Holiday Entitlement** option, if necessary.
7. Click the **Finish** button. The new set record appears in the **Navigator**.

## To assign the exclusion dates

1. Navigate to the set's **Excluded Days** form. The **Exclusion Sets**window appears.
  1. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employer Settings > Non-Working Days > Navigator.
  2. Select the **Exclusion Set** record in the navigator.
  3. Select **Forms > Excluded Days**.
2. Right-click: **New**. The **Insert Exclusion Dates** form appears.
3. Enter the **Date** the exclusion is on.
4. Enter the **Day Name**.
5. Click the **OK** button. The record appears in the **Exclusion Sets** window.
6. Continue to set up exclusion dates.
7. Click the **OK** button to save.

## To update dates and days

1. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employer Settings > Non-Working Days > Navigator. The **Excluded Dates** appear in the **Navigator**.
2. Highlight the desired non-working day record.
3. Go to **Non-Working Days > Navigator > Forms > Excluded Days**. The **Exclusion Sets** window appears.
4. Select the desired record.
5. Right-click: **OPEN**. The **Edit Exclusion Dates** form appears.
6. Update the date.
7. Click the **OK** button.

## To delete an exclusion set

1. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employer Settings > Non-Working Days > Navigator and selecting the desired set.
2. Right-click: **Delete**. The set is removed from the **Navigator**.

## To delete single day exclusions

1. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employer Settings > Non-Working Days > Navigator.
2. Select the desired **Exclusion Set**.
3. Go to **Forms > Excluded Days** form.
4. Select the desired date and right-click: **Delete**.
5. Click **OK** to save.