You can create holiday standdowns for dates on which equipment would not be available. This feature is handy because you do not have to assign a standdown reason for that holiday on every agreement; you simply create a holiday standdown, assign it to any agreement type, and then run a special routine that automatically creates the standdown records for each affected agreement.
Working with holiday standdowns involves the following:
Step 1: Create holiday IDs for standdowns
Step 2: Enable holiday standdowns per agreement type or agreement
Step 3: Create the standdowns for agreements
Step 1:         Create holiday IDs for standdowns

1. Choose Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Setup > Equipment > Rental > Holidays.
2. Complete the following fields:
   • Holiday ID: Choose the holiday ID for which you want to create standdowns.
   • Description: Enter a short description of the holiday.
   • Starting Date: Enter the start date of the holiday.
   • Ending Date: Enter the end date of the holiday.
   • Standdown Percent: The percentage of the rental rate that is charged for this standdown period.
   • Reason ID: Choose a reason ID.
   • Filter Type: Choose Agreement Type or Customer ID. If you choose agreement type, standdowns will be created only for agreements with that agreement type. If you choose customer ID, standdowns will apply only for the customer that you choose.
   • Agreement Type: If the filter type selected is agreement type, choose an agreement type.
   • Customer ID: If the filter type selected is Customer ID, you must choose a customer ID.
3. Choose Add. The standdown criteria you have selected appears in the lower portion of the window.You can continue to add additional criteria for the same holiday ID or choose Clear to clear the window and create a new holiday ID.

Step 2:         Enabling holiday standdowns per agreement type or agreement
You can enable holiday standdowns by agreement type or individually per agreement.

To enable holiday standdowns by agreement type:

1. Choose Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Setup > Equipment > Rental> Agreement Types.
2. Choose an agreement type.
3. Mark the check box: Enable Holiday Standdowns.
4. Choose Save.

To enable holiday standdowns per agreement:

1. Choose Transactions > Equipment > Rental Agreement Entry.
2. Choose an agreement.
3. Choose Details.
4. Mark the check box: Enable Holiday Standdowns.
5. Save the agreement.

Step 3:         Create the standdowns for agreements
You use the Process Holiday Standdowns routine to automatically create the standdown records for the agreements, based on the holidays/criteria you specified in the preceding section.

1. Choose Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Routines > Equipment > Process Holiday Standdowns.
2. Choose to run this routine by Holiday ID or by Date. If you choose Holiday ID, standdowns will be created for all agreements associated with that ID. If you choose Date, standdowns will be created for holidays that fall before or on the specified date.
3. Enter a Holiday ID or Standdown End Date.
4. Choose Process.When the routine has finished, you can print a report that shows which standdowns were created, along with the total savings (costs) from the standdowns.