LiveAgent’s Business hours set your SLA Levels to take action only during specified time periods with a possibility to exclude holidays.
Step 3: To enable and set business hours check “Times are defined within following business hours”.
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Step 4: Select your Timezone.
Step 5: Sets your business hours for each day (from Monday to Sunday, from/to hours, minutes).
Step 6 (optional): Check “exclude holidays” and define days you do not work (Supported Date format: YYYY-MM-DD).![](/scripts/file.php?view=Y&file=e9e2f57b38d4396d8c88f0eb20eeab1c)
Business hours Setup
Step 1: In LiveAgent navigate to Configuration > Automation > SLA.
Step 3: To enable and set business hours check “Times are defined within following business hours”.
Step 4: Select your Timezone.
Step 5: Sets your business hours for each day (from Monday to Sunday, from/to hours, minutes).
Step 6 (optional): Check “exclude holidays” and define days you do not work (Supported Date format: YYYY-MM-DD).
Example: Your helpdesk operates standard office hours 9-5, Mon - Fri. If a ticket is received at 4pm on a Friday, then by 9am on Monday it should be only 1 business hour old.