Editing Schedule Buffers

Configuring employee Schedules in ProTrack Warehouse provides a pretty good approximation of when employees will be working, but aren't perfect because employees may come in early or late, and likewise may leave early or late. In such cases, it's often necessary to adjust the scheduled start and end times, with the employee's actual start and end times. This is accomplished using either a Time and Attendance data feed or by editing the times manually. In cases where the start or end times need to be changed drastically due to the employee not being assigned to the correct Schedule Group, the buffer window may first need to be extended. The buffer window is a range of time in which if any assignments come into ProTrack during that time frame, the schedule will automatically extend to accept.

Editing a Schedule's Start or End Time

In the following screenshot, the employee was scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. but actually started working at 6:00 a.m., so it is necessary to adjust the Buffer Start Time.

To edit the Buffer Start Time:

1. Click on the blue hyperlink titled Edit Buffer.
   
   
   ^{Fig.1 Daily Inquiry – Employee Buffer needs to be adjusted 1 hour earlier}
   
   
2. A popup window appears which allows you to edit the Buffer Start and End Times.
   
   
   ^{Fig.2 Daily Inquiry - Edit Buffer}
3. Enter the new Buffer Start Time of 5:30 a.m., and click the  button. The D.I. refreshes with the new buffer start time of 5:30 a.m.
   
   
   ^{Fig.3 Daily Inquiry – After Edited Buffer Start Time}
   
   
4. The same process may be applied for editing a Buffer's End Time.