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  1. Log in to ProTrack Warehouse.
  2. Select Schedules under the Employee menu. The Maintain Schedules screen appears.

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    titleFig.115 Maintain Schedule


    Maintain Schedules Schedule Field Description

    Field

    Description

    Schedule Name

    Name for a schedule which can be alphanumeric and must be unique.

    Facility ID

    Facility which a schedule will be associated to.

    Effective Date

    Date which a schedule will be effective.

    Expiration Date

    Date which a schedule will expire.

    Start Time

    Start time of a schedule.

    End Time

    End time of a schedule.

    Activity Type

    Select the activity type from the list: Start of Shift = Start of day, End of Shift = End of day, Breaks/Lunch = Blank.

    Start Time

    Enter the start time for this activity.

    Duration

    Enter the duration in minutes or hours for this activity.

    TA Sourced

    Start of Shift, Lunch, and End of Shift timestamps can be updated based on a Time and Attendance punch. If the activity can be updated by Time and Attendance then select the check box that corresponds to the activity.

    TA Time Code

    If the activity timestamp can be updated by Time and Attendance punch then select from the list what timestamp to accept: Start of Shift = Start Time, End of Shift = End Time, and Lunch = Lunch.

    Table 20. Maintain Schedules Schedule Descriptions


Adding a Schedule

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  1. Type the schedule name. This cannot be changed once the schedule is saved, so it is recommended you use a descriptive name that will not change over time.
  2. Select the facility for which the Schedule will be used from the drop down list.
  3. Click to set the effective date and expiration date of the schedule.
  4. Enter the start and end times of the schedule.
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    • Users familiar with earlier versions of ProTrack Warehouse may note the absence of the Start and End buffer values on this screen. As of version 7.4.4, buffers are no longer explicitly configured for each Schedule, but rather are derived automatically at the time of work schedule creation. For an explanation on how this works, see the Data Processing chapter in the ProTrack Warehouse User Manual.

  5. Click 'Select Activity' link. Select an activity from the popup window.

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    titleFig.116 Maintain Schedules Schedule - Adding A Schedule


  6. Select the Activity Type from the drop down list. For breaks select the blank and for start or end of shift select those items accordingly.

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    titleFig.117 Maintain Schedules Schedule - Select Activity Types


  7. Type the start time and duration for each activity.
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    • For the end of shift activity, be sure the entered start sime is X minutes prior to the schedule's end time, where X is the Duration of the end of shift activity.

  8. Scheduled activities may be 'TA-Sourced', meaning their times may be adjusted by a Time & Attendance import file. Select the check box for any scheduled activities which may be adjusted by a TA import file. Breaks, Lunches, Start of Shift, and End of Shifts may all be TA-sourced.

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    titleFig.118 Maintain Schedules Schedule - TA Sourced Activities


  9. Click to save the schedule.
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    • Start of Shift and End of Shift must have at least a 1-minute duration.
    • Schedule Activities can only include: Start of Shift (SOD), End of Shift (EOD), Breaks (Break 1, Break 2, etc), and Lunch.
    • To delete the activities selected, select the delete check box of the corresponding activities and click .
    • Once a Schedule has assignments associated to it, the Schedule cannot be deleted. If there are changes required in the Schedule use the Copy button to create a variant of this Schedule. The Schedule Name must be altered.

Field

Description

Schedule Name

Specify a unique Schedule Name, which is alphanumeric. (Combination of Alphabets and Numbers)

Effective Date

Select a date when the schedule has to be active which should be earlier than the expiration date. The default value is the next day's Date.

Expiration Date

Select a date when a schedule expires

Start Time

Enter the start time for a schedule

End Time

Enter the end time for a schedule

Facility

Select a facility name. Default value is All

Schedule Date

Start Date is the only choice.

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Searching Schedules

To search for particular schedules:

  1. Click Image Added in the Maintain Schedule screen and a popup window appears.

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    titleFig.119 Maintain Schedule - Search Schedule
  • Schedule Name
  • Effective Date
  1. To search for particular schedules:
  1. Click Search in the Maintain Schedule screen, the Search Schedule screen appears.


  2. To search for particular schedules, type the Schedule Name or click Image Removed and Image Added to select the Effective Date.

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  1. Click Image Added in the Search Schedule screen. The records matching the selected criteria are listed in the 'Schedule Search Results' section of the Maintain Schedule screen.
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    • To list the schedules with schedule names starting with a particular character, you can type the character and click

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    • Image Added. The Schedules starting with the given character are displayed

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    • in the 'Schedule Search Results' section

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    • If no search criterion is specified all the

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    • schedules will be listed in the 'Schedule Search Results' section.

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Viewing and Editing Schedules

To view and edit a schedule:

  1. Search and list the schedules you want to view and edit in the 'Schedule Search Results' section by providing a search criterion (Refer Search Schedules).
  2. Click the selected schedule name link from the 'Schedule Search Results' section. The details of the selected schedule appear in the corresponding fields in the Maintain Schedule screen.

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    titleFig.120 Maintain Schedule - Schedule Search Results


  3. Change the required fields (Facility , and Schedule Name , and Schedule Buffer are not editable). You can change activity details in the 'Schedule Activities' section. To add new activities to the schedule, click the Select Activity link.
  4. Click Save Image Added to save the changes.

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    • If you have made the changes in the editable fields and do not want to save the details, click Reset before you save the changes.
    • If you want to add a schedule at this point in time, Click Add to bring the Maintain Schedule screen to the Add mode.
    • To delete the activities selected, select the delete

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  • Schedule Activities can only include: Start of Shift (SOD), End of Shift (EOD), Breaks (Break 1, Break 2, etc), and Lunch.
  • Start of Shift (SOD), and End of Shift (EOD) are required Schedule Activities with a Duration of at least one-minute.

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    • check box of the corresponding activities and click on the

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  • Activity Name
  • Activity Type

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    • Image Added button.