Contents of the Manage Work Schedules Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Work Schedules screen.

Identification

Field Description
Work Schedule Code

Enter, or click to select, a work schedule code.

Description

Enter a work schedule description.

Details

Retrieve Work Schedule Data

Use this group box to retrieve work schedule data. After you make your selections, click the Retrieve button to display the data in the table window.

Field Description
Year

Enter the year of the work schedule or leave blank to view all years.

Month

From the drop-down list, select the month of the work schedule or select None to view all months.

Day of Week

From the drop-down list, select the day of the week that you want displayed in the table window or select None to view all days.

Date

Enter, or click to select, the date to display in the table window, or leave blank to view all dates.

Retrieve

Click this button to display the current work schedule data for the criteria you entered in this group box. The data displays in the table window.

Add New Calendar Year

Use this group box to add a new calendar year to the work schedule.

Field Description
Year

Enter the new calendar year that you want to add to the work schedule, then click the Add Year button. The year to be added must be the one immediately following the currently selected work schedule.

Add Year

To create a new work schedule, click this button to create a new work schedule year with no attributes for any day. For the year entered in the Year field, the application creates one record for each day in the year (Specific Date type record) and a record for each day of the week (Day of Week type record).

If you create a new year for an existing work schedule, the attributes for each day of the week (Day of Week type record) are applied to the corresponding records for each day of the year (Specific Date type record). Holidays are not copied to the new year but must be added separately.

Data for the work schedule year displays in the table window. Use the Edit Work Schedule Data group box to select the work schedule attributes.

Edit Work Schedule Data

Use this group box to edit work schedule data. Click here for examples of editing. Note that you can also edit the table window.

Field Description
Type

From the drop-down list, select the type of calendar data that applies to this day. Valid options are:

  • Day of Week: Select this option to assign attributes to every corresponding day of the week in the year. If you select this option, every day, such as each Monday, is a work day with a certain number of scheduled hours. You can also make a day such as Sunday a non-work day. If you select this option, you must make an entry in the Day of Week field.
  • Specific Date: Select this option to assign unique attributes to a day. For example, you could make 12/25/10 a holiday, even if it falls on a normally scheduled work day. This option is usually used for holidays. If you select this option, you must make an entry in the Specific Date field.
Day of Week

From the drop-down list, select the day of week to edit. The attributes you select are applied to all the corresponding days for the year. If you selected Day of Week as your Type, this field is required. If you selected Specific Date in the Type drop-down list, leave this field blank.

Specific Date

Enter, or click to select, the date to which you wish to apply unique attributes. Enter the date in the DD/MM/YY format. If you selected Specific Date as your Type, this field is required. If you selected Day of Week in the Type drop-down list, leave this field blank.

Standard Hours

Enter the standard scheduled hours for this day. You cannot enter more than 24 hours. You must enter standard hours for days designated as holidays.

Attributes

Field Description
Non-Work Day

Select this check box if employees are not scheduled to work on this day (for example, Saturday or Sunday).

Holiday

Select this check box if this day is a holiday.

Flexible

Select this check box to apply any hours worked on this day to an employee’s total hours for the week. For example, if the employee works on a weekend (which you designated a non-work, flexible day), the hours worked still count towards the total hours worked for that week. If the employee works on a weekend where the day is designated as a non-work day but not flexible, those hours do not count towards the total hours worked for the week

Update

Click this button to transfer all the selected properties to the work schedule calendar.

Clear

Click this button to clear any properties from this specific date or day. When a specific date is cleared, the attributes and standard hours revert back to those for the corresponding Day of Week record.

Table Window

This table window displays the work schedule data.

Field Description
Type

This field displays the calendar data type for the work schedule row.

Day of Week

This field displays the day of the week for the work schedule row.

Date

This field displays the date of the work schedule row.

Standard Hours

This field displays the scheduled standard hours for the day.

Non-Work Day

This check box indicates whether the day is a scheduled non-work day (for example, Saturday or Sunday).

Holiday

This check box indicates whether the day is a scheduled holiday.

Flexible

This check box indicates whether the hours worked on this day can be applied to an employee's total hours for the week.