Contents of the Manage Work Schedules Screen
Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Work Schedules screen.
Identification
Field | Description |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Type |
From the drop-down list, select the type of calendar data that applies to this day. Valid options are:
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |