Reducing resource availability

When defining a resource, you specify shifts when the resource is available. You can apply a shift exception to one of those shifts to shorten the shift and reduce resource availability.

With a shift exception, you can specify the portion of a shift when resources should not be available (SHIFTEXDI.WORKFG=N).

Consider this example with two shifts—SHIFT1 and SHIFT2. SHIFT1 runs from 07:00 to 15:00 Monday through Friday, and SHIFT2 runs from 15:00 to 23:00 Monday through Friday. Resources RES1 and RES2 are both available during these shifts.

If you want to cancel SHIFT2 for RES1 during the first two weeks of March (but leave it for RES2), specify a shift exception, SHEX1, that:

  • runs from 00:00 March 1 to 24:00 March 14
  • has the WORKFG field set to N
  • references RES1
  • references SHIFT2.

This exception makes RES1 unavailable for SHIFT2 during this period.

Note: If you default the shift, the shift exception applies to all shifts worked by the resource. In the example, this means SHIFT1 and SHIFT2 for RES1.