Handling SlackHandling slack is part of the workload leveling process. Slack may occur after adding an activity to a group. When the Respect Earliest Start Time check boxes are selected for service order, work order and planned activities in the Service Planning Parameters (tsspc0100m000) session, an activity cannot be started before the earliest start time. Effectively, slack may occur after adding the activity to a group. If the respect earliest start time check box is selected, the slack may occur and the slack algorithm is used to assign the activity. The algorithm manages the slack by scheduling activities that are not workload leveled. The slack algorithm is a two step process:
Note The slack calculation is not applicable when the Sort Method for service order, work order and planned activities is set to Earliest Start in the Service Planning Parameters (tsspc0100m000) session. The activities are sorted by the earliest start time and hence, no activities are available to fill the slack. The process of handling slack is:
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