Equipment Management Workbench Resources Gantt

The Resources Gantt of the Equipment Management Workbench (tscfg8351m000) displays the graphical view of the available and non-available times for the selected Equipment or the Employee.

Equipment Gantt displays the Rental Agreement Lines, Materials and Planned Activities, assignments for the Equipment (Serialized Items) retrieved for the selected serialized item groups. Employee Gantt displays the employee assignments to the Rental Agreements for all the employees belonging to the selected departments.

Gantt toolbar

These toolbar options are available for Gantt:

  • Gantt: Allows you to change the Gantt mode. There are three Gantt modes in the workbench:
    • Automatic: Based on the selection from Activities/Materials grid, the Gantt switches to either Equipment or Employee Gantt. When an unassigned equipment rental agreement is selected, the Gantt switches to Equipment mode. When an unassigned employee rental agreement is selected, the Gantt switches to the Employee mode.
      Note: In this mode, first preference is given to the Equipment assignment.
    • Equipment: The Gantt is fixed to the Equipment mode.
    • Employee: The Gantt is fixed to Employee mode.
    Note: The default mode is Automatic which displays the Equipment Gantt.
  • Ignore Calendar: Select this check box to ignore the calendar functionality for an employee assignment.
  • Ignore Skills & Available Resources: Select this check box to ignore the skills and available resources. When this check box is selected, based on the Gantt mode, all equipments/employees are displayed for the selected unassigned activity.
  • Skills: Allows you to select the skills that must be considered for an employee.
  • Show Available Resources: Select this check box to display the available resources. When this check box is selected, based on the Gantt mode, available equipments/employees are displayed for the selected unassigned activity.
  • Freeze Gantt Scale: Select this check box to freeze the Gantt scale when an unassigned activity is selected. In general, the Gantt scale is moved to the planned start time of the selected activity. When this check box to selected, the Gantt scale movement is frozen.
  • Update Calendars: Allows you to actualize all the calendars that are changed from the workbench using the Create or Change Working Hour option.
  • Time Scale View: You can select the view for the time scale of the Gantt. Possible values:
    • Day View
    • Week View
    • Month View
    • Quarter View
    • Year View
  • Time Scale: You can define the time scale for the Gantt. Possible values:
    • Today
    • Next Day
    • Previous Day
    • Next Week
    • Previous Week
  • Previous/Next Page: Allows you to move the Gantt scale to previous/next page.
  • Previous/Next Period: Allows you to move the Gantt scale to previous/next period.
  • Go to Date: You can select a date from the calendar to move the Gantt timescale start to that date.

Context menu options

You can right click in the Gantt to view the context menu options.

If the Gantt mode is set to Employee, these menu options are available to manage calendar working hours:

Create or Change Working Hour
Allows you to create or modify the working hours.
Create or Change Working Hour (With Defaults)
Allows you to create a Working Hour with the defaults defined in the Create or Change Working Hour user settings.
Create or Change Working Hour (Prefill)
The data in the Create or Change Working Hour is displayed and the data is defaulted based on the values defined for the related working hour on which this menu option is selected.
Convert Non-Available to Available Working Hour
Converts the non-available working hour to available working hour. The related working time is set to Available and the Working Hour Type and Description fields are cleared.
Note: 
  • These menu options are grouped under the Working Hour.
  • You must select the Update Calendars option on the toolbar after modifying the date, to actualize all the changes.