Employee Find and Sort Order

The Employee Find and Sort Order feature controls how the Eligible Employees list box (located in the Schedule Details panel’s Assignment tab when an unstaffed or staffed shift is selected) is populated and how its contents are sorted. The Eligible Employees list box is used by the scheduler (to replace existing assigned employees or to fill an unstaffed shift) when the employee is manually assigning an employee.

You can also manually search for any employee in the system (and not in the Eligible Employees list) by using the Employee lookup.

For instance, if an employee calls in sick, in order to ensure proper coverage, a supervisor should look for employees with equal skills and experience to fill the sick employee’s job. In some cases, there is no one with exactly the right skills and experience, at which time the supervisor can expand the search to include employees with certain capabilities, regardless of their expertise. The supervisor may find that a less experienced employee is better than leaving a job unfilled.