Overview

The Multiview Scheduler (MVS) module provides a consolidated scheduling interface that enables you to:

• create schedules either manually or automatically using auto-assign.
• analyze schedules to determine if and where changes are required.
• edit schedules, if required.
• publish or print schedule details.

The MVS is a collection of both scheduled shifts for employees on a home or temporary team, as well as unstaffed shifts for teams assigned to the specified schedule periods.

Schedule and shift details are created by:

• using employees’ shift patterns and default jobs, and/or
• using the Create (Update) Unstaffed Shifts to automatically create unstaffed shifts, and/or
• using the MVS to manually create shifts and shift details

Using shift patterns, employees are assigned to shifts based on their default labor, which are displayed in the MVS.

Unstaffed shifts can be created based on the staffing requirements defined for the team(s) for the schedule period retrieved, using the Create (Update) Unstaffed Shifts process. For information, see Unstaffed shifts or Creating Unstaffed Shifts Using the Batch Process.

You can also manually create unstaffed shifts from within the MVS to represent needs not predicted in the staffing requirements. For more information about manually created unstaffed shifts, see Manually creating unstaffed shifts.

Using the MVS, schedulers can manually create a schedule from scratch or retrieve the shifts and shift details for a team or teams for a specific date range. The scheduler then reviews the schedule and, if necessary, manually adjusts the schedule details before publishing.

Manually adjusting the MVS schedule can include:

• Automatically assigning (using the auto assign function) or manually assigning employees to unstaffed shifts
• Manually adding or removing shifts from the schedule
• Adjusting and re-balancing the hours worked between different employees
• Manually editing the details of staffed/unstaffed shifts

Once satisfied with the edits, the supervisor publishes the schedule so that it can be viewed by the employees. Publishing the schedule also saves the details to the timesheet and, optionally, notifies affected employees or all employees of the schedule changes using Workmail.

MVS is designed to work in three schedule modes:

• Day part
• Day part with interval
• Job requirements

The schedule mode drives how staffing requirements are defined and how the MVS module will operate. You configure the schedule mode for MVS using the SCHEDULE_MODE parameter. For information about this parameter, see the Registry Parameter Reference Guide.