Settings

These settings affect the way that schedule compliance rules operate.

Setting Description Rules Affected
Hour Unless otherwise specified, the hour rule setting requires you to input a decimal value. Some standard decimal values:
  • 0.25 = 15 minutes
  • 0.50 = 30 minutes
  • 0.75 = 45 minutes
ALL unless otherwise specified
Day The day setting starts at midnight (00:00:00) and ends at 23:59:59. All shift hours count against the day when the shift started.

For example, if the user adds a morning shift on Monday that starts at 1:00 am and ends at 9:00 am, this shift logically belongs to Tuesday because it starts after midnight (the start of the next day).

Note: In general, daily and aggregate rule compliance calculations are performed based on the day.
ALL
Week The week setting determines the first day of the schedule week (7 day period, not schedule period). The schedule week starts on this day, not necessarily at the beginning of the calendar week.

Depending on the module you use to create your schedule, there are two ways to define the start of the week.

LFSO

The start day for the schedule week is defined for each LFSO location:

Schedule Optimization > Location > Location General Setup > Start Day

MVS and RTSS, Staff Scheduler, Time and Attendance

MVS and RTSS uses the schedule period start date for the team.

This is the maintenance form location where you define schedule periods:

Maintenance > Schedule Settings > Schedule Period

This is the maintenance form location where you assign teams to schedule periods:

Maintenance > Security > Team Security > Team

Shift Trades

The start day for the schedule week is defined globally in this registry parameter:

Maintenance > System Administration > Registry Maintenance > system > WORKBRAIN_PARAMETERS > DAY_WEEK_STARTS

WEEKLY
Shift Shifts are a group of shift details to clearly establish when a shift begins and ends. Shifts are defined based on the scheduling module you use: LFSO, MVS, RTSS, or Time and Attendance.

Schedule Compliance does not define shifts, but instead uses the shift definition determined by the scheduling module used to generate the schedule.

ALL SHIFT
Schedule Period The typical schedule period is 7 days, 10 days, or 14 days. Each business has a schedule period that suits their unique business needs.

Staff Scheduler and Time & Attendance

These scheduling modules do not use a schedule period.

MVS and RTSS

Schedule period is defined in schedule settings and then associated to each team, thereby allowing for different teams to have different schedule periods. For example, Team A has a weekly schedule period and Team B has a 4-week schedule period. Schedule periods can be inherited to sub-teams. The correct schedule period is retrieved when MVS is accessed.

This is the maintenance form location where you define schedule periods:

Maintenance > Schedule Settings > Schedule Period

This is the maintenance form location where you assign teams to one specific schedule period:

Maintenance > Security > Team Security > Team

LFSO

LFSO does not explicitly use schedule period definitions. The length of the generated LFSO schedule is considered as the schedule period.

ALL
Note: Schedule compliance runs against the entire schedule, not just the portion of the schedule you are viewing on screen.