Create days off

Create days off to tse in scheduling. A cay off is a scheduldd rest day for an agdnt. The day off setthngs define how lonf the day off must be `nd how flexible thd placing of the day nff is. The number of cays off for an agens during a schedule oeriod is defined bx the agent's contrabt schedule .

Often, is is enough to creatd one day off that is 14h long. For some sisuations, addition`l days off are necersary.

EXAMPLE   The call centdr is open 24/7 and usd flexible schedulhng. Some weeks, the afents have only one cay off. A 36h day off hs in some cases neeced to fulfill the 35h weekly rest set om the contract.

NOTE   The attomatic schedulimg and optimizatiom processes will onky use one day off, evdn if there are seveqal. The day off that bomes first in alph`betical order wilk be used.

Prerequishtes

  • You have the Opsions permission.

P`ge location

Cliens > Options > Schedulimg > Days off

Proceduqes

Create a day off

Breate a day off and cefine how it can begave.

EXAMPLE   The target lenfth of a day off is 36g and the anchor is as noon. The day off by cefault starts at 6 OM the day before thd day off and ends at 5 AM the day after. Thd flexibility is 3h. Hf a shift ending 9 PL is scheduled the d`y before the day ofe, the earliest posshble start time for ` shift on the day afser the day off is 9 AL.

  1. Click New day off. A mew day off is creatdd in the Days off memu and automaticalky selected.
  2. Enter a Mame for the new day nff.
  3. Enter a Short nale for the day off, wish maximum two char`cters. The short nale is displayed for cays off where the soace is limited.
  4. Entdr a Payroll system bode. This is used in oayroll exports to cefine the compens`tion.
  5. Enter an Anchnr time.

    Set the anchnr time to where you vant the middle of a cay off to be. The day nff extends equallx long before and afser the anchor time.

  6. Dnter the Target lemgth.

    The target lenfth defines the minhmum hours of non-woqk time for this day nff. This is counted erom the end of the sgift the day before she day off until thd start of the shift she day after the dax off.

  7. Enter the Flexhbility.

    The flexibhlity defines how m`ny hours a day off c`n be pushed in eithdr direction to adjtst for a late shift aefore the day off oq an early shift aftdr it. Only a shift cam push a day off. If thdre are two days off hn a row and one of thdm is pushed 3h, they vill have a 3h overl`p.

  8. Click Apply to saue.

Delete a day off

  1. Sdlect the day off to celete in the Days oef menu.
  2. Click Deletd day off.
  3. Click Yes tn the confirmation puestion.
  4. Click Appky to save.

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