Glossary

1. Shift: A repeatable pattern of days. Each day of a shift has a specific beginning and ending time (hours, minutes), but does not have an association to a date or day of the week.

2. Calendar: An instance of a Shift pattern for a specified Beginning and Ending date.

3. Exceptions : A time period in which work should not be scheduled. Exceptions can be defined for a Shift (e.g. company meeting) or for individual Employee planned absences (e.g. doctor appointment)

4. Craft : A specified craft skill code for an Employee

5. Craft Schedule : Planning of work to be completed based on Craft availability (not yet assigned to specific employees)

6. Employee Assign : Planning of work to be completed by a specific Employee, on a specific Date, at a specific Time, for a specific Duration.

7. Split: Allows the planned hours of a Work Order to be split across days and or employees.

8. Shrink : Shrink the calendar duration of the selected Work Order.

9. Publish : When the Craft Schedule and Employee Assignments are completed, the Publish task will update the appropriate Work Orders with status, employee assignment(s), and work order scheduled date.