Property Labor/Scheduler

View a history of changes to the Labor/Scheduler screen.

Number of weeks you want to project.

If the time lapse between the day you complete a projection and the first day of the period for which you are projecting is less than seven days, you are projecting one week out. If you complete your projection on a Wednesday for the period beginning in four days (Sunday) and ending seven days after that (Saturday) you are projecting one week out even though the last day of the projection period is actually 10 days from the day you completed your projection. If you complete your projection on Thursday for the period starting in nine days (Saturday), you are projecting two weeks out. 

Choose whether the Availability Bar displays Monthly Availability or Weekly Availability. This option is only available if it has been enabled using the Unlock Schedule Mode slider.

Switch to ON ( ) and enter the code to enable Schedule Mode.

Determine whether you want to view Planning data Weekly, Bi-Weekly (every two weeks), Semi-monthly (1-15 or 16-30/31), or Monthly. Your selection determines the date choices in the date drop-down menus and how many days are displayed on the Schedule.

For example, if you select Monthly as the Period Type, the dates available in the date drop-down menu and the Schedule will be displayed for a whole month. If you choose Weekly, a list of weeks will be displayed in the drop-down menu.

End date for the period. For example, if you choose Monthly, you would enter the last day of the month (for example, 9/30/2020). If you chose Weekly, you enter the last day of your work week (for example, 9/26/2020).

Day that will be the end of your property's workweek.

For example, if you select Friday, the order of weekdays in Labor Standards is as follows: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Order of weekdays:

Week Ending Day:

Monday: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Tuesday: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

Wednesday: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Thursday: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Friday: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Saturday: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Sunday: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Date of the last day of the period for which to generate a forecast/schedule. 

Note: The Period Ending Date should be today's date plus the number of weeks you choose in the Forecast Weeks Out. For example, if today's date is 9/5/2020 and you chose 2 Weeks Out for your Forecast Weeks Out, you would enter 9/19/2020 as your Period Ending Date.

Time increments displayed on the schedule. Your choices are ten minutes, fifteen minutes or thirty minutes.

The rate that determines how standard overtime hours are calculated. A standard entry for this field is 1.5. RMS uses this value to convert worked hours to paid hours.

The rate that determines how double overtime hours are calculated. A standard entry for this field is 2.0. RMS uses this value to convert worked hours to paid hours.

Tolerance range used when comparing the percentage of forecast hours to scheduled hours. Any variance that falls outside the range you specified will be noted in the Weekly Forecast Exception report.

In the From and To fields, enter the tolerance range to be used when RMS compares the percentage of forecast hours to scheduled hours. The standard entry is 5 for both fields (From = 5, To = 5 because the To field implies negative).

Tolerance range used when comparing the percentage of standard hours to actual hours. Any variance that falls outside the range you specified will be noted in the Daily Hours Variance Analysis and Weekly Hours Variance Analysis reports.

In the From and To fields, enter the tolerance range to be used when RMS compares the percentage of standard hours to actual hours. A common entry is 5% for both fields (From = +5, To = -5).

Percentage of total scheduled hours that can be overtime hours.

Standard set to use in projections.

Standard set to use when doing analysis.

Switch to ON ( ) to lock configuration fields that affect Hours Generation and the calculation process, so only authorized users are able to make changes to the following:

• Labor/Scheduler: Min. Shift, Max Shift, Projected Hours, and Standards Hours.

• Forecast Structure, Flow Pattern, Seasons, Standard Sets: All fields

• KBI Distribution: Edit or Generate percentages for both Primary and Secondary tabs.

• Labor Structure > Division/Department: Min. Shift, Max Shift, Breaks

• Labor Structure >Division/Department > Job/Assignment > General tab: Standards, Salary mode, Unit, Breaks, Effective Dates

• Labor Structure >Division/Department > Job/Assignment > Scheduler tab: Load Shift, Min. Shift, Max. Shift

• Labor Structure >Division/Department > Job/Assignment > Shifts tab: all fields

• Labor Structure >Division/Department > Job/Assignment > Staffing tab: all fields

• Labor Structure >Division/Department > Job/Assignment > Standards tab: all fields

Switch to ON ( ) to use Actual Flow Patterns.

Switch to ON ( ) to include the following type of hours in labor standards to determine rate calculation:

• Auxiliary labor hours (hours and costs by job).

• Hours and dollars imported from interfaces.

• Hours entered manually through application.

Minimum number of characters that can be used for the employee identification number.

Choose whether to automatically generate the Employee ID or to enter it manually.

Select which type of ID employees use to punch at the time clock.

For example, if Employee ID is selected, the employee would be required to enter their Employee ID when they punch the time clock.

Set the percentage for the moderate level.

On the Edit Revenue Center screen, moderate warning indicators appear in yellow.

Set the percentage for the critical level.

On the Edit Revenue Center screen, critical warning indicators appear in red.

Sets all revenue centers in the property to values entered in this section.

All revenue centers in the property are set to Inherit Default in the Variance Percentage Warning Thresholds section of the Revenue Centers view of the Forecast Structure screen.

Set the percentage for the moderate level.

On the Edit Rooms Forecast screen, moderate warning indicators appear in yellow.

Set the percentage for the critical level.

On the Edit Rooms Forecast screen, critical warning indicators appear in red.