Scheduling System Settings

Navigate to Administration > Application Setup > System Configuration > System Settings > Scheduling tab.

The Scheduling system settings contain information about the following:

Job display in coverage areas of the scheduler.
Defining the color of cells in the Daily Coverage area of the Scheduler.
Minor rules Legally binding scheduling rules and penalties that regulate minor employees, who are typically aged 14 to 18.
Which Employee Self-Service functions are available
Viewing the Daily Coverage information by default

Key and value details

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.skillcertificationcoverage.
proficiencylevelmatchingmode.Reference — Defines how to compare the skill or certification proficiency levels of employees to the required proficiency levels in the skill and certification profiles of shift segments Parts of shifts that are assigned to a job in the business structure, either primary or transfer jobs..
Value: required; installed default=ignored

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.schedule
Volume.useLargestChild.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that use the largest Projected Volume value of its children locations for the Target and Scheduled rows instead of using the sum of the values.

site.scheduling.fatiguemanagement.ruleevaluation.logdir
Default = /usr/local/kronos/wfc/applications/fatiguemanagement/log/

site.scheduling.minorConsecutiveDaysRule.
applyWithinWeekOnly — Apply the Maximum Consecutive Days rule in Minor Rule Set to the calendar week only.
Value: required; installed default=true

site.scheduling.metrics Measures and tracks workforce performance by comparing planned with actual workload or coverage, or by showing variances at any organizational level..rollup.filters.enabled — This setting enables rollup filters for Metrics in the Schedule Planner Widget

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.metrics.strategies.maxItems — The maximum number of Rollup Strategy groups which can be included in a Metrics Setup definition.
Value: required; installed default=5

site.scheduling.shiftintervals.overridewidth — Specifies if the default column width for shift labels Replaces start and end times in the schedule with a compact, easier-to-read label. Example: Shift times are 4PM-12:30AM, and the shift label is Evening. and shift times view could be overridden. True = will be overridden

site.scheduling.scheduleplanner.dailycoverage.showViewAll — Specifies if the default view for spans is View All (true) or Total Shifts (false).
Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.volume.useAverage.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that use average volume for the day instead of largest volume for the day.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.budgetVolume.useImportedValueOnly.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that always display stored values of Projected Volume for Target and Scheduled rows.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.budgetHPPD.useImportedValue.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that import Budget Hours/Volume rather than calculate.

site.scheduling.orgPathLevelsToDisplay — The number of business structure levels to display in Scheduling, Employee Self-Service, My Schedule Tile A container that provides navigation or action from its summary view., Staffing Dashboard, Control Center, and certain tags in Workflow Notifications Informs people to run business processes or integrations, complete forms, or respond to events in business processes. Example: Approve a time-off request..

This setting affects how the organizational job path is displayed in the following areas:

Schedule Planner — All schedule entities that show the organizational job path; all tooltips; all drop-down lists
Employee Self-Service — My Schedule tile; shift details and refined shifts in Events and Requests; printed schedule; Location Schedule
My Schedule Tile
Staffing Dashboard
Control Center
Tags used in Workflow Notifications
- Open Shift A shift that is scheduled for a job, but no employee is assigned to work it.
- Open Shift Available
- Request to Cover
- Shift Swap
- Schedule Posting

For example, an organizational job of RN in a hospital may have the following full path: Hospitals/GeneralHospital/Floor1/Maternity/RN

If you specify the site.scheduling.orgPathLevelsToDisplay setting as 3, the job path is truncated to the last 3 levels and is displayed as: Floor1/Maternity/RN

Value: required; installed default = 15.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.scheduleVolume.useImportedValueOnly.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that always display stored Projected Volume values for Target and Scheduled rows.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.actualVolume.useSumOfSelfAndChildrenValues.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that define Actual Volume as the sum of the Location's stored value and children location values.

site.scheduling.reportsWithCoverage.ShowZeroRows — Default = true.

site.scheduling.shiftlengthrule.effectivetime.useTotalizer — When set to True, the Timekeeping Totalizer will be used to compute the Effective Time in the Employee Rule Set Groups of restrictions and requirements that apply to jobs, hours, shifts, overtime, days, and certifications for employees. Shift Length Rules, which will impact performance. When set to False, the Scheduling Totalizer is used to compute the Effective Time and unpaid breaks are excluded from the shift length calculation.

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.hoursPerVolume.decimalPlaces — Number of decimal places to display for hours per volume.
Value: required; installed default=2

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.transfertools.business.transfers.ignoreOverCoverage — Defines whether shifts that do not have overcoverage can be transferred from the Assignments tab.

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.hoursStatistic.paidHoursPerVolume — If true, specifies if hours per volume is paid time instead of actual time.

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.minorrules.requirebirthdate — If true, the Birth Date field in the General Information workspace in People Information is a required field.

If this setting is false, the Birth Date field is not required.

Value: required; installed default=false

Note: If a person whose birthday indicates that they are a minor does not have both a minor rule set and a school calendar assigned to them in People, the Scheduler will not schedule them to any shifts.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.actualVolume.useLargestChild.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that use the largest value of the Actual Volume of its children location instead of using the sum of the values.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.budgetHours.deriveHoursFromHPPDValue.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that define Budget Hours as Budget Hours/Volume times Volume.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.scheduleVolume.useSumOfSelfAndChildrenValues.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that define Projected Volume as the sum of the location's stored value and children location values.

site.scheduling.shiftlabels.overridenwidth — Defines the column width of the Shift Labels view in the schedule. The range is from 28 to 105 pixels. You must restart the server for the changes to take effect.

Default = 28

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.budgetVolume.useSumOfSelfAndChildrenValues.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that define Budget Volume as the sum of the location's stored value and children location values.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.metrics.hourscategory.maxItems — The maximum total number of Jobs and Pay Codes which can be included in an Hours Category Setup definition.
Value: required; installed default=20

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.budgetVolume.useLargestChild.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that use the largest value of the Budget Volume of its children location instead of using the sum of the values.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.metrics indicators Compare planned with actual workload, labour volume, coverage, volume, hours, hours/volume, and cost at any organizational level..maxItems — The maximum number of Indicators which can be included in a Metrics Setup definition.
Value: required; installed default=20

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.useFirstScheduleZoneForDayStart — If true, uses a location's first Schedule Zone A span of time that repeats on a 24-hour cycle, used to measure coverage. Examples include Day, Evening, and Night zones. to determine when a day starts and ends on the Hours/Volume tab.

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.enterTimeOff.authorizeManagerWithJobMembershipInEmployeeGroup — If true, managers cannot enter or cancel time off in the Schedule Planner for employees on shifts where the job is not included in the manager's Employee Group on the date that is being modified. If false, managers can enter or cancel time off for any employees whose shifts are visible in the Schedule Planner.

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.workWeek.useOutsideOfWorkWeekHours — If true, specifies whether hours outside of work week are excluded when validating weekly employee schedule rules Defines restrictions and requirements to ensure that a schedule meets certain criteria..

Value: required; installed default=false

site.scheduling.fatiguemanagement.ruleevaluation.logging
Default = false

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.hppd.actualVolume.useImportedValueOnly.locationTypes — List of comma-separated Location Types that always use stored Actual Volume values.

site.scheduling.teamdefinition.member.limit.pagination — The maximum number of team members displayed for a team definition. Team definitions display an informational message and a search mechanism when the number of team members exceeds the limit specified here. The default is 1000.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.metrics.hourscategoryset.maxItems — The maximum number of Hours Categories which can be included in an Hours Category Set Setup definition.

Value: required; installed default=5

site.scheduling.jobs.limit.pagination — The maximum number of job transfer entries displayed in job transfer set drop-down lists. Job transfer set drop-down lists display an informational message and a search mechanism when the number of job transfer sets in the system exceeds the limit specified here. The default is 1000.

site.scheduling.schedulePlanner.export.exportCoverageData — Specifies if the schedule coverage information is exported when a user attempts to export a schedule's data.
Value: required; installed default=false