Define zone categories

The Priority Scheduling Engine (PSE) assigns open shifts to employees according to sorting and matching rules. (PSE (Priority Scheduling Engine) assigns open shifts to employees according to sorting and matching rules.) can sort shifts or match employees to shifts by preferred zone set Contains non-overlapping schedule zones that together comprise a full day based on hours of operation for a location..

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Your function access profile must allow you to access Schedule Zone A span of time that repeats on a 24-hour cycle, used to measure coverage. Examples include Day, Evening, and Night zones. Sets.

  1. Go to Administration > Application Setup > Access Profiles > Function Access Profiles, open a profile and go to Manager - Common Setup > Schedule Configuration > Workload Specifies a number of employees needed for a certain job at a certain location over a certain span of time. Setup.
  2. Set Schedule Zone Sets Sets set to "Allowed."
  1. From the Main Menu, select Administration > Application Setup > Scheduler Setup > Zone Categories.
  2. Click New to create a zone category or select an existing schedule zone category and click Duplicate, Edit or Delete
  3. If you click Deleteand a zone category includes any zones, you must first remove the links to the zone category from the zone set.
  4. Enter a Name and optionally, a Description.
  5. (Optional) Enter a Default Begin Time and Default End Time in time-of-day format Use 12-hour or 24- hour format. You can omit the colon or use decimals. Examples: For 5:00 AM, enter 5 or 5a. For 5:15 PM, enter 515p, 1715, or 5.25p..
  6. Click Save & Return.

For employees who work in locations that use a workload plan by schedule zone and zone category:

  1. From the Main Menu, select Maintenance > People Information.
  2. In the Scheduling section, expand Employee Preferences.
  3. Select the Preferred Zone Category.
  4. Select the Preferred Zone.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Repeat for the next employees.