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IBM MAS - Scheduler

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Mark crew unavailable if labor in crew is unavailable

If you modify the labor availability for a Labor record and add non working time and that labor is on a Crew, then the Crew should also be unavailable. This should be a configurable option - to either make the crew unavailable or not, depending on...
over 5 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 3 Future consideration

Graphical Work Week and Graphical Assignment applications not respecting Include in Schedule? (WORKORDER.INCTASKSINSCHED)

We would like Graphical Work Week (GWW) and Graphical Assignment (GA) applications to optionally respect the "Include in Schedule?" (WORKORDER.INCTASKSINSCHED) flag as it does in Graphical Scheduling (GS) and Graphical Scheduling-Large Project (GS...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Display final query for insert of records in scheduling applications

A query is written in the Work Query section in the Scheduler application, e.g. Graphical Work Week, but additional logic such as history flag is no, target start and finish dates or scheduled dates are within the Start and End Date range, etc. It...
about 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Modify Scheduler/Optimiser to support job/location based constraints e.g. security checks

Modify scheduler so that additional location/resource related constraints are checked when scheduling work. Some locations will have location specific constraints that are not directly related to the work being undertaken but are general restricti...
almost 9 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 3 Future consideration

GWW - Calendar Export, control over Communication Template to use

In Graphical Work Week application the Export to Calendar function uses a Communication Template which is hard-coded as EXPORTASSIGN. It would be better to have two system properties which can default to EXPORTASSIGN one for Labor and one for Crew.
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Allow to create and save multiple Layout and Filters with capability to import and export them to Share with users.

In all Graphical Application with Graphical View, allow users to create and save multiple Layout and Filters with capability to import and export them to share with others when needed.
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Graphical assignment to work with touch screen devices such as Clever touch box

Touch screen devices are becoming more apparent in the working world. Team leaders will have group meetings, they may stand in front of a number of people, either on the shop floor or a meeting room at the start of the day. In a lot of cases we ha...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

Show appointment windows in Graphical Appointment Book based on real Labor and Crew Availability

Today we show appointment windows that are available in Graphical Appointment Book based on predefined static data defined in the Appointment Book Manager application. We need these windows to be based on true availability of the Labor records. Th...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Scheduler Gantt Bar display - PM Forecasts

When using Scheduler to display PM Forecast data in the Gantt view, can we have the ability to display PMNUM, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION, ASSETNUM in the Gantt Bar and Hover display? Similar functionality is available for Assignments with the use of sy...
about 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 3 Future consideration

Select work orders from map and assign them

Provide the ability to use the map to search for a group of work orders in a nearby area and then assign those work orders to the same person
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 0 Planned for future release