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IBM MAS - Scheduler

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Add the ability to assign multiple labor records to an unplanned work order in a single click in Graphical Work Week

I have an unplanned work order and want to assign it to multiple labor record. In Assignment Manager, this can be done in 1 click. In GWW, you have to create new assignments. Functionality in GWW should work like it does in Assignment Manager.
12 days ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Planned for future release

Add ability to disable hover text that pops out when hovering over columns such as description in the upper left quadrant in Graphical Work Week

This hover text can slow down navigation and if the user doesn't want to see it, they should be able to disable it or perhaps add a navigation shortcut to purposely indicate they want to see the full text. A user drags the mouse over the screen fr...
11 days ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Assignment history for a work order should be saved, filterable and reportable

Currently when a work order is closed, the data in the assignment table is deleted. Also, when an assignment is changed, rescheduled, reassigned, the historical data is lost. The history of work order assignments should be saved. It's important in...
6 days ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 0 Submitted

For Long Cycle Work, reflect the Scheduled Start and End Date in Graphical Scheduling based on the Start and End Date of the Assignments, Don't Overwrite it

I have a long cycle construction work order, e.g. 40 hours of duration, that is marked as interruptible. Graphical Scheduling displays the bar correctly with the assumption that there are no breaks in when the work will be done, e.g if you start M...
16 days ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Add the Ability to Zoom in to a Day and Zoom out to 2 weeks in Graphical Work Week

In Graphical Work Week, assignments that are 30 minutes long are small slivers in the timeline view. It would be helpful to be able to zoom in to a single day to better work with those assignments. Also, it would be helpful to be able to zoom out ...
about 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 5 Future consideration

Consider Resource / Crew Assignment when control the Resource load and Availability in Graphical Scheduling

How it works today During the Planning/Scheduling phase, Graphical Scheduling is used to decide whether work orders can be executed based on resource and crew availability. The Graphical Scheduling calculates availability by dealing with Calendar/...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Add possibility to filter Work Orders that are loaded to Graphical Assignment application

We need to add possibility to filter Work Orders that are loaded to Graphical Assignment application. Similar functionality as works now for tasks ( flag for "Include in Schedule") , could fully cover this requirement. We would like to add new fla...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Scheduler – Graphical Work Week - Remove the start date filled automatically.

The Scheduler has Work order's in his scope of work that does not have planning dates because it is not a priority. The scheduler wishes to identify them to populate his planning. The scheduler wishes that the schedule dates are not automatically ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 6 Future consideration

When using the graphical scheduler application enhance the ‘Commit Changes’ functionality so users can commit just the work orders that they are working on

Description: When using the graphical scheduler application enhance the ‘Commit Changes’ functionality so users can commit just the work orders that they are working on. We believe this commit changes functionality is also present in the Graphical...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 1 Functionality already exists

Add CPM Schedule action to Work Order Tracking

Work orders with tasks are normally performed serially with Finish Start, sometimes with a lag. Given a Scheduled Start Date is added to the work order, there ought to be a way to calculate the tasks schedule dates using a Work Order action that p...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Scheduler 3 Not under consideration