A schedule details the availability and unavailability of assigned resources for a specified period of time. You create a schedule using the following steps:
Choose a schedule pattern and assign effective dates.
Add exceptions to the schedule.
An exception is an override of the existing schedule pattern. A holiday is an exception changing a normal work day to a not available day. An exception can also change a normal non-work day, such as Saturday, to an available day.
Company holidays can be set up as global exceptions that can be incorporated into any schedule. Exceptions that apply only to a particular schedule can be created during the schedule creation process.
Add resources
Define Schedule Notes
Pattern: The pattern selected determines the schedule details for the resources assigned to the schedule.
Effective Dates: When you save the schedule, the application generates and saves the schedule details based on a repeat of the selected pattern throughout the time period designated by your effective dates.
Create Exceptions Notes
Name: You can create an exception that applies just to this schedule.
Example
You have a rush order and you need a modified normal work week schedule. You add Saturday to the schedule as an exception that shows Available.
Whole Day: If you select Whole Day, then the exception applies to 24 hours for the selected dates. If you deselect Whole Day, then you enter start and end dates and times.
Exception Type: Global exception types are defined by your administrator, such as company holidays. You can find values for Calendar Event or Calendar Event Type only if you are using the Oracle HR holiday model.
Existing Exception Name: You can select existing global exceptions that are valid for the date range of your schedule. Global exceptions such as company holidays do not apply to your schedule unless you add each one to the exception table.
Add Resources Notes
Resource Type: Examples of resource types are employee or conference room.
Name: Choose from the list of active resources with the same type as the type you selected.
Effective Dates: When you add the resource to the table, the effective dates default to the schedule's effective dates.
Start Details Icon: By default the resource starts at the beginning of the pattern on the resource's effective start date. Click this icon to view a hierarchy of the pattern and select the point in the pattern where the resource begins.
Example
An employee is starting the emergency pager pattern, which starts with one week on call followed by 3 weeks unavailable. You can select to start the employee at week 3.
Publish Schedule: Select to indicate that this is the primary schedule published throughout the eBusiness Suite. A resource can be assigned to multiple schedules for the same period of time. For example, a work shift schedule and a pager schedule for an employee. The published schedule is the primary schedule to use to determine availability of a resource.