New Option to Display Schedules in AM/PM or 24 Hour Time

You can now go to the Scheduler Properties area and select to display schedules in AM/PM or 24 hour time. Currently editing is still done in AM/PM time regardless of the display format setting.

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New Employee and Schedule Shift Notes Feature

We have added a feature that has been requested a number of times. It allows you to add short (up to 250 characters) notes on schedules below the employee's name and the shift segments. The notes have some extra features that can help in controlling the display of the notes without making the schedule explode in size. These feattures are:

- Ability to set how many characters of a note you want to display under the name and shift segments

- Hovering your mouse over a note displays the complete note in a tool tip box

- The employee mobile friendly view pages display the entire note

- Notes that begin with http are automatically converted to web links that display as

If you want to use this new feature, we recommend you go to the Scheduler Properties area and decide how many characters you want to display under employee names and shift segments. Don't stress too much over this, you can always go back and adjust these settings as needed. Look for an area like you see below, pick the values and save.

Now you can go and edit one of your employees. Below each segment, you will find a edit box to enter a note for each segment. Remember, notes starting with http will be converted into links.

In the employee properties area you will find new note editing fields. The Employee Notes field works the same as the segment notes fields--displaying on the schedule, length limited, the whole note showing up when the cursor is hovered over the note and notes starting with http converted in to links. The Employee Private Notes field can be used to keep track of information you don't want displayed on the schedule. You will only be able to view and edit the private notes when logged into the scheduler.

Below is how the above example shift segment notes will appear on a schedule:

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Confusion With Desired Hours Indicator Limits

It seems the help text we had next to the Desired Hours Indicator Limits fields was leading users to enter the actual range of hours an employee should be scheduled. This is incorrect. The fields are instead used to set the number of hours the employee scheduled hours can deviate from the desired hours set for each employee. Once an employee's scheduled hours go above or below the desired hours plus/minus the Desired Hours Indicator Limits, the scheduled total will change color on the schedule. Below is the new help text:

If an employee has the desired hours field set, and their scheduled hours are above the desired hours plus the Above limit, or below the desired hours minus the Below limit, it will be indicated on the manager view schedule.


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