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6. Click OK.
The Accept Schedule and Reject Schedule buttons appear in the toolbar.
7. Verify the schedule.
8. Make any required modifications manually.
9. Click Accept schedule to save the new schedule.
NOTE:
• After you click Accept Schedule, the schedule is live in the database and the Accept Schedule
button disappears. If you click Reject Schedule, the automatically generated schedule and any
manual modifications are deleted from the schedule. See “Creating and adjusting schedules
manually” on page529.
• If there are any conflicts, a dialog box appears stating the number of conflicts. You cannot save
a schedule with conflicts. Click Yes to delete the conflicts and accept the schedule, or click No
to adjust the schedule. When you have resolved the conflicts, click Accept Schedule again to
save the schedule.
Configuring the date and time range
To configure the date and time range for a schedule using Schedule Builder
1. In Schedule Builder, click the General tab.
2. Under Dates and times, on the Date / Time tab, select the date range of the schedule.
3. Under Time, select either Use business hours, 24/7, or Custom.
4. If you selected Custom in the previous step, select the time the schedule starts and ends each day.
5. If you want to exclude dates from the schedule, click the Exclusion tab.
6. Hold down CTRL and then click the dates to exclude.
Scheduling shifts
To schedule shifts using Schedule Builder
1. In Schedule Builder, click the General tab.
2. Under Schedule/Optimize, select the Shifts check box.
3. Under Event selection, on the Shift selection tab, select the check boxes of the shifts to add to the
schedule.
4. Click the Shift & Break options tab.
5. Under Shift options, specify how shifts will be distributed.
• If you want to count existing shifts when determining the number of employees to be scheduled,
select the The Schedule Builder counts existing shifts when determining the number of
employees which must be scheduled check box.
• If you want to optimize existing unlocked shifts, select the Allow Schedule Builder to optimize
existing unlocked shifts check box.
• If you want to optimize existing locked shifts, select the Allow Schedule Builder to optimize
existing locked shifts check box.
• If you want to schedule unassigned shifts for times when there are not enough employees
available to satisfy the scheduling requirements, select the Generate unassigned shifts when
not enough employees are available to satisfy the schedule requirements check box.
• If you want to ignore employee shifts assignments when building the schedule, select the
Ignore employee shift assignments check box.