Creating Rosters Based on Off Days
The Create Off Days frame on the Auto tab allows you to create 5-day or 4-day rosters depending on what your transit site uses.
In general, a 5-day roster is composed of five daily eight-hour runs with two consecutive or non-consecutive Off days. A 4-day roster is composed of four daily ten-hour runs with three consecutive or non-consecutive Off days.
The following procedure aims to illustrate combining Off days to create 5-day rosters using the Create Off Days options:
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In the Create Off Days frame, for 5- Day rosters, select the
Pattern options that you want.
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Beside the pattern you want to configure, for example, 7-7-6,
click the ellipsis button:
The Create Parameters dialog box appears.
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To arrange the sequence of the pattern options using the selected pattern, perform one
of the following steps:
- Click a record and click the appropriate Rotate button. Click the plus sign to
increase or the minus sign to decrease the Sequence (Seq.) number of a pattern
option:
Note: If you do not select a record, the change is applied to the first option with the Sequence number of the other options adjusted accordingly. - In the Seq. field, type the number of the option as you want it sequenced.
- Click a record and click the appropriate Rotate button. Click the plus sign to
increase or the minus sign to decrease the Sequence (Seq.) number of a pattern
option:
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To see if there are any remaining runs that have not been rostered, click or click the Costing Summary button:
In most cases, you may be left with one or two 6 or 7-day rosters, which you can roster manually.Note: You can also perform this procedure in creating 4-day rosters.