New and Updated Properties

Properties have been removed, updated, or created in v21.0, v21.1, and v21.2. Caution button

Removed Properties

  • Extraboard rotation properties are now set in the Employee Rotation Rules dialog box in Extra Board Types (separate from volunteer type employee rotation rules). This allows users to define employee rotation rules for each extraboard type and individual agency (instead of for all agencies as a single group).

    An upgrade utility is available to populate the new dialog box with the old property values.

    The following generic Extraboard rotation properties have been removed:
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Add Extraboard > Include Operators Assigned to Work
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Add Extraboard > Restrict Operator to Single Extraboard List
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Add Extraboard > Force to Check Extraboard Bid Unit
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Number of Extraboard Employees to Rotate (All Divisions)
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Skip Absent Employees During Extraboard Rotation
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Rotate Employees Within Their Home Division
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Top Employees That Always Rotate
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Extraboard Rotation Method
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Pay Code Group
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Period to Accumulate Time
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Consider Previous Sequence If Same SignUp
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Include Hold-down Operator on List
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Working Status Group
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Use Regular Extraboard On a Holiday
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Include RDO Employees On List
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Consider Assignment Refusal
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Accumulate By List Type
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Post Processing Method
    • OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Show Daily Hours
  • Volunteer rotation properties are now set in the Employee Rotation Rules dialog box in Volunteer Types (separate from extraboard type employee rotation rules). This allows users to define employee rotation rules for each volunteer type and individual agency (instead of for all agencies as a single group).

    An upgrade utility is available to populate the new dialog box with the old property values.

    The following generic Volunteer rotation properties have been removed:
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Employee Reference Date
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Limit Count Based on Time Period
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Usage Count Period for Assignment
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Time Period Threshold
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Usage Count Period for Sequencing
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Usage Lists
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Apply Adjustments
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Method
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Usage Work Type Group
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Rotate Employees Within Their Home Division
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Period to Accumulate Time
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Consider Previous Sequence If Same SignUp
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Volunteer rotation Pay Code group
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Consider Assignment Refusal
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Accumulate By List Type
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Post Processing Method
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Use Regular Volunteer Type On a Holiday
    • OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Show Daily Hours
  • OPS > SIT > Suppress Parking if Street Relief
    To suppress street relief parking, in the OPS Sign-In Terminal Parameters screen, on the Receipt Parameters tab, select the Suppress Parking if Street Relief option.
    OPS Sign-In Terminal Parameters showing Suppress Parking if Street Relief circled in red.

Updated Properties

  • The OPS > Bidding > Cafeteria > PickSameWeekdayAndWeekendRunName property now also applies to Extra Work.
  • OPS > Bidding > Cafeteria > PickSameWeekdayRun and OPS > Bidding > Cafeteria > PickSameWeekendRun properties now also apply to PassRuns bid categories.
  • The description for the OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Excluded Work Types property was updated: Specifies a Work Subtypes ancillary group for work subtypes that are excluded from day activation and operational service, but that can be used in bidding and work planning. Work included in the selected group can be used to establish extraboard operator order when the Extraboard Rotation Method property (found in Extra Board Types under Employee Rotation Rules) is defined as Bid Standby Time.
  • Logic for OPS > Interfaces > Import > Employees > Column For ID of New Employee was updated. If the defined Column For ID of New Employee is undefined or the value is <=0, a new Employee ID is created. Otherwise, the defined column is used as the Employee ID column (when the OPS > Employee Profile > Force Employee ID to Match Badge Number property is cleared).
  • OPS > SIT > Screen > Trapeze Border Graphic. No longer used in Sign-In Terminal. It is used in the Employee Signature dialog launched from the Performance Details dialog.
  • The OPS > Timekeeping > Cost by Line property was updated to OPS > Timekeeping > Cost by Segment. If selected, FX run platform time is costed by segment type (No, Line, or Zone).
  • Timekeeping rounding properties now have a Nearest 5 minute option.
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Daily Rounding
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Weekly Rounding
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > BiWeekly Rounding

    If the numbers are 0, 1, or 2, they will be rounded to 0. If they are 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, they will be rounded to 5, and if they are 8 or 9 they will be rounded to 10.

  • A new Cost Order Setting folder has been created for some timekeeping properties.
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Absences Consider in Work Order is now OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Absences Consider in Work Order
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Complete Work First is now OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Complete Work First
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Work Order is now OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Cost Work Order
    • OPS > Timekeeping > Custom Work Order is now OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Custom Work Order
    • OPS > Timekeeping > > Primary Work Sorting is now OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Primary Work Sorting
  • OPS > WorkPlanner > Holddown properties have now been separated into OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Hold-Down and OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Vacation Relief properties.

    An upgrade utility is available to populate the new vacation relief properties based on the previous holddown property settings.

    Properties (including new and updated properties) available in OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief are as follows:
    • Allow Multi Level Relief. This is a new property. If selected, both hold-down and vacation relief are allowed. It overrides both the OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Hold-Down > Allow Multi Level Hold-downs and OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Vacation Relief > Allow Multi Level Vacation Relief properties.
    • Hold-Down > Action
    • Hold-Down > Delete Action
    • Hold-Down > Extraboard Bid Unit if no longer on Hold-Down Method. This is a new property. Specifies the method for getting the Extraboard Bid Unit if no longer on Hold-Down. Default setting is By Agency, which uses the extraboard bid unit defined in OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Holddown > Extraboard Bid Unit if no longer on Hold-Down By Agency. If Custom is used, consult your Trapeze representative.
    • Hold-Down > Extraboard Bid Unit if no longer on Hold-Down By Agency. This property has been renamed (previously, it was Extraboard Bid Unit if no longer on Hold-Down). Specifies the extraboard bid unit to be assigned to employees who do not have a previously assigned extraboard bid unit and who have their Hold-Down work deleted. This is only applicable if the property OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Holddown > Delete Action = Restore Original Days Off and EB Assignment.
    • Hold-Down > Enforce Absence-Hold-Down Relationship
    • Hold-Down > Automatically Delete Hold-downs When Held-Down Employee Returns. When an absence is deleted, the Hold-Down relief for the delete absence dates is deleted as defined in the Delete Action property.
    • Hold-Down > Allow Multi Level Hold-Downs. The behavior of this property has been updated. Now, if selected, multi-level Hold-Downs are allowed and vacation relief is not used.
    • Hold-Down > Excluded Work Types
    • Hold-Down > Ignore Default Days Off When Create Hold-Down. This is a new property. If selected, default days off are ignored when creating a Hold-Down. Default days off are defined in OPS > Absence > Default Days Off.
    • Vacation Relief > Action
    • Vacation Relief > Delete Action
    • Vacation Relief > Enforce Absence - VacationRelief Relationship
    • Vacation Relief > Automatically Delete Vacation Relief When Relieved Employee Returns. When an absence is deleted, the vacation relief for the delete absence dates is deleted as defined in the Delete Action property. A warning is shown if the absence is deleted from the middle of the week.
    • Vacation Relief > Allow Multi Level Vacation Relief. This is a new property. If selected, only multilevel Vacation Relief are allowed. Hold-Downs are not used.

      For open-run bids, if this property is not selected, when someone bids for vacation relief and the original employee has vacation relief, a warning appears: "Vacation Relief operator cannot cover another Vacation Relief operator. Manual adjustment to the Vacation Relief assignment will have to be made after bidding is complete."

    • Vacation Relief > Excluded Work Types
    • Vacation Relief > Ignore Default Days Off When Create VacationRelief. This is a new property. If selected, default days off are ignored when creating vacation relief. Default days off are defined in OPS > Absence > Default Days Off.
    • Vacation Relief > Released VR Package Being Involved In Operational Bid After Week(s). This is a new property. Specifies the number of week(s) after which to include a Vacation Relief package in an Operational Bid (based on when the package is released in the previous Operational Bid or in Work Planner). Click Dependencies (+) to specify the number of weeks for each agency. If greater than 0, a vacation relief package is created after the number of weeks specified; otherwise the system maintains its old behavior.

New Properties

Table 1. Description of OPS New Properties
Property Description
OPS > Absence > Designated Days Off Method

Specifies the Day Off template used when calculating the maximum hours for the designated accrual type (Use Actual Days Off or Use Default Days Off).

Use Actual Days Off checks the OPS > Absence > When No Days Off Found property when no days off exist in the week.

Use Default Days Off checks the OPS > Absence > Default Days Off property.

Additionally, the property OPS > Bidding > Absence > AccrualDayValue should be set to 0.

OPS > Bidding > Absence > Restrict to Work Bid Division If selected, allow users to select only the division they are assigned to within that work division bid period for the vacation bid.
OPS > Bidding > BiddingRequests > Date Threshold for Second Pass Specifies the date threshold for second pass bidding request times.
OPS > Bidding > BiddingRequests > Generation Specifies the set of tables used for bidding requests.
OPS > Bidding > BiddingRequests > Time Threshold for Second Pass Specifies the time threshold (in minutes) for second pass bidding request times.
OPS > Bidding > BiddingRequests > ToTime Threshold for Next Day Specifies the ToTime threshold for next day in second pass bidding request times.
OPS > Bidding > Cafeteria > PickSameWeekdayAndWeekendRunName Select this property to allow operators to pick the same run name even when the run type or the run ID is different.
OPS > Bidding > DayoffRelief > RegularBidPickRestriction If selected, when bidding cafeteria-style work, if any days of work have been picked, the rest of the work for the week is available ONLY for the Relief Dayoff Bid unit. If cleared, work remaining in the week can be picked by other operators (and is not saved for the Relief Dayoff Bid Unit).
OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Automated > Vacation Relief > RDO and Matched Work

Placeholder property (no functionality). Currently, the employee will be assigned matched work based on category Regular or Extraboard.

OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Automated > Vacation Relief > RDO and No Matched Work

Placeholder property. Currently, only assigns Holiday Extraboard and has no functionality for assigning Holiday Off.

OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Automated > Vacation Relief > RWD and Matched Work

Placeholder property (no functionality). Currently, the employee will be assigned matched work based on category Regular or Extraboard.

OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Automated > Vacation Relief > RWD and No Matched Work

Placeholder property. Currently, only assigns Holiday Extraboard and has no functionality for assigning Holiday Off.

OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Extraboard > PreventHolidayOffIfRegularWorkingDay

If selected and the employee has Extraboard work on a Holiday, Holiday Day Off will not be shown on the employee's record in the Work Planner, Daily Activity, Employee Activities, and Extra Employee List screens. This also applies to the Day Off view in the Bidding screen.

OPS > Bidding > VacationRelief > Holiday Bid Options For No Coverage Vacation Relief Employee

If selected, the Vacation Relief employees are allowed to select holiday bid options in case they do not have coverage.

OPS > Bidding > VacationRelief > Inherit Holiday Work Selection If selected, the Vacation Relief employees inherit the Holiday Work selected by the employees they are covering. In this case, the holiday work selection is not displayed. They are not allowed to participate in a holiday bid if they are doing relief during that time.
OPS > Bidding > VacationRelief > PreventHolidayAssignmentIfOnVacation If selected, the Vacation Relief employees who are scheduled to be on vacation are excluded from holiday bids.
OPS > Bidding > VacationRelief > Use Extraboard Holiday Restrictions on No Coverage If selected, Vacation Relief employees that are not covering any employee on the holiday week will have holiday selections displayed on the Extraboard properties under OPS > Bidding > Holiday > Extraboard.
OPS > Bidding > Work Details > Column Exclusions Specifies the columns that will be excluded from being displayed in the Work Details and Assignment Details reports.
OPS > Costing Allocation > Copy Run Allocation From Prev Signup When Import If selected, the cost allocation is copied from the previous sign-up when importing a new version of the run.
OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Message > Show Warning Message for Time Components If selected, the warning messages related to time components in Activate Day Log will be included.
OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Open Work When Agency Mismatch Between Work and Employee

If selected, during activate day, work will be open when there is an agency mismatch between work and employee.

OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Split Fix Route Work for Partial Absence

If selected, when the Absence Types Open Work Action is set to Open conflicting pieces only, conflicted work is split into three pieces and the middle (conflicted) piece of work is unassigned.

Default setting is off.

OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Vacation Relief inherit original employee division When Activate Day

If selected, when a day is activated, the Vacation Relief employee's Division is changed to that of the employee being covered.

If Undo Day Activation is performed, the division of the Vacation Relief employee reverts back to his or her original division.

OPS > Dispatch > Daily Activity > Employee Quick Filter > Show Assignment If selected, the Assignment Display column appears in Employee Quick Filter on the Daily Activity screen.
OPS > Dispatch > Edit Work Times > Enable Travel Look Up Tool If selected, the Lookup Start Travel and Lookup End Travel appear in the Edit Work Times dialog box and the Look Up Travel buttons (for start and end times) appear in the Split Work dialog box.
OPS > Dispatch > Edit Work Times > Include Finish Time If selected, Finish Time appears in the Edit Work Times dialog box, Split Work dialog box and work pane in the Daily Activity screen; the Work Detail dialog box in the Bidding screen; the Work Detail, Assignment Detail and Print Roster dialog boxes in the Work Planner; and the Detail page in Self-Service Bidding Requests.
OPS > Dispatch > Edit Work Times > Include Prep Time If selected, Prep Time appears in the Edit Work Times dialog box, Split Work dialog box and work pane in the Daily Activity screen; the Work Detail dialog box in the Bidding screen; the Work Detail, Assignment Detail and Print Roster dialog boxes in the Work Planner; and the Detail page in Self-Service Bidding Requests.
OPS > Dispatch > Edit Work Times > Include Standby Times If selected, Standby Times appear in the Edit Work Times dialog box, Split Work dialog box and work pane in the Daily Activity screen; the Work Detail dialog box in the Bidding screen; the Work Detail, Assignment Detail and Print Roster dialog boxes in the Work Planner; and the Detail page in Self-Service Bidding Requests.
OPS > Dispatch > Open Work > Create Associated Work from Absence If selected, Extra Work can be created from absences in the Open Work dialog.
OPS > Dispatch > Open Work > Auto-Created Extra Work Assign Type Group Defines the Assign Types ancillary group used for extra work records automatically created by the system when activating the day. The ancillary group specified in this property should only contain one assign type (as only one assign type can be applied). If it contains multiple assign types, the system applies the first one listed. To use this property, the OPS > Dispatch > Open Work > Create Associated Extra Work from Absence property must be selected.
OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Allow Roll Back Any Selected Employee

If selected, the Roll Back employee button will be enabled for any selected employee.

Previously, the Roll Back option had to be used one employee at a time, in order. Select this check box to apply the Roll Back option to any employee while leaving the offer records of other employees intact.

OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Overlapping Standby Work to Exclude Specifies the working status group for Standby work that should prevent assignment to the employee if it overlaps with the selected work in the Suggest Employee screen.
OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Suggest For Next Work If selected, the Suggest For Next Work button will show in the Suggest Employee dialog box.
OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Work Assignment Rule Violation Method
Determines the threshold for violations that make the employee ineligible for work assignment.
  • Consider Warning and Error Threshold Values. Both Error and Warning threshold violations make the employee ineligible (default behavior).
  • Consider Error Threshold Values Only. Warning violations are logged and displayed on the Violations tab, but work can still be assigned to the employee.
OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > Apply Default Report Time for Multi Pieces

If selected, the default report time defined in OPS Time Component Defaults is applied. Default report times will only be applied to a piece of work where there is no Report Time, and the preceding piece was assigned to a different employee. This will be checked with a work is assigned or unassigned.

This property is agency-dependent. Click Dependencies (+) to define a value for each available agency.

Default is false (unchecked).

To use this property, confirm that the OPS > Dispatch > Edit Work Times > Include Report Time is selected.

OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > Check for Stand-by Employees > Applicable Work

Specifies the Work Type ancillary group when the OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > Check for Stand-by Employees > Enable property is selected.

OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > Check for Stand-by Employees > Enable

If selected, when assigning work using the Assign Employee feature, the system checks to see if there are any employees on Standby based on the sign on time of the work being assigned. A message appears in the Assign Employee dialog box that indicates the time and how many employees are on standby.

Used with the OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > Check for Stand-by Employees > Applicable Work property.

OPS > Dispatch > Work Assignment > End Standby Assignment After Work Piece(s) If selected, operators assigned standby work aren't returned to standby work after starting overlapping work. This includes instances where assigned work ends before standby work or when standby work overlaps with gaps in multi-piece work. If the standby work starts before the overlapping work, the operator does the standby work until the overlapping work begins, at which point they're removed from the standby work.

This property is cleared by default.

OPS > Employee Profile > Certification Group for Single Entry

Specifies the certification types for which an employee can only be certified once. In Dependencies, defined Employee Certification Types (EmployeeCertificationTypeAbbr) are not allowed to overlap with the Employee Certification Types defined in the associated Employee Certification Types ancillary group (Value). An EmployeeCertificationTypeAbbr definition must exist for each Employee Certification Type that cannot be created when an equivalent certification already exists.

OPS > Employee Rotation Rules > Rotate By Type

If selected, this property uses the Employee Rotation Rules table to set rotation configuration by type (Extraboard Type and Volunteer Type) for Activate Day.

If cleared, then the default Extraboard Rotation Method (Regular) is applied to all types (found in Extraboard under Employee Rotation Rules [this applies to both Extraboard and Volunteer Types]). Default is false.

OPS > Extraboard Rotation > Use Single Legacy Rotation Method for All Types This property is used for clients who have a custom rotation method enabled. If selected, the system reads the legacy rotation method value for all extraboard types when reading from the Custom service. Note that this property is not used for generic activities, such as Regenerate Daily Employee List or Activate Day. For further information, contact your Trapeze representative.
OPS > Interfaces > Import > Employee Picture Import > Directory

The folder from which employee photos are imported.

OPS > Interfaces > Import > Employees > Column For ID of New Employee Specifies which one of the userLong fields (Column) in the EmployeeImport table will be used as the new EmployeeID. Default is blank.

To use this property, the OPS > Employee Profile > Force Employee ID to Match Badge Number system property must be cleared.

OPS > Interfaces > Import > Payroll Comparison > Import File Format

Specifies the format of the file that the client payroll information: CSV or TXT.

If using Custom, contact your Trapeze Representative.

OPS > Interfaces > Import > Payroll Comparison > Import File Location Specifies the path where import files are saved for client payroll comparison imports.
OPS > Interfaces > Import > Vehicles > > Maintenance Monitor > Vehicle Maintenance Import Ignore Open Block Action If selected, the system doesn't initiate the Open Block action for vehicle maintenance when performing automatic vehicle maintenance imports. If cleared, related blocks are opened on import.
OPS > Interfaces > Schedule Import > Import OPS LineStopLabel If selected, the system will process Import OPSLineStopLabel.
OPS > ITS Integration > ITS Events > Event Time Threshold Specifies the threshold used when calling TransitMaster to get the Pull In and Pull Out Times. Events within the FromTime minus the threshold, and ToTime plus the threshold will be obtained. Default value is 30 minutes.

This property lets TransitMaster find and retrieve information outside of work piece From and To times, which allows OPS to populate pull-out and pull-in information as applicable.

OPS > ITS Integration > Withhold In-Vehicle Sign Off When End Travel If selected, Actual Signoff Time is only updated by MDT when End Travel Time is 0.
OPS > Log Files > Retention(days) > OPS SIT Log Specifies the number of days of log information to keep in the OPSSITLog. (To find OPS SIT Log information, open the OPS Process Log and set the Context to OPSAutomaticPurgingLogService.)
OPS > Operational Bid > Hold Down > Skip Standby work If selected, when doing operational hold-down bidding, the system will skip checking employee standby work and employee standby work will automatically open when the day is activated.
OPS > Operational Bid > Remove Originally assigned Holiday Work If selected, Operational Bid would remove the originally assigned Holiday Work.
OPS > Operational Bid > Vacation Relief > Load Employees without Bid Unit If selected, the system allows employees without any bid unit to be added to the vacation relief operational bid.
OPS > SAFTE-FAST > Authentication Specifies the SAFTE-FAST® Authentication.
OPS > SAFTE-FAST > Server Base URL Specifies the SAFTE-FAST® Server Base URL.
OPS > SAFTE-FAST > Time Out Specifies the SAFTE-FAST® Time Out.
OPS > SIT > Card > Description Sign-in card description used on the SIT kiosk. The default description is Driver License.
OPS > SIT > Log Sign In and Sign Off Attempts If selected, All Sign In/Off attempts are logged.
OPS > SIT > Show Scheduled Sign Off Time on Sign In Receipt If selected, employees' successful sign-in receipts display their scheduled sign-off time.
OPS > Timekeeping > Apply Accrual Types Use Designated If selected, the Designated value is applied for Max Time To Deduct when costing Absence Pay Rules that are set to check eligible balance through an Accrual Hierarchy configuration.
OPS > Timekeeping > Automatic Process FLSA on Weekly Processing Date If selected, automatically process FLSA on the weekly processing date.
OPS > Timekeeping > Bank PayTime Deduct Order Specifies the banking order:
  • No order
  • Ascending
  • Descending

Default is no order.

OPS > Timekeeping > Bank Time Election MaxTime Reference
Specifies the time that the Employee Bank Time Election Max Time represents:
  • Actual Time. If selected, the Actual Time is banked regardless of the Paycode Rate Factor.
  • Work Time. If selected, the Work Time multiplied by the Paycode Rate Factor is banked.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Absences Consider in Work Order - Tiebreaker

This changes the work absence cost order.

Absence first. The absence pay isn't reduced by overlapping work hours. This is the default setting.

Work first. The absence pay is reduced by the overlapping work hours. Note that hours aren't reduced by partial bid work performed after the absence/overlapping work.

OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Allow PassWork in Work Order If selected, PassWork will not always cost first and work order can be configurable.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > ExtraPay Cost By Time Order If selected, extra pay is costed in the same level of work instead of always after regular work. Default is false.
OPS > Timekeeping > Do Not Process Unapproved Extra Payments If selected, Extra Pay Types that require approval must be approved when considered by costing.
OPS > Timekeeping > Handling Employee Day Type for Feb 29 in Non-Leap Year

Addresses the setting of the Employee Day Type for February 29 during non-leap years.

You can choose from two options as to which date the Birthday Holiday is applied on a non-leap year: Day Before and Day After (default).

If you select Day Before, the date is February 28, and if you select Day After, the date is March 1.

OPS > Timekeeping > Inherit Bid Unit > Vacation Relief employees added to the Extraboard List If selected, Vacation Relief operators added to the Extraboard list will assume the Extraboard Bid Unit associated with the list for timekeeping calculations.
OPS > Timekeeping > Piece Intervening Ignore Absence If selected, Absences are ignored when processing Piece Intervening Rules.

The property is cleared by default.

OPS > Timekeeping > Restrict Absence Pay time to MaxToDeduct If selected, the Absence time is split between the Max eligible balance and the remainder time when costing Absence Pay Rules that are set to check eligible balance through an Accrual Hierarchy configuration.
OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Timekeeping Summary > Show Bid Unit Match Any Day Of Pay Week

If selected, pay week information is shown for employees with a matching bid unit on any day in the pay summary period.

If cleared, pay information is shown for employees whose bid unit matches on the Start Date defined in the screen Context.

This property is used for the Weekly Timekeeping Summary and Weekly Timekeeping Activity Summary screens.

OPS > Volunteer Rotation > Use Single Legacy Rotation Method for All Types

This property is used for clients who have a custom rotation method enabled. If selected, the system reads the legacy rotation method value for all Volunteer types when reading from the Custom service. Note that this property is not used for generic activities, such as Regenerate Daily Employee List or Activate Day. For further information, contact your Trapeze representative.

OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Consider Extra Run If cleared, FX extra runs (runnum <0) aren't considered.

The property is selected by default.

OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Remove Trips And Blocks Zone Segment After Import If selected, in order to reduce data storage, system will remove trips and blocks zone segment after import.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Clear Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Clear Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Finish Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Finish Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Piece Makeup Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Piece Makeup Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Prep Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Prep Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Report Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Report Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Shift Layover Time If selected, the fixed route run will include Shift Layover Time.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Standby Times If selected, the fixed route run will include Standby Times.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Travel Times If selected, the fixed route run will include Travel Times.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Time Components > Wait Times If selected, the fixed route run will include Wait Times.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Travel Times Source Specifies the FX Source to populate the OPSTravels during import: Travel, DeadHead, or DeadHead & Travel.
OPS > Work > Fixed Route > Zone Field in Nodes Table If selected, the Zone field is defined in Nodes table.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Count of Before After DayOff Specifies count in days for the pattern Before or After DayOff for Employee Absence Monitor Screen.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Count of Before After Holiday Specifies the default count in days for the pattern Before or After Holiday for Employee Absence Monitor Screen.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Count of the Pay Date Specifies the default count in days for the pattern Pay Date for Employee Absence Monitor screen.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Count of the Same Date of the Month Specifies the default count in days for the pattern same date of the month for Employee Absence Monitor Screen.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Count of the Same Day of the Week Specifies the default count in days for the pattern Same Day of the Week for Employee Absence Monitor Screen.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Days After Pay Ending Date Until Pay Date Specifies how many days Pay Date is after the Pay Ending Date. Default is 3.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Number of Days After DayOff Specifies the count in days for Number of Days After DayOff for any of the Absence Patterns.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Number of Days After Holiday Specifies the count in days for Number of Days After Holiday for any of the Absence Patterns.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Number of Days Before DayOff Specifies the count in days for Number of Days Before DayOff for any of the Absence Patterns.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Absence Patterns > Number of Days Before Holiday Specifies the count in days for Number of Days Before Holiday for any of the Absence Patterns.
OPS > Workforce Management > Employee Absence Monitor > Date Range Specifies the maximum limit in months for the date range size selectable within the context.
OPS > Workforce Management > Performance > Admin Action Required for Performance Details

If selected, Admin Actions are required when creating Performance Details records. An error message appears if the user clicks OK in the Performance Details or Add Performance Details dialog box before adding an Admin Action in the Administrative Action(s) area.

If cleared, a Performance Details record can be created without completing the Admin Action field.
OPS > Workforce Management > Performance > Performance Actions > Show SignOff-Signatures If selected, the sign-off signatures appear in the Performance Summary screen in Employee Profile, Administrative Action(s) grid in Performance Details dialog box and Performance Summary in Performance Details dialog box.
OPS > Workforce Management > Performance > Performance Summary Display > Only Show Performance With Actions If selected, the ability to show records with an Admin Action applied.
OPS > WorkPlanner > Set Extraboard > Allow change of Division

If selected, in the Set Extraboard dialog box, the Division field is available.

When a division other than the employee's home division is selected, the employee's division (shown in the Employee Profile under Status, in the Division column) is updated to the selected division for the selected date range.

If cleared, the division field is not shown in the Set Extraboard dialog box. This is cleared by default.

OPS > WorkPlanner > Show Job Class

If selected, the Job Class column is now shown in the Work Planner screen in both the Employee View and Work View.

In the Context dialog box, JobClass has been added to each of the sort options in the Sort By dropdown list for both views. For example, the option "Badge Number" is now "JobClass, Badge Number."

OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Consider Vehicle Ranking If selected, allow assignment of all bus types that share the same rank as the DailyBlocks.BusTypeID's rank. Otherwise, during the vehicle assignment process, the bus type must match. This is cleared by default.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Picture Directory

Default folder from which vehicle pictures are retrieved. (Vehicle pictures in this folder must be labeled vehiclenumber.xxx. For example, 011.jpg)

If the path is not specified, the system looks for vehicle pictures in the directory specified by the Hiwire\RootDir system property. This property is not visible in TP6. The default root path is Hw\Apps\FixedRoute\Operations\VehiclePictures.