New and Updated Properties

Properties have been removed, updated, or created between v21.3 and v21.10. Caution button

Removed Properties

  • OPS > SIT > Screen > Trapeze Background Graphic
  • OPS > Workforce Management > Performance > Performance Type Group For Points Balance

Updated Properties

  • The descriptions for properties under OPS > Work > Work Sources now include: Please reset ancillary/OPS cache data after making changes.

  • Additional field options were added to the OPS > Bidding > Work Details > Column Exclusions property: Line Group Abbr, Platform Time, and Work Time. Selecting these fields excludes them from the Assignment Details report and the Work Detail report.

New Properties

Table 1. Description of OPS New Properties
Property Description
OPS > Dispatch > Activate Day > Skip Days Off Check If Week Has Work If selected, when there is at least one day in the week that has assigned work in Work Planner, the system does not check for days off, holidays, and working days (following the logic Assume All Days Are Working Days for the property OPS > Absence > When No Days Off Found).

If no days in the week has assigned work, the system follows the currently selected logic for the property OPS > Absence > When No Days Off Found.

OPS > Dispatch > Sign-On and Sign- Off > Reset Prevent Sign In Flag

If selected, the system gives users the option to clear the Prevent Sign In flag (checkbox) when an employee is manually signed-on using the Daily Activity screen. (Clearing the Prevent Sign In checkbox lets the employee sign off after their shift.)

If a sign-on is manually undone, the system automatically resets the cleared flag. (The Prevent Sign In checkbox is found in the Employee Message dialog.)

OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Allow To Offer Work Without Restriction If this property is enabled, you can bypass your employee list's recommended sequence and offer work in any order.

If enabled, the Skip Employee button does not appear in the Suggest Employee dialog.

OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Show Previously Offered Work > Enable If selected, the Show Previously Offered Work option appears in the Suggest Employee dialog. Toggle this option to show or hide employees already offered work.
OPS > Dispatch > Suggest Employee > Show Previously Offered Work > Consider Assign Type If selected, the Show Previously Offered Work option in the Suggest Employee dialog only shows employees with the appropriate Assign Type.

If Show Previously Offered Work > Enable is not selected, this property does not apply.

OPS > Workforce Management > Performance > Performance Value Balance > Quarters

If selected, the Performance Value Balance screen allows users to generate opening performance points values for employees per quarter.

If cleared, performance value balances are generated for the From Date of the employee's first Status record. Selected by default.

OPS > WorkPlanner > Enable Week Number on Calendar Week Header

If selected, the week number of the year will be displayed in the Work Planner calendar week headers. For example, Week 2 Starting January 6, 2020.

If Enable Week Number on Calendar Week Header is selected, the system uses the Core > Locale > First Week of Year property (defaulted to Includes January 1) to determine the first week of the year.

Options for the First Week of Year property are as follows:
  • Includes January 1. The first week of the year starts on the first day of the year and ends before the following defined First Day Of Week.
  • First Full Week. The first week of the year begins on the first occurrence of the defined First Day Of Week on or after the first day of the year.
  • Contains at least Four Days of the Year. The first week of the year is the first week with four or more days before the defined First Day Of Week.
OPS > WorkPlanner > Relief > Vacation Relief > Allow Non-Weekly Vacation Relief

If selected, Absence Quota Types with a Duration Type of Weekly are allowed to have non-weekly Vacation Relief created for them in the Work Planner screen for the specified agencies.

To enable this property, select Dependencies, add an OPS > Bidding > AgencyId option and select Value for the applicable agencies, and then select OK. The default value for this property is unchecked.

To update records in Work Planner based on the selected property, do the following:
  • For the operator performing the vacation relief, select the dates to be updated, then right-click and select Create Vacation Relief. Define the employee who is on vacation during that week and will have their work performed by the vacation relief operator for the selected dates, then select OK.

For the employee returning to work early, select the dates to be updated, right-click and select Delete Absences. Review the work Descriptions and select OK.