Navigating the Schedule: Toolbars

Modified on Tue, 23 Apr at 3:00 PM

Across the top and bottom of the Schedule page are all of the controls needed to navigate and amend your bookings.


Schedule Top Toolbar:

ToolDescription
Menu
iCFM Main Menu
Depot ListSchedule views can be set up so that they are only available to users in specific Depots, (locations). If views have been set up in this way you will need to change the depot in order to see the views available to the other Depots. If you have Depots that belong to different timezones, your timezone can temporarily be set to a different timezone so that you can view the scheduled bookings in their local times
Views ListViews are configured lists of Resources, usually grouped in a way that makes the booking process more efficient. Please see the Schedule Views for information on how to set these up
UUnused
Checkbox to hide all unused Resources in the view
AAvailable
Checkbox to show Available Resources (hides all booked Resources)
PProject
Checkbox to display the bookings in the preset Project colour, rather than the status of the booking
DDMG
Checkbox to display Jobs with DMG work based on resource they are 'Allocated To'. See DMG Schedule for more information
1This will display bookings in small height (1 text line), to reduce the height of the schedule as much as possible (Please Note: This height will hide the Drag, Copy, Stretch, and Lasso tools)
2This will display bookings in medium height (2 text lines), to reduce the height of the Schedule
3This will display bookings in normal height (3 text lines)
?Dynamic views: Create a custom view based on specific criteria, eg Project #, Job Type or Project
Start DateSelect the date that the Schedule display should start from
TimeProposed Start/End of the Job time when using the Strech tool
Today
Start the Schedule view from the current date
Back 1 Day
Shortcuts to move the schedule back 1 Day or 1 Week
Back 1 Wk
DisplaySelect the time scale of the view, 1 Day, 1 Week, 1 Month etc
RedrawThe paintbrush icon is used to redraw the schedule and pick up any recent changes
Previous
The Green forward and back icon move the schedule forward or back whatever range is selected
Forward
Sticky NoteShows the Yellow notepad in the bottom right corner of the Schedule. Used to display notes that the user has made about Jobs that appear in the current date range. (This may be disabled on some setups)
DragClick to be able to drag a booking to a new Resource, (swap one resource for another)
CopyClick to copy the booking to a new Resource, (adds the new resource to the Job)
StretchClick to stretch the start or end of a booking to a different time
LassoClick to be able to select multiple Jobs in order to change their status, add, remove or swap resources or change the Project number


Schedule Bottom Toolbar:

ToolDescription
ShiftCheckboxes to show/hide Shifts and Holidays from the Schedule
Holiday
PencilCheckboxes to show/hide Job bookings based on Status
2nd Pencil
Confirmed
Completed
Hold Cost
Costed
Sent To Accounts
No ChargeCheckboxes to show/hide Jobs marked as  No Charge
(This will be ticked by default whenever accessing the Schedule)
UnavailableCheckboxes to show/hide Job bookings based on Status
Cancelled
FilterAn input to allow the user to filter the jobs based on the text within the bars. For example, a company name entered in here will filter the Jobs and grey out Jobs that don't match. Projects, Job titles, resources all can be used to filter
BookmarkButtons which can be clicked to bookmark the selected date on the schedule. Once stored, click to move to the stored date





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