Shift calendar editing

A shift calendar defines periods when resources are available (open periods) and unavailble (closed periods – e.g. a weekend or vacation). For a background understanding of the structure and elements of the ROB-EX Scheduler Shift calendar, read the Shift calendars section being part of the ROB-EX Desktop Planner

General calendar

To create a new General calendar, click the + sign and provide a new unique name.

With the general calendar created, expand the tree-node to display the three elements it consist of

Week calendar

First select a named week calendar¹. Next provide rules² in this calendar for both open periods (e.g. 1. shift open between 7-15 on weekdays) and closed periods (e.g. Lunch break closing between 11-11:30).

• Rules in the week calendar will typically not have any end date.
• Week calendars can be shared between many general calendars

Holiday calendar

First select a named holiday calendar¹. Next provide rules² in this calendar for typically closed periods like holidays and vacation. Any rule added to the Holiday calendar will overwrite rules from the Week calendar

• Rules in the holiday calendar will typically have an end date.
• Holiday calendars can be shared between many general calendars

Specific for calendar

Provide rules in this calendar that will overwrite rules from both Week and Holiday calendar. You will rarely find the need for this, and it can be left empty for must use cases.

¹ To create a Week or Holiday calendar select respectively the tab named Week or Holiday. From this tab click the + sign to create a named Week/Holiday calendar.

² To add a new rule to a Week/Holiday calendar, place the mouse cursor on top of the Week/Holiday calendar and click the + sign that appears next to the cursor.

*If you do not assign a calendar to a resource, the resource is open 24/7. However even for resources being open 24/7, it is good practise to assign a calendar, since certain functions require that the resource is having a shift calendar assigned.

A full example

The following picture shows the result of a general calendar called Standard calendar with a selected Week calendar Standard week and a selected Holiday calendar called Holidays.