Tricks of the Trade Series - Availability Summaries
SubItUp Online Scheduling is a very robust platform. There is an incredible amount of functions that you may not be aware of. This blog series will bring to the forefront, a number of helpful tips or tricks that can make your scheduling life a little better.
Todays Tip: Availability Summaries
Collecting and compiling the availability of your employees is the main area that cause the most stress for managers. It is no secret that SubItUp exels at streamling this process. One nuance to this feature that not many are aware of is the ability to view summaries of your staff's accumulated availability.
This is extremely useful prior to generating schedules. This feature allows the manager to know whether or not they have enough staff to cover the need shifts in their departments. No need to labor over spreadsheets to determine your needs. SubItUp allows you to know instantly, the accumualted availability of all of your staff.
Depending on which way you schedule (Shift vs Hourly), will determine which summary view that you utilize.
If you are a shift based scheduler, you will see something like the summary below. It allows you to see in a single view, how many staff are available, how many staff are unavaible, who is available and who is unavailable.
If you are a hourly based scheduler, you will see somethin like the summary below. It. also, allows you to see in a single view, the number of available staff and the number of shifts needed to fill your schedule.
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This very user friendly option is one reason why SubItUp can make such a major difference to every organizations online scheduling needs.
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