Creating Jobs

Prerequisites

A job is a business segment which is defined by task and requirement. Jobs (secretary or programmer, for example) will only appear once in a company. You create jobs if your organizational plan requires jobs that are not already included in your job index. If you create a position first, the jobs which you have assigned to the position will be displayed. Simple Maintenance lets you create several jobs at once.

Procedure


  1. On the Change Staff Assignments or Change Task Profile screen, choose Start of the navigation pathEdit Next navigation step Create Next navigation step JobsEnd of the navigation path.

    The Create Jobs screen appears. Existing jobs are listed along the bottom of the screen, in alphabetical order.

  2. In the Abbr. and Name fields, enter data as required for each job you want to create.

  3. If you want to change the validity period, select Period. The system default period will begin with the current date. Make sure that the validity periods of the job to which a position is assigned is covered by the validity period of the position.

    The Validity Period dialog box appears.

    1. Enter the relevant data.

    2. Choose Continue.

    Otherwise, skip to step 4.

  4. Save the job.