Scheduling Mode

Use

Using the scheduling mode, you define how the system schedules or reschedules a selected operation on a resource. You can schedule finitely or infinitely on a resource. The following finite and infinite scheduling modes are available for this purpose:

Scheduling Mode	Description	Type	Can be used for
Infinite scheduling	Schedules or reschedules an operation without considering the resource load on the desired date	Infinite	Infinite and finite resources
Searching for a slot	Searches for a sufficiently large slot with sufficient capacity for an operation	Finite	Finite resources
Adding an operation at the end	Adds an operation at the end of the schedule	Finite	Finite resources
Inserting an operation	Inserts an operation as close to the desired date as possible in the existing schedule and shifts neighboring operations that lie in the planning direction if necessary	Finite	Finite Single-activity resources
Inserting an operation and closing gaps	Inserts an operation and subsequently closes gaps in the schedule
Squeezing in an operation	Inserts an operation on the desired date in the existing schedule and shifts neighboring operations in both directions if necessary
Search for bucket with available capacity	Only relevant for block planning with buckets when the bucket capacity of the single mixed resources planned in blocks are to be planned finitely. The system uses this scheduling mode to try to schedule the operation to be scheduled or rescheduled to the next block with available bucket capacity (according to the predefined scheduling direction). The operations are scheduled infinitely on all other resources where only the continuous capacity is relevant for scheduling.	Finite	Single mixed resources with block scheduling

Note Note

You define whether a resource is finite or infinite in the scheduling parameters for the resource via the Finite Scheduling indicator. In the case of infinite resources, the system always schedules or reschedules an operation infinitely on the desired date , that is, without considering the existing resource load.

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You control how the system reschedules dependent operations using the scheduling submode .