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The Scheduler Workplace provides several functions in the menu and the toolbar that you can also call from the individual areas (such as worklists or the planning board). These functions are described in the sections for the individual areas. The functions described in this section refer to the workplace as a whole and are available only in the main menu or in the upper toolbar of the Scheduler Workplace.

Features

Function

Significance of Function

Change Text on Title Bar

So that you can distinguish between different minimized windows, you can enter a unique title for the current session. To do so, choose   Planning Board   Change Text on Title Bar  .

Undo and Redo

Provided that you have not saved your planning, you can undo or redo your last actions. To do so, choose   Edit   Undo   or   Edit   Redo  , or in the toolbar choose Undo: Change (Undo: Change) or Redo: Change (Redo: Change). For more information, see Undo or Redo Actions.

Refresh Workplace

To display the current planning situation including the latest changes, refresh the workplace by choosing   Edit   Refresh   or Refresh (Refresh).

Note Note

If you only want to refresh new or changed assignments, time allocations, demands, or links in the planning board, you can activate the Delta Refresh to shorten the time required for the refresh. In Customizing for SAP Multiresource Scheduling, choose   Set Up Scheduler Workplace   Workplace Profiles   Define Planning Board Profile   and select the Delta Refresh indicator.

To transfer resource availabilities, choose   Edit   Complete Refresh   from the SAP menu.

End of the note.

Change Planning Horizon

To change the planning horizon for resources or demands, choose   Edit   Change Period   or Change Period (Change Period). For more information, see Planning Horizon.

Show and Hide Organizational Levels Manager

To show and hide the resource planning structure, choose   Edit   Organizational Levels Manager   or choose Organizational Levels Manager (Organizational Levels Manager) from the toolbar.

Switch Between Demand and Resource Display

To plan resources, choose the resource display. To check open demands and execute assignments, switch to the demand display. To do so, choose   Planning Board   Display of Demand   and   Planning Board   Display of Resources  .

Alternatively, choose Display of Resources (Display of Resources) or Display of Demand (Display of Demand) from the toolbar.

For more information, see Progress Monitoring. You can also use the display of demand for demand planning under certain circumstances. For more information, see Planning Demands in the Planning Board.

Switch Between Bar Chart and Table-Based Planning

To create assignments using drag & drop and obtain a graphical overview of the bar chart, choose GANTT Mode (GANTT Mode). To switch to table-based planning, choose Table-Based Planning (Table-Based Planning). For more information, see Table-Based Planning.

Call Global Demand Search

If you want to call the global demand search in a new window directly from the scheduler workplace, choose Global Demand Search (Global Demand Search). For more information, see Demand Search in the Planning Board and Global Demand Search.

Call Free Employee Search

If you want to call the free employee search in a new window directly from the scheduler workplace, choose Free Employee Search (Free Employee Search). For more information, see Employee Search for a Demand and Free Employee Search.

Check Availability

To check the availability for the components of a maintenance order, choose

  Demands   Check Availability  .

User Parameters

To change the user parameters of the Scheduler Workplace, choose

  Extras   Settings  . For more information, see User-Specific Configuration.

Technical Data

Customizing information about the profiles and the criteria for splitting the assignment is available at   Extras   Technical Information  . For more information, see Assignment Split.