Job Schedule

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There are 2 different methods of viewing and manipulating Job Control data: Tree View and Grid/Chart. The differences between them can be summarized as follows:

Schedule	Grid/Chart
Simpler and faster	Slower and more cumbersome
Logic is more restricted: You must start with a Milestone You must end with another Milestone Milestone activities must be in the root level. All other activities must fall between adjacent milestones Milestones have no duration (days are always zero)	The logic is more open ended. However you must nominate the relationship between all activities
Before and After activities are hidden and controlled by the system	You must specify Before and After activities
The system takes care of all logic	Setup is more cumbersome and it is possible to generate circular dependencies
Only the current activity details can be viewed	Multiple activities can be viewed at once
Completion dates calculated are the Latest possible dates	Completion dates calculated are the Earliest possible dates
A float is displayed ( the number of days up your sleeve before delays impact on the project	No float is available
Completions can be entered graphically via activity check boxes	Completions entry is more cumbersome
No Filter bar	Filter bar allows data searching
Tree can be collapsed and expanded	Filtering by filter bar and check boxes
Milestones and other activities can be inked to User Definable Dates. These dates can be linked to the Claim Schedule to automatically generate progress Claims	Not available

The 2 systems can operate side by side, but be aware that they will generate different results when refreshing schedules (mainly because of the different treatment of completion dates). The current tab in the main Index Tab determines the method: if the current tab is the grid, you get the old method

It is anticipated that the Tree method will in time replace the Grid/Chart option, which is still there for legacy reasons. It is possible to turn off user's access to the Grid/Chart method in Setup

This screen has 9 tabs:

Schedule Display a tree view of all activities for the current job and lets you modify their relationships

Suppliers Displays all suppliers, their outstanding orders and a Gantt chart of their commitments, including any clashes

Job Show Details for the current job

Notes Show diary notes for the current job

UDF Show User Definable Fields for the current job

Orders Lists all orders for the current job

Custom Reports

Grid Display a grid of all activities for the current job and lets you modify their relationships

Only visible if "View Grid" option is set in Setup/Users job control permissions tree

Chart Show the same data in a graphical Gantt chart format

Only visible if "View Chart" option is set in Setup/Users job control permissions tree

Toolbar

File Menu

Load Template

Save As Template Saves the current job schedule as a standard template

Go to to Job Select a Job by Job Code

Refresh Data Refreshes all schedule data. Do this after making changes to underlying activities data such as action communiques etc

Edit Menu

Add Date, time to Notes. Opens up the job Notes screen and Date and Time stamps it

Add Time to Notes. Opens up the job Notes screen and Time stamps it

Set Started. Sets the current (or selected) activity as Started

Set Completed. Sets the current (or selected) activity as Completed

Activity Status Loads the Activity Status screen. Only available if the current tab is "Grid"

Cascade Completions. The system scans the schedule and sets completions on any stage whose Before Code activity is complete

Set Actual to Target Menu Transfers values from actual to target

Start

Completion

Days

All

Lock Menu Locks the current (or selected) activity Dates. If Locked, dates are not adjusted when the schedule is refreshed

Start Date

Completion Date

Target State Date

Target Completion Date

Unlock Menu Unlocks the current (or selected) activity Dates. If unlocked, dates are adjusted when the schedule is refreshed

Start Date

Completion Date

Target State Date

Target Completion Date

Default Locking The current (or selected) activity Dates locks are set to the defaults as set in Setup.

Options Loads the Options module

Orders Menu

Remove Unused. Any order activities in the current schedule that do not exist in the current job are deleted

Add missing. Any orders in the current job that do not appear in the schedule are added

Set Delivery Dates. Sets the delivery date on purchase orders based on projected start dates.

OK to Pay Selected Completed order activities have their OK to pay % set to 100%. If the invoice checking criteria in the parent Databuild system is set to Use OK to Pay, this can be used to authorise incoming invoices, or to generate pro_forma invoices from your suppliers and sub-contractors.

OK to Pay % Sets the OK to Pay % to an imput value on current or selected Activities, Orders or Grid Activities (based on current tab)

Add To Batch All orders whose After Milestone No is completed are added to the parent system's Order Batch, thus ensuring that all purchase orders are issued in time

Sort Menu

Only available if the current tab is either "Grid" or "Chart"

by Target Date

by Actual Date

by Code

Selects or Deselects all Jobs or Activities