Ignore Helper Preferences 

 

If you do NOT want AutoFill to consider your Helpers' "prefer" and "dislike" time preferences you can choose to ignore them any time you AutoFill. The Helpers will not be aware that you ignored the help time preferences they may have entered. So there is no downside to allowing your Helpers to enter their like and dislike times since you can choose to ignore them. 

Paid Full Version: We normally recommend that you allow Helpers to set their prefer and dislike times but if for some reason you do not want Helpers to see or be able to set their own help time preferences you can turn this option off on your SETTINGS>Helper Permissions page.

 

To AutoFill Ignoring Helper Preferences: 

From any weekly Unpublished Schedule View: 

Click AutoFill to open the AutoFill window 

Check the box next to: Ignore Helper "prefer" and "dislike" hours 

Click YES AutoFill this Schedule 

 

The other places in the system where Helper Preferences show up are in the Edit Helper window when you click a Helper name, on the Availability schedule view, and the Availability Chart in the Change Shift window etc. The preferences are shown there just for your convenience and do not affect your manual scheduling. 

Note you can always track how a schedule was AutoFilled (which options were chosen) using the "Schedule History" link at the lower right of all schedule weeks.

You also can compare any schedule to the current Helper help time preferences and constraints using the Analyze feature on the Siortable List view. (In case preferences have been changed since you created the schedule.).

 

Related Topics: 

How Helper help Time Preferences are Used