Every hourly booking always falls within a time slot on one day and only includes a number of recognisable characteristics such as Date, From, To, Aspects (see Customer and Product in example below) and possibly also extra details under User fields, such as Remark and Number.
Date |
Used to select a day of the week. |
From / To |
Used to change start- and end times of hourly bookings. The arrow keys can be used to increase or decrease the time slot by minimum time units. Times can also be entered by using the keyboard. |
Duration |
Duration equals the difference between the start- and end times. Duration is calculated automatically if start and / or end times change. It is also possible to alter start- and end times and in this case the new durations will also be calculated automatically. |
Aspects (e.g. Customer and Product in the example above) |
Used to enter the previously entered aspects. Click on the arrow button to open the list and select the required aspect. TIP: It is possible to type in text here. The list will then be limited to those aspects that contain typed in text. |
Remark |
Use this to type in free text, such as the type of work done. |
Number |
Use this to enter a number, such as the travelled distance. |
Excluding breaks
If a booking is saved and the time period includes a break, the program can ask whether the booking should be split. If the answer is affirmative, the time slot can be divided or shortened to reflect the preset break periods.
Note: This question is only asked if when ‘Do not book on lunch break’ is activated in Maintenance and settings | Settings | Week grid when making bookings and the time slot covers a break period.
Information
Once a time slot has been saved all of its details can be checked from within the Week grid. Time slot details for selected hourly bookings will be shown on the right. Additional information that is shown here includes:
Overhead |
If overhead is ticked for one of the aspects, the hourly booking will also become overhead. |
Tariff |
This shows the calculated tariff together with the name of the Tariff agreement that applies to the hourly booking. |