The Daily Digest is a daily email notification that provides an at-a-glance view of critical Labor and Time & Attendance data throughout your organization. The Daily Digest consolidates information from various  screens so that you have all the information needed start your day delivered right to your inbox. If there are no issues that concern you, no further actions are required in . If you notice an issue that requires your attention, you can sign in to the software and go directly to corresponding screen or module.

Go to the Labor Dashboard for more detailed information about the metrics presented in the Daily Digest email.

The Daily Digest email includes the following sections:

For each section, you'll find a corresponding graphic and table that describe the metrics. The Data sources column lists the RMS screens that provide detailed information. Select the links to go to the relevant help pages.


Note: This document provides an overview of a sample Daily Digest email. Depending on your configurations and template, your email message might contain different sections and metrics. Contact your UniFocus Partner Relationship Manager (PRM) for more information on configurations and available templates.





Header

The top part of the email displays three key pieces of information:

  1. The recipient's name.
  2. The recipient's organization/company.
  3. The labor structure levels to which the recipient has access.

This information is based on security permissions that are established in the Security screen.



Today

The Today section includes a combination of forecast, adjusted, and actual values that offers a snapshot of the day's covers and KBIs. This section displays only data to which users have access.

#MetricDescription

Data sources
(Where you can find the data in )

1Total F&B Covers

Forecast total of covers from the Food & Beverage (F&B) division.

Note: Total F&B Covers appears in the Daily Digest email only if you have access to viewing this data in .


2Banquet CoversForecast number of banquet covers.
3Occupied RoomsForecast number of occupied rooms.
4Revenue centerData from the revenue center with the most covers.
5Occupancy Rates

Data from the actual rates, manager-adjusted forecast, and system forecast.

Average Forecast Accuracy is based on the past two weeks. 

Depending on availability, the data is displayed in the following order: 1) actual rates, 2) manager-adjusted forecast, and 3) system forecast.





Metrics this week

This section displays weekly metrics for hours variances.

#MetricDescription

Data sources
(Where you can find the data in )

1Variance percentage

Variance between:

  • Scheduled vs Projected—Variance between scheduled hours and projected hours. The final variance tells you how much the user is scheduling over the system-generated hours.

    Scheduled vs. Projected = (Scheduled − Projected Hours) ÷ Projected Hours


  • Actual vs Standard—Variance between actual hours and standard hours. The final variance tells you how much the user is actualizing over what the set standard recommends.

    Actual Vs Standard = (Actual Hours – Standard Hours) ÷ Standard Hours


Values in red are outside the configured threshold. Values in green are within the configured threshold.


For Scheduled vs Projected:

For Actual vs Standard:

2

Quality and Cost

  • Quality (Q)—Indicates service quality concerns. The scheduling manager has scheduled too few hours, and the variance is outside of a configured threshold for under-scheduling. 
  • Cost (C)—Indicates labor cost concerns. The scheduling manager has scheduled too many hours above the projected hours and outside of a configured threshold for over-scheduling. 




Critical Employee Information

The data displayed in the Critical Employee Information comes from Review Pay Period, Employee Requests, Employee Schedules, and Attendance Points and Events screens. This section displays only data to which users have access.

The icon of the exclamation point in the orange triangle (  ) indicates that there are issues or concerns with the value. The green ribbon icon (  ) indicates optimal performance.


#MetricDescription

Data sources
(Where you can find the data in )

1Attendance Points

Total number of points associated with employees' adherence to or violation of attendance policies. This total is for the current pay period.

2Shift RequestsTotal number of pending employee shift requests.
3Punches with ErrorsTotal number of punches with unresolved errors.
4Time Off RequestsTotal number of pending employee time off requests.
5Overtime HoursSum of actual overtime hours based on the current, active pay period.
6Unfilled Shifts TomorrowTotal number of unfilled (or open) shifts tomorrow.
  • Labor > Scheduling. In the Shift View of the Scheduling screen, unfilled shifts appear as white cells in the calendar.  





Get more information

Select Visit your Labor Dashboard (  ) to open the Labor Dashboard in .



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