Use the Generate Schedules task to run the auto-schedule process for up to 13 weeks. It also gives you the option of rotating your employees' days off. During this process, LMS automatically generates a schedule based on the following:

Labor requirements
Pre-schedules you may have created
Each employee's required and preferred time off
All jobs that an employee is trained to work

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Fields on the Generate Schedules dialog box

Field	Description	Notes
Division	Select a division from the drop-down list.
Department	Select a department from the drop-down list.
Job	Select a job from the drop-down list.
Rotate Days Off	Select if the KBI data should be recalculated because changes were made after the schedule was generated.	This check box appear only if you have Administrator permission.
Start Date	Date on which to start generating the schedule.
End Date	Date on which to stop generating the schedule.
Buttons
OK	Generates the schedule.
Cancel	Cancels the task and the dialog box closes.

Running the Generate Schedules task

In the toolbar, click the Main Menu icon ( ).
From the drop-down list, under the Labor section, select Planning.
The Planning screen appears in a separate tab.
In the Generate Schedules row, click Update/Start.
The Generate Schedules dialog box appears.
Select the Division, Department, and/or Job to generate schedules, or leave the default All selection to generate schedules for the entire property.
Select or de-select the Rotate Days Off option.

Caution: If you select Rotate Days Off, that employee will not be scheduled to work the same assignment two days in a row.
Select a Start Date and an End Date.
Click OK.
Note: LMS will schedule in descending order.
The dialog closes and a status window appears.

Importing Schedules

If you have already prepared schedules in Excel, you can import those schedules into Scheduler. For more information, click Other Actions.

LMS Documentation 9.x

Generate Schedules

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Fields on the Generate Schedules dialog box

Running the Generate Schedules task

Importing Schedules

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