Duty Stations are used RotaMaster to outline specific shift locations. They are assigned to shifts to show the location of a shift to both administrators and staff members.
They are initially added to shifts when creating Shift Patterns in Shift Pattern Manager - see here.
Duty Stations are also often configured for 'Training' and 'On Call', for example.
The different Duty Stations are configured under Rota > Rota Settings.
Click on Duty Stations;
To add a Duty Station, click on the green plus button and then populate the details in the popup box.
NB - Only 'Duty Station' is mandatory.
Adding a colour to the Duty Station can be useful in the Rota Weekly Viewer.
Click Save
Travelling Time Rules
Travelling Time Rules can be configured to outline travelling time between any two Duty Stations. These are then used by the system to prevent staff being allocated back-back shifts at different Duty Stations that are too far apart for it to be practical.
To add these rules, select a 'From/To' Duty Station and then click the green plus button under Travelling Time Rules.
In the dialogue box, select the second 'From/To' Duty Station and enter the time that it takes to travel between the first and second Duty Station.
Duty Stations can be edited at any time and the changes will be reflected in any shifts that the specific Duty Station is used in.
To edit a Duty Station, double click on the appropriate Duty Station name. This will open the following dialogue box.
Make the required changes and click Save.
Duty Stations can be hidden providing the Shift Pattern they are linked to is also hidden.
To hide a Duty Station, first ensure the Shift Pattern(s) that Duty Station is linked to is hidden, for help hiding a shift click here.
Click on the Duty Station you would like to hide and click on the 'Hide Duty Station' button:
You will be asked to enter your password before being able to Hide the Duty Station.
Once Hidden a Duty Station can be Unhidden by ticking the 'Show Hidden' box:
Any Hidden Duty Stations will be shown in the list on the right-hand side:
To Unhide a Duty Station Click on the relevant Hidden Duty Station and press the 'Unhide' button:
