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Lunchtime Learning - 27th January 2023

During this Lunchtime Learning, we explore:

  • Role Groups
    • How Role Groups are used to enable your staff to work a wider variety of shifts
    • How to create, edit & configure Role Groups
    • How Pay Rate Patterns are used in correlation to Role Groups
  • Rota Group Settings & Functionality
    • Types of email notifications that are triggered when certain actions are completed in the staff web portal & how to assign, who receives these email notifications
    • How you can manage your shift bookings, via both an approval & direct booking process
    • Available default settings that can be configured for new Rota Groups & will then be applied to new personnel records created within that Rota Group
  • Team Settings & Functionality
    • Where you can display or hide the value of a shift, within different sections of the staff web portal
    • How to set a maximum number of shifts, a staff member can book within a rolling x hour period
    • How to set the maximum number of people that can be on leave on the same day
    • How to set the minimum number of days' notice needed for a leave request
  • User Defined Controls
    • How User Defined Controls allow you to create & record miscellaneous information against your personnel records
    • How to create a new custom field (user defined control)
    • Which report can be used to view all custom fields and their contents for each member of staff (currently report 544 for People+ customers only, with plans to expand to everyone)
  • Data Loading Services
    • An overview of the data loading services we are able to offer, enabling automated, bulk uploading & updating of information into RotaMaster, saving time and effort
    • The available services are:
      • New Personnel Records
      • Updating Personnel Records
      • Skills
      • Emergency Contacts
      • For People+ Customers...
        • Annual Leave Allowances
        • Existing Annual Leave
        • Appraisals
        • Sickness
        • Posts
    • You can request a data loading service by contacting your account manager
  • New Functionality
    • Addition to the "Cannot Work With" Rule, enabling this rule to only break if the staff are working at the same Duty Station
    • New Report: [848] Personnel Rota Group Access, showing which Rota Group(s) staff currently have access to
    • New Report - People+ only: [849] Employee Contract Details, showing Post and Contract details for staff