1 Introduction
Scheduling a category award run
In this topic we will review the process of scheduling a category award run.
We estimate that this will take 8 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
We begin on the Run Manager tab and will use an existing template to launch a schedule award for Las Vegas captains.
Click
the Launch Run button.
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We will review where you can save a template later in this topic.
The Run Type can be either Concurrent, Consecutive or Training depending on your configuration.
Concurrent and Consecutive - pairings/reserve awards
Training - awards training events
Click
the Run Type dropdown
button.
Click
the Concurrent list
item.
Click
the Template dropdown
button.
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If you have multiple templates, you can select the template you want from this dropdown.
Click
the Test_Template list
item.
Next, select the category that we want to award.
Click
the Group dropdown
button.
Click
the LAS-319-CA list
item.
Click
the Run Name input
field.
The Run Name can be anything you want and displays only to Administrators.
Enter LAS
Awards into
the Run Name field.
Let's create a normal window of 75 to 90 credit hours with a threshold of 80.
Click
the Normal | Low input
field.
Press
the Delete
key.
Enter 5 into
the Normal | Low field.
Click
the Normal | High input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Press
the Delete
key.
Enter 90 into
the Normal | High field.
You can also use spin buttons to change the values. For this example, we'll assume it's pressed enough times to reach the desired value.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Click
the Normal | Threshold | Up spin
button.
Let's limit the number of crew members permitted into the min credit window to 5.
Click
the Max Min Credit Honoured input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 5 into
the Max Min Credit Honoured field.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
We will use the primary stack date (PSD) to prioritize unstacking for a holiday. In this example, Feb 14th, Valentine's Day, to ensure sufficient coverage.
Click
the Use Primary PSD check
box.
Click
the Date | Month dropdown
button.
Click
the February list
item.
Click
the Day dropdown
button.
Click
the 14 list
item.
We are going to limit the amount of open pairings per day using Max Stack Height. In this example we want no more than 10 on the weekdays and no more than 8 on the weekends. In addition we want to limit Feb 14th to no more than 5 open pairings for the holiday.
Click
the Weekday input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 10 into
the Weekday field.
Click
the Weekend input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 8 into
the Weekend field.
Click
the Apply Defaults button.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
Click
the Section Down vertical
scroll bar.
Click
the Feb 14th | Max Stack Height input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 5 into
the Feb 14th | Max Stack Height field.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
We can now define the number of reserves we require for each day.
Click
the Weekday input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 5 into
the Weekday field.
Click
the Weekend input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 7 into
the Weekend field.
Click
the Apply RES Defaults button.
This will apply the default RES values to the fields below.
Click
the Section Down vertical
scroll bar.
In addition to applying the RES default you can also edit any specific date(s) to the numbers you require. In this example, let's increase our reserve number to 9 on February 14th.
Click
the Feb 14th | Min input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 9 into
the Feb 14th | Min field.
The next items we'll work with are farther down the screen, so we need to scroll down.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
In this section we check the reserve short call types that we plan on using for this category. In this example, we will be using RSA and RSB and set the target reserve numbers we would like for the call type.
Click
the RSA | Use check
box.
Click
the RSB | Use check
box.
Click
the RSA | Weekday input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 2 into
the RSA | Weekday field.
Click
the RSA | Weekend input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 3 into
the RSA | Weekend field.
Click
the Apply Defaults button.
Click
the RSB | Weekday input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 2 into
the RSB | Weekday field.
Click
the RSB | Weekend input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 3 into
the RSB | Weekend field.
Click
the Apply Defaults button.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
As before, we need to scroll down to access the next interactions.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
Click
the Page Down vertical
scroll bar.
For this example let's award Long Call Reserve to two crew members at most.
Click
the RSL | Use check
box.
Click
the RSL | Max Bidders input
field.
Press
the Backspace
key.
Enter 2 into
the RSL | Max Bidders field.
Click
the Save button.
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Save launches
the award process.
Save as Template allows you to save
the parameters as a template if you wish.
You can see that the run has been sent to the server for processing.
SUCCESS
Congratulations! You have successfully scheduled an award run.