Configure Suggest

Set the default values for the Suggest feature.

Overview

Skedulo administrators and those with permission to access the Settings menu are able to configure suggestion defaults at a global level in the Skedulo web app.

Prerequisites

Contact your Skedulo Customer Success Manager to request access to this feature.

Only users with the Administrator role can configure Suggest.

Access the Suggest configuration page

There are two ways to get to the Optimization suggest admin page. To configure the Suggest feature, do one of the following steps:

  • Navigate to Settings > Scheduling > Optimization suggest.
  • (Skedulo Pulse Platform only) In the Pulse Scheduling Experience swimlane, enter suggest mode and then click Suggest settings.

Update optimization suggest settings

  1. Navigate to the Optimization suggest settings page.
  2. Change configuration options, as required. See detailed descriptions of each setting below.
  3. Click Save.

Suggest settings

Scheduled jobs

Setting Description
Respect job times When selected, optimization allocates a resource to jobs that are Pending Allocation or Queued based on the time set on the job. This helps when a scheduler has entered a start time that is expected by either the resource and/or the customer.
Respect job times over time constraints When enabled, jobs that are Queued or Pending Allocation and have a set job time as well as time constraints, the optimization engine will prioritize the allocated job time over time constraints. This setting should be disabled at the org level if the company prefers to not schedule a job if a time constraint cannot be met. Note: This option is only available when Respect job times is enabled.

Travel time

Setting Description
Ignore travel times Ignore all travel times between jobs or activities.
Ignore travel times for the first job/activity of the day Sets the first job of the day to start at the exact time that the resource’s availability begins. Note that the job may be in a location far from the resource’s home address, as the travel is not accounted for during the optimization.
Ignore travel times for the last job/activity of the day Does not account for the resource travelling home, so the job may be set to finish when their availability ends for that day.
Set a maximum travel time for all resources (in minutes) Sets the maximum amount of time a resource should spend traveling between jobs (in minutes). Note: This option is only available when Ignore travel times is deselected.

Snap and padding

Setting Description
Set a snap unit for job start times to respect (in minutes) When this is set to 0 minutes, job start times are set to the minute that best meets the scheduling objective. When this is set to a value, jobs start times are snapped to the nearest time interval after scheduling objectives are met. The default setting is set in the optimization and suggest configuration page.
Set a standard time interval between jobs (in minutes) While optimizing the schedule, this option adds the chosen amount of time (padding) between jobs. If the chosen amount of time cannot be accommodated, the affected job(s) will not be scheduled. The default setting is set in the optimization and suggest configuration page.

Web application capabilities

Setting Description
Disable auto-suggest on job details When enabled, auto-suggest will not be available on the job details page.