APL Scheduler

Resources, work centres and calendars

What you will learn

Represent real capacity and working time.

Worked example

Two shifts, 06:00–14:00 and 14:00–22:00, leave the night closed. Add a holiday closure exception and check the time zone.

From data to result

  1. 1Structure
  2. 2Work centre
  3. 3Resource
  4. 4Calendar

The production structure organises work centres and resources. Calendars define shifts, exceptions and truly available time. An aggregate centre can represent pooled capacity; an individual resource identifies a specific machine or workstation. Use real values for capacity, parallel units and efficiency, and add alternatives only where the operation is technically feasible.

Resources, work centres and calendars
  1. 1
    Define the production structure and work centres, then link resources. Check finite capacity and the number of simultaneous units.
  2. 2
    Assign calendar, time zone, shifts and exceptions. For 6–14 and 14–22 shifts, configure both intervals and applicable days. Exceptions may close a day with a weekly shift.
  3. 3
    Check efficiency, alternatives and additional routing capacities. Simultaneous units do not make a single machine faster.
  4. 4
    After changing calendars or capacity, inspect the simulation and protected work. Use centre-level app controls rather than technical internal resources.

Visual walkthrough

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Real interface in Spanish with fictional data. Highlights show where to look. No writes, sends or engine calculations are executed. Videos have no audio. Adjacent explanations and steps describe the procedure.
  1. 0:00 · Open Calendars under Resources.
  2. 0:06 · Select the DOS-TURNOS calendar.
  3. 0:12 · Check 06:00–14:00 and 14:00–22:00 intervals. No changes saved.

Before you finish

Work centre and resource calendars and capacity agree. One machine cannot run two jobs unless it has genuine parallel capacity.

Common questions

An option is missing or I cannot edit

Check active company, licence, permissions and integration-managed fields. Do not use a direct URL to bypass restrictions.

I cannot find records

Clear filters and check page, dates and company. There may be no accessible data; do not create duplicates to test.

I saved but cannot see the expected effect

Reopen the record and verify. Saving data does not publish a required simulation. Check whether the first write succeeded before repeating it.

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