• It doesn't contain all information for time-off, particularly the instances where leave is inputted directly into the schedule. I believe Calendar items can be pushed to Schedule, but not the other way around (please correct me if I am wrong).
• For situations where there isn't a schedule yet, when leave is inputted into the Calendar, the leave hours end up being a big block (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm), or it just indicates "Full Day".

• Particularly for the items that were pushed from Calendar (when there were no schedules yet), we observed similarly leave hours being in big blocks (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm). 

The combination of the both makes it difficult to gauge quite accurately and quickly how many actual work hours were taken as leave.

In addition to this, is there a way for us to quickly report on how many hours were meant to be worked? The whole purpose behind needing these figures is to be able to quantify what our unplanned absence % is for our Contact Centre.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tang

• It depends on how you have your Time off types set up - are they time off types or exceptions?
• Correct - calendar items are pushed to schedule not the other way round
• Time off in the calendar showing as 24hrs - there is a setting in the WFM Server > CalenderService options:

DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours

Default Value: false
Valid Values: true, false
Changes Take Effect: Immediately
Dependencies: None

Specifies whether or not WFM Server uses the calculation algorithm for full-day time off start/end time and paid hours.

• If your exceptions and time off types are all in allocated scheduled state groups then you should be able to get all the information you need.

• It doesn't contain all information for time-off, particularly the instances where leave is inputted directly into the schedule. I believe Calendar items can be pushed to Schedule, but not the other way around (please correct me if I am wrong).
• For situations where there isn't a schedule yet, when leave is inputted into the Calendar, the leave hours end up being a big block (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm), or it just indicates "Full Day".

• Particularly for the items that were pushed from Calendar (when there were no schedules yet), we observed similarly leave hours being in big blocks (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm). 

The combination of the both makes it difficult to gauge quite accurately and quickly how many actual work hours were taken as leave.

In addition to this, is there a way for us to quickly report on how many hours were meant to be worked? The whole purpose behind needing these figures is to be able to quantify what our unplanned absence % is for our Contact Centre.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tang

Hi Tracy,

Thank you for your reply. The time-offs are set up as time-off types, not exceptions.

With the DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours option, if it is set to true, and if we put a time-off request over a day where no schedule exists yet in the calendar, what will the calendar time-off report show? Does that mean that when a schedule is put in (later down the track), the hours are automatically updated to the start and end times of the schedule?

With the option WFM Server > CalenderService, is this something we have access to check, or would we need to engage our Genesys partner to check?

Thank you so much!

Tang

• It depends on how you have your Time off types set up - are they time off types or exceptions?
• Correct - calendar items are pushed to schedule not the other way round
• Time off in the calendar showing as 24hrs - there is a setting in the WFM Server > CalenderService options:

DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours

Default Value: false
Valid Values: true, false
Changes Take Effect: Immediately
Dependencies: None

Specifies whether or not WFM Server uses the calculation algorithm for full-day time off start/end time and paid hours.

• If your exceptions and time off types are all in allocated scheduled state groups then you should be able to get all the information you need.

• It doesn't contain all information for time-off, particularly the instances where leave is inputted directly into the schedule. I believe Calendar items can be pushed to Schedule, but not the other way around (please correct me if I am wrong).
• For situations where there isn't a schedule yet, when leave is inputted into the Calendar, the leave hours end up being a big block (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm), or it just indicates "Full Day".

• Particularly for the items that were pushed from Calendar (when there were no schedules yet), we observed similarly leave hours being in big blocks (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm). 

The combination of the both makes it difficult to gauge quite accurately and quickly how many actual work hours were taken as leave.

In addition to this, is there a way for us to quickly report on how many hours were meant to be worked? The whole purpose behind needing these figures is to be able to quantify what our unplanned absence % is for our Contact Centre.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tang

1. If they have a rotating pattern, the time and paid hours show as in line with the RP that shows in the calendar
2. If the agents are not on a rotating pattern but have fixed contract hours i.e. I work from 10 to 3pm every day - it will use the standard daily paid hours are used but the time off will be in line with contract availabilty hours
3. If the agents are not on a rotating pattern but have open availability in the contract hours i.e. I work 8hrs a day but can be scheduled anytime between 6am and 10pm - it still shows a full day time wise as it doesn't know when the agent would have been scheduled but the paid hours are taken from the standard daily paid hours

Hi Tracy,

Thank you for your reply. The time-offs are set up as time-off types, not exceptions.

With the DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours option, if it is set to true, and if we put a time-off request over a day where no schedule exists yet in the calendar, what will the calendar time-off report show? Does that mean that when a schedule is put in (later down the track), the hours are automatically updated to the start and end times of the schedule?

With the option WFM Server > CalenderService, is this something we have access to check, or would we need to engage our Genesys partner to check?

Thank you so much!

Tang

• It depends on how you have your Time off types set up - are they time off types or exceptions?
• Correct - calendar items are pushed to schedule not the other way round
• Time off in the calendar showing as 24hrs - there is a setting in the WFM Server > CalenderService options:

DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours

Default Value: false
Valid Values: true, false
Changes Take Effect: Immediately
Dependencies: None

Specifies whether or not WFM Server uses the calculation algorithm for full-day time off start/end time and paid hours.

• If your exceptions and time off types are all in allocated scheduled state groups then you should be able to get all the information you need.

• It doesn't contain all information for time-off, particularly the instances where leave is inputted directly into the schedule. I believe Calendar items can be pushed to Schedule, but not the other way around (please correct me if I am wrong).
• For situations where there isn't a schedule yet, when leave is inputted into the Calendar, the leave hours end up being a big block (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm), or it just indicates "Full Day".

• Particularly for the items that were pushed from Calendar (when there were no schedules yet), we observed similarly leave hours being in big blocks (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm). 

The combination of the both makes it difficult to gauge quite accurately and quickly how many actual work hours were taken as leave.

In addition to this, is there a way for us to quickly report on how many hours were meant to be worked? The whole purpose behind needing these figures is to be able to quantify what our unplanned absence % is for our Contact Centre.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tang

Hi Tracy,

Thank you for the clarification, this helps clear a lot thanks. I will check our settings and also reach out to our partner if deemed required.

Hope all is well on your end!

Tang

1. If they have a rotating pattern, the time and paid hours show as in line with the RP that shows in the calendar
2. If the agents are not on a rotating pattern but have fixed contract hours i.e. I work from 10 to 3pm every day - it will use the standard daily paid hours are used but the time off will be in line with contract availabilty hours
3. If the agents are not on a rotating pattern but have open availability in the contract hours i.e. I work 8hrs a day but can be scheduled anytime between 6am and 10pm - it still shows a full day time wise as it doesn't know when the agent would have been scheduled but the paid hours are taken from the standard daily paid hours

Hi Tracy,

Thank you for your reply. The time-offs are set up as time-off types, not exceptions.

With the DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours option, if it is set to true, and if we put a time-off request over a day where no schedule exists yet in the calendar, what will the calendar time-off report show? Does that mean that when a schedule is put in (later down the track), the hours are automatically updated to the start and end times of the schedule?

With the option WFM Server > CalenderService, is this something we have access to check, or would we need to engage our Genesys partner to check?

Thank you so much!

Tang

• It depends on how you have your Time off types set up - are they time off types or exceptions?
• Correct - calendar items are pushed to schedule not the other way round
• Time off in the calendar showing as 24hrs - there is a setting in the WFM Server > CalenderService options:

DetermineFullDayTimeOffStartEndPaidHours

Default Value: false
Valid Values: true, false
Changes Take Effect: Immediately
Dependencies: None

Specifies whether or not WFM Server uses the calculation algorithm for full-day time off start/end time and paid hours.

• If your exceptions and time off types are all in allocated scheduled state groups then you should be able to get all the information you need.

• It doesn't contain all information for time-off, particularly the instances where leave is inputted directly into the schedule. I believe Calendar items can be pushed to Schedule, but not the other way around (please correct me if I am wrong).
• For situations where there isn't a schedule yet, when leave is inputted into the Calendar, the leave hours end up being a big block (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm), or it just indicates "Full Day".

• Particularly for the items that were pushed from Calendar (when there were no schedules yet), we observed similarly leave hours being in big blocks (e.g. 12:00 am to 11:59pm). 

The combination of the both makes it difficult to gauge quite accurately and quickly how many actual work hours were taken as leave.

In addition to this, is there a way for us to quickly report on how many hours were meant to be worked? The whole purpose behind needing these figures is to be able to quantify what our unplanned absence % is for our Contact Centre.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tang