Tours tab

Tours are a method of creating a recurring pattern of rostered shifts for an employee.

After creating and completing a Tour you need to attach it to a group of employees.

1. Select the Tours tab.
2. Click the Edit button.
3. Press Insert or right-click and select Add Record.

   Action	Effect
   Rank	This is an auto-generated field that defines which Tour has preference if there is more than one current Tour attached to the employee record. An employee can have more than one Tour operating at the same time.
   Effective start date	This is the date that this tour commences for this employee.
   Effective end date	This is the date you want the tour to end. Used when an employee may be working a roster cycle for a limited period of time.
   Tour	This is the Tour Code that is attached to the employee.
   Start day	This is the day number within the Tour that the employee commences on.
   Reason	Used to apply a specific Reason for this tour.
   Break	The Break Code for this tour. If blank, either the Break Code specified in the tour or the shift will be used. If a Break cannot be found, the employee's default Break Code will be used.
   Requirement	This is used to specify what allocation requirement this tour fits within. If blank, the Requirement code specified in the tour or the shift will be used.
   Requirement Tour	This is used to specify what requirement pattern this tour fits within. If blank, the Requirement Tour code specified in the tour or the shift will be used.

Example

You may create a Tour where you want the employee to be rostered as the Duty Supervisor, which is not the default for this tour or employee.

When completed, the employee Tours tab will look similar to this.

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