Scheduling
How does ControlBoard® schedule labor and equipment across jobs?
ControlBoard’s job scheduler shows each job as a row and each day as a column, so the whole company’s work is on one
board. People and equipment are booked onto jobs for days, then moved, stretched or shifted by working days that
follow each job’s shift and skip holidays. Every change shows to everyone looking at once. Each row can show what is
still to fill, short days against the labor forecast and hours booked. Moves can be tried as drafts on the timeline
and applied together. People undo their own changes, and the board exports, prints or goes to the field by message.
What you can do with it
- Schedule labor and equipment across every job
- Move, stretch or shift bookings by drag and drop
- Try moves on a timeline before saving them
Used by: administrators, managers
More about scheduling in ControlBoard
Already a customer? The step-by-step is in Help inside ControlBoard.
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Common questions
Can we move a whole job's schedule by a few days?
Yes. Select the bookings, days or needs and shift them by a number of working days. ControlBoard follows each
job’s shift and the company’s holidays, so Friday plus one is Monday. Nothing moves if a job is closed or a day
would fall outside someone’s availability.
Can we try schedule changes before committing them?
Yes. On the job timeline, plan mode lets you drag jobs as drafts and see the numbers as if the moves were made.
Apply saves them all at once, or discard drops them. With labor planning, suggested moves from plan health come in
as drafts too.
Can a scheduler undo a mistake on the board?
Yes. Undo takes back your last change whole, with everything that went with it, such as a booking’s days and the
need it filled. People undo only their own changes, for two days by default, and managers can see who changed what
over the last 14 days.
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