This is DRAFT documentation for the scheduler client interface.


Last Updated 21 Jan 2005


Access

The scheduler client interface is accessed by going to 
http://web.mit.edu/scheduler/www/
and clicking on "client interface"


Front Page

The front page has 4 tabs:  

Punch In or Out, where you can punch in/out
View Schedules, where you can view, trade, and claim hours
Change Password, where you can change your password for non-certificate login
		 (You can only change your password when logged in with certs)
Edit User Information, where you can edit your real name, and other info.

Note that the user name you are currently authenticated as appears in yellow
in the top left corner of the page.  If the information in the schedule
appears wrong, you may be on a public machine where someone else has
obtained certificates.  Make sure it is your name that appears in the top
left.



View Schedules:

After you select a scheduler, you will see the scheduler page, with 3
tabs across the top.

Trade/Claim Hours tab

The client scheduler page displays the current schedule for the
current week.  Unfortunately, the columns are not currently of equal
width, this will be fixed in a later release.  Any shifts of yours are
highlighted in green.  Shifts that are available for trade will be
highlighted in yellow.  If you select a user from the drop-down list,
they will be highlighted in blue.  

To trade a shift of yours, select one of your shifts by right-clicking
it.  It should turn red.  Then, at the top of the page, make sure that
the day, role, and times are correct, and that 'trade' is selected,
and hit 'Go'.  It will report whether that was successful or not.  The
"user" field is only necessary when claiming hours - it indicates the
user from whom you are claiming the hours.

To claim a shift, follow the same procedure as above, except make sure
'claim' is selected, and make sure the user field is set to the user
from whom you are claiming the shift.  Then hit 'Go'.  If you claim
your own shift, there is currently a bug in which the action will
default to 'trade', so make sure it's correct.

You can only use the mouse to select entire shifts.  If you only wish
to claim/trade part of a shift, adjust the start/end times accordingly
using the controls at the top of the page.

Change View tab

This changes the part of the schedule that you are currently viewing.
It has no affect on any other settings.  This is for simplicity if you
only wish to view the afternoon, for example.


Other Actions tab

Here, you can switch to "Quick View".


Week Ending dropdown menu

This selects a different week from the schedule.  The dates here are
always Sundays.  Selecting a new item reloads the page.