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Currently the variable that drives whether the Scheduling Assistant opens on the hours or days view is the duration of the work being scheduled. If this duration is greater than 24h, the board defaults to days. Less than 24h and it default to hours. In the scenario where a job is less than 24 in total duration, but due to working hours spans multiple days, schedulers would want to use the days view rather than the hours view. Currently users have to switch views manually every time they schedule such a job. Potential solutions might include: 1) Having the ability to set a default schedule board view, unconnected to the duration 2) Allowing the '24h' variable to be modified, so that we have a little more control over when the view changes (less preferred) 3) Making the defaulting of the schedule board view take into account the work hours template of the work order PS: As the 'horizontal' rather than 'list' view is sometimes more useful on the day view, perhaps this can be factored in to the potential enhancement somewhere as well. Thanks guys

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Hi Alastor, Thank you for your feedback.

The schedule assistant landing view logic for Hours/Days/Weeks/Months view is on the roadmap. However, landing on Horizontal/List view is an existing setting on the schedule board.

Thanks,

Vinay Nalam,

PM, Microsoft.

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There are wider implications to the use of Hours/Days/Weeks/Months views of the Schedule Board which I have had to work around on client projects. I would recommend that the view (Hours/Days/Weeks/Months) is a parameter in the schedule board settings that could control user access. For example, 'Hours view only', 'Days/Weeks/Months views only' or 'All Schedule Board Views'. Either that or include all the booking rules in the Days/Weeks/Months views.

Category: Universal Resource Scheduling