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Web version |
Windows and Mac versions |
| Presentation of program |
Web page running within browser; requires Javascript to be enabled |
Executable file |
| Maximum employees per day |
999 |
999 |
Workweek lengths
That means how many days per week each individual employee works, not how many days per week your business is open |
2-6 days |
0-7 days |
Strategies
How many different ways the calculator has of combining your daily work shifts into weekly employee assignments |
2 |
4 |
| Calculation |
Immediate: Employee assignments are recalculated with each keystroke or mouse click; no separate "Calculate" command needed |
Immediate: Employee assignments are recalculated with each keystroke or mouse click; no separate "Calculate" command needed |
Source for preparing displays
The calculator can prepare displays from... |
The employee assignments it calculates |
Either the employee assignments it calculates, or custom employee assignments that you provide |
| Types of displays available |
A summary of the calculated assignments; a scratchpad (worksheet grid); the assignments in CSV (comma-separated-value) format; the assignments in TSV (tab-separated-value) format |
All the formats listed at left, plus a signup sheet showing each employee's weekly work grouped together, and an assignment list showing all of the work for each of the 7 days grouped together |
| Display formats |
Text only |
All displays are available in text format; the scratchpad, signup, and assignment displays are also available in HTML format |
| What displays include |
All weeklong employee assignments, plus unfilled or surplus shifts that could not mathematically be fitted into a weeklong assignment |
Both assignments and unfilled/surplus shifts; assignments only; or unfilled/surplus shifts only |
| Numbering of assignments and unfilled/surplus shifts in reports |
Assignments are numbered starting at 1; unfilled/surplus shifts are numbered starting at X1 |
Assignments are numbered starting at any number from 0 to 9999; unfilled/surplus shifts are numbered starting anywhere from X0 to X9999 |
| When the workweek starts |
All displays run from Monday through Sunday |
Displays can start with any of the 7 days of the week. In addition, when combining daily shifts into weekly assignments, the calculator can assign any pair of consecutive days (not just Saturday/Sunday, but also Thursday/Friday, Friday/Saturday, etc.) as weekend days |
| Printing features |
None |
Displays can be pre-formatted with a page break after every user-specified number of items, and can have custom page headers and footers, including the current date, time, and "page X of Y" |
| Employee names and shift data |
Not supported |
Optional. Employee names, and lists of each day's work shifts, can be entered and used by the calculator in mail-merge fashion to prepare finished weekly employee schedules |
| Display preparation |
Click desired display type |
Click desired display type |
| Saving and printing displays |
No facilities provided; the user must select and copy the display to the clipboard, then paste it into a text editor or other program that supports saving and printing |
The calculator provides full text-editing features, including saving, printing, cut/copy/paste, find-and-replace, 5-level undo/redo, and text drag-and-drop |
| Price |
Freeware |
Freeware |
| Technical support |
E-mail only |
E-mail only |
