Setting up the VSS (for users)
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      1. Visual Scheduling Tips & Tricks
      2. Visual Service Scheduler (VSS) for Dynamics NAV
      3. Setting up the VSS (for users)

      The "General" settings of the VSS

      The following settings can be made in the "General" area of the "Setup" dialog:

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      • Tick the according check box for histograms to be displayed. Please note that this will only take effect in the Tree & Gantt chart view!
      • Hide completely planned orders: By default, completely planned service orders are hidden in the order backlog, this behavior can be changed here.
      • Store each data modification in NAV immediately; an automatic reloading will not be invoked, however.
      • Show/hide the “Filter” dialog on the start of the VSS.
      • Show Job/Assembly allocations: In case a resource is allocated partly/completely, this will accordingly visualized.
      • Specify whether resources can be moved only within their original resource group.
      • Hide response date: If this option is not activated, the response date in expanded groups gets visualized either by a red (if the allocation bar starts after this date) or grey triangle and the triangle will be linked with the bar by a (red or black) line. While dragging an allocation, the date will be highlighted by a red deadline. When the option is activated, the highlightings described above are dropped
      • Use Service Hour Starting Time: Specifies whether the beginning of working hours will be based on the data fields Day, Starting Time and, if necessary, Starting Date (for a possible range of validity) of the table Service Hour (T5910). If this option is not activated, the working time will be centered around noon, based upon the daily capacity (e.g. 8 hours capacity will result in specifying the working time from 8:00 to 16:00).
      • Movement Grid (hours): Allows to specify how many time units are equivalent to one step when a node is modified interactively. Possible values: 0.25, 0.5 and 1 hour.
      • Initially Allocated Hours: Specifies how long a bar will get when a service operation is dragged from the workload into the planning board at the left. A drop-down list offers the values 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 24 hours.
      • Autocollapse level: Specify the level the order backlog will be collapsed to when the VSS is started. Three levels are selectable:

      1 = Priority, 2 = Service Order, 3 = Service Item Line