November 1st 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Dynamic Fixed Costs in Weekly Total Table

Summary

Release date: November 1st 2023

• Enabled by Default? - No
• Set up by customer Admin? - Yes
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affect configuration or data? - Yes

What’s Changing?

The dynamic fixed costs will be displayed as sub-costs to the fixed costs if any exist. 

Reason for the Change

To maintain existing functionality from the old Scheduling user interface to the new one.

Customers Affected

All HR UK & Payroll-integrated Scheduling customers.

Release note

For fixed costs to appear in the weekly totals, an organisation setting needs to be applied by a system administrator. 

• From the Scheduling homepage, go to Settings > Organisations
• Select Edit against the required Organisation
• Tick the box against Fixed costs and then Save

Fig.1 -Fixed Costs Organisation Setting

When dynamic fixed costs are configured and sent from HR UK & Payroll, they will be displayed as sub-fixed costs.

Fig.2 -Dynamic fixed costs in weekly totals

If there are only fixed costs they will be displayed in one line without the possibility to expand the line.

Fig.3 - Fixed Cost only in weekly total