| Job Title Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Job Title Status | Job Title is active if enabled or inactive if disabled. Job Titles/Ranks are linked to positions, be sure to review and modify Positions as needed before disabling a rank. See Disable a Job Title topic. |
| Name | Long name. Displays on the roster and as an item in the position drop-down menu box. Limit: 40 character prior to 7.1. Limit is 50 character as of 7.1 |
| Abbreviation | Short name. |
| Authority | Determines the security access level for this rank when active. |
| Configuration Note: Use the Authority Override function in the person’s Profile to assign different authority levels to specific people and not by job title. | |
| Acting Authority | Determines the security access level when a different person is acting in this rank. Acting authority activates the day of and keeps with rank order in Setup so be sure ranks are in order of command hierarchy. |
| For example, today is 1/22/2014. An Engineer will be acting up as a Captain on 1/25/2014. Today that Engineer has limited Captain capabilities for only 1/25/2014; no dates before or after. When 1/25/2014 comes, the Engineer has full Captain functionality on1/25/2014 and all past and future dates. | |
| Optional: Level | Applicable in Base Rules to sort or qualify personnel. |
| External ID | This optional field stores reference data that
identifies the selected job (rank) in an external application. IMPORTANT: Customers using Dimensions will see the Dimensions reference number for the selected job. Do not edit the external ID in this application, doing so will create undesirable synchronization issues. |
| Equivalent | Considers this rank equal to the selected rank when filling vacancies, or initiating shift trades. See image below. |
Note:
When running People Filter rules, equivalent treats the selected ranks as equal. Use Can Act As attributes in a person’s profile when only some individuals can fill vacancies for the selected rank. |
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| Optional: Count in Minimum | Considers the selected rank when calculating minimum staffing levels to prevent the usage of work codes that have a dynamic issue type Concurrent attached. |
| Optional: Filter Target | Allows this rank to be targeted as a selection using One filter target of found in base rule: <People Filter>. |
| Optional: Roster Headcount | If checked, displays the selected rank in the Roster Headcount view,<full w/hc>. |
| Optional: Roster Can Act As | If checked, displays personnel on the Roster that can act as the selected rank. |
| Optional: Formula ID Headcount | If checked, this rank will be included in the Position Formula IDs HeadcountInRegion, HeadcountInStation and HeadcountInUnit totals. Specific ranks can be targeted to be counted using this option. |