About Overlapping Assignment Templates

When the template is pushed, it will expire any current assignment that overlaps with the assignments being pushed. For example suppose you have two assignment templates, Template A and Template B with corresponding shifts, Shift A and Shift B. Overlapping template per person logic as follows:

Scenario 1 of 2:

A - FROM: 1/1/2010, THROUGH: 12/31/2020
B - FROM 1/1/2017, THROUGH: null

Result:

A - FROM: 1/1/2010, THROUGH: 12/31/2016
B - FROM 1/1/2017, THROUGH: null

Scenario 2 of 2:

A - FROM: 1/1/2015, THROUGH: 12/31/2020
B - FROM 1/1/2010, THROUGH: null

Result:

A - deleted
B - FROM 1/1/2010, THROUGH: null

In scenario one, A is expired because it is not completely overlapped. In scenario 2, A is removed because it is completely overlapped.

Additionally, when assigning more than one assignment template to the same person with dates causing an assignment in the previous template to end, the application will automatically expire the entire template holding the old assignment. In other words, if creating Template B expires template A's assignments, then template A's corresponding assignment template will expire as well. For example:

Template A starts 4/1/2020 which will push a start date of 4/1/2020 to the assignment in Template A for Person X
Template B is then added with a 5/1/2020 start date for Person X. The old assignment in Template A is end dated with 4/30/2020. Template A assigned to Person X is now also end dated with 4/30/2020¹.