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Multicompany Resource scheduling

  • February 10, 2025
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Hi,

We could find more information about the possibility of sharing one Resouce between companies and from the financial perspecting in this thread 

 

But I have some queries when it comes to Manual/Automatic scheduling, please see the information below.Please explain the function of work task scheduling per Resource shared between companies in IFS.

I have the following resource setup for two companies and relevant sites.

Resource MANULK (Resoure Group is PSO_RESOURCES)

Company UK site UK and 1.
Company XT5 and Site 5

 

I also have setup this Resource as a Scheduling Resouce for both the companies and then Then I generate the working schedule for this Employee (I use shift pattern but not the HR schedule).

 

First see the Resource Availability, note that Company and Employee details are not there I assume this becase the resouce is linked to more than one company.

 

Then I try to allocate this Resource in the Dispatch Console. UK site is connected to Dataset “MANUAL”

 

First thing I noted is this Resouce MANULK is missing in the Gantt while all other Resources are there. Resourve MANULK become visible only if I removed the user from XT5 company.

 

 

As far as I know, we cannot use the same dataset for two companies. So, how would PSO identify the resource in automatic scheduling? Since a Dataset ID is unique to each company, sharing a resource between two datasets may prevent PSO from distinguishing them. How should this situation be handled?

Additionally, I am unable to perform manual scheduling in the Dispatch Console as explained above, and I have concerns how this will function in PSO.

Could you please help me understand the scheduling functionality in IFS Cloud (24R2) for multi-company resources?

 

Thank you,

KM

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  • Sidekick (Partner)
  • February 12, 2025

 I found that in 24R2 we can share resources between 2 companies by defining their working days within the shift for Different Datasets.

This then show the allocation in the Gantt.

 


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  • Sidekick (Partner)
  • February 12, 2025

 


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  • Sidekick (Partner)
  • February 12, 2025

However we have to setup their default dataset first then change to another in the shift level when it is necessary. This is sort of a Manual process as far as I see quite painful.


Alexander Heinze
Ultimate Hero (Employee)
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  • Ultimate Hero (Employee)
  • February 12, 2025

Have you looked at the new Resource Relocations in 24R2? IFS Cloud - Scheduling demystified (24R2) | IFS Community , chapter Roaming Resources.