{"id":410,"date":"2018-05-02T20:44:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:27:31","slug":"f-scheduling-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/f-scheduling-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Priority Groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How do the Priority Groups (1-10) work? \u00a0I see them in the Edit Helper window.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How does this benefit helpers, and how does it impact the AutoFill function?<\/p>\n<p>Assigning helpers to Priority Groups is optional. \u00a0When you\u00a0<strong>Autofill by Priority Groups<\/strong>\u00a0you give certain groups of helpers an advantage over others.<\/p>\n<p>When you choose the &#8220;Fill by Priority Group&#8221; option on the Autofill page, WhenToHelp calculates the best schedule for just the helpers in Group 1, taking into account each helper&#8217;s maximum work hours and preferred work times.<\/p>\n<p>Once the Group 1 helpers each have one shift per day assigned, AutoFill with then assign Group 2 helpers to available shifts, according to their maximum hours and preferences. \u00a0Once they have been assigned one shift per day, AutoFill will continue to Group 3, and Group 4, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If there are not enough shifts on your schedule to give everyone their maximum hours per week, the helpers with the lowest priority (highest number) will have the fewest hours per week.<\/p>\n<p>Helpers can be assigned to Priority Groups at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-emp-view-edit\/h-tips-emplist-grid\/\"><strong>HELPERS<\/strong> &gt; List Helpers<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"extrawords\">scheduling group, preferred group, autofill first, full time helpers, pinned helpers<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do the Priority Groups (1-10) work? \u00a0I see them in the Edit Helper window. How does this benefit helpers, and how does it impact&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/f-scheduling-groups\/\">More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are Priority Groups?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4291,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions\/4291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}