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Terms are points in time on the Schedule Board, that are “measured” from “NOW”. Where NOW refers to the current time in the application. The application has 4 default terms, two of which are only configurable for duration from Now, Dispatch and Hold, and two that can be removed, renamed and/or configured for duration from Now, Material and Planning. You can also add additional Terms. And you can assign the Material, Planning and any additional Terms to either the SmartJob level or the Task level.
Terms are “time fences” where tasks are held when they meet the criteria for each of the Terms. For instance, if a SmartJob is placed on Hold due to client request, lack of documentation, etc., the tasks of that SmartJob will be held outside of the Hold Term at each reschedule.
1. From the Home Page
a) Click on the Gantt menu item
2. The Gantt Chart (Schedule Board) will load.
a) Terms are displayed across the top of the chart.
b) Click on the plus sign
3. The Terms will expand to individual rows, whose length represent the duration of each.
4. If you hover over any Term an information box will appear that shows the duration.
5. You will also notice that each Term is also represented by a line running vertically on the Gantt.
Revising Terms is performed by nMetric personnel at a client’s request.