Schedule Priorities

It is possible for a piece of equipment to have schedule entries that specify conflicting equipment states at the same time. This can be caused by schedule inheritance, or by recurring schedules that overlap.

If two schedule entries appear alongside each other in the calendar's configuration view (see example below), it means that a scheduling conflict has occurred.

The situation is resolved according to the following priorities:

• If priorities are applied to the equipment states specified in the conflicting schedule entries, the schedule with the highest priority will take precedence (regardless of recurrence).
• If two (or more) schedule entries have the same priority level applied to their associated equipment state, the entry with the latest start time will take precedence.

If priorities are not specified for the conflicting equipment states:

• Inherited schedule entries will have the lowest priority.
• For schedule entries on the same branch, a recurring schedule entry will have a lower priority than a schedule entry set to run just once.
• For equipment with two or more schedule entries with the same start time, the schedule entry that was accessed last takes precedence.

Note: You can view the outcome of any schedule conflicts by displaying the Scheduler calendar's Runtime View (see Scheduler Calendar). The Runtime View displays the activity that is scheduled for a piece of equipment with all conflicts resolved.

Published June 2018