Using Schedule Manager › View Schedule Overlaps

View Schedule Overlaps

A schedule can contain periods that span the same point in time. In other words, more than one period can be active at any given time. Periods that are active at the same time are said to overlap. A schedule overlap may be created intentionally or unintentionally. In either case, the affect of the overlap may be good or bad. The affect of overlaps is discussed in the next section Viewing Schedule Conflicts.

Schedule Manager provides the following primary command to display scheduled period overlaps on the Overlaps panel:

[SHOW] OVERlaps

If no schedule overlaps exist, then you receive the short help message NO OVERLAPS in the upper right corner of the display you are currently in.

Issuing a SHOW OVERLAPS command while editing the sample schedule PRODUCTION would result in the following sample Overlaps panel being displayed:

Schedule Manager ------------------- Overlaps ------------------- System:OPS44R
Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR

CMDS: A D I L LC LD LX + ++ - --              |                               
---------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
___ EVERYNOON      SMTWTFS          1200-1300 |     -ACF2_STCTBL
___ WENDLITE       S.....S          0800-2000 |      |-STASK
___                                           |      | |-ACF2
___ EVERYNOON      SMTWTFS          1200-1300 |     -CICS_STCTBL
___ WEEKDAY        .MTWTF.          0800-1600 |      |-STASK
___                                           |      | |-CICS
___ XMASLITE03     12/24/2007-12/25 0800-2000 |      | |-CICSTEST
___ XMASALL03      12/25/2007       0000-2400 |     -DB2_STCTBL
___                                           |      |-STASK
___ XMASDARK03     12/24/2007-12/25 2000-3200 |      | |-DB2
___ XMASALL03      12/25/2007       0000-2400 |     -IMS_STCTBL
                                              |      |-STASK
                                              |      | |-IMS
                                              |     -JES2_STCTBL
                                              |      |-STASK
                                              |      | |-JES2
                                              |     -TSO_STCTBL
                                              |      |-STASK
                                              |      | |-TCAS
                                              |      | |-TCASTEST

Similar to the Links Control panel, the Overlaps panel lists the SSM resource tree on the right side of the display. On the left side of the display it lists each schedule overlap separated by a blank line. For each overlap, the two overlapping period definitions are listed. Again, similar to the Links Control panel, line commands L and LX (listed on the CMDS line) are available to display defined links. Line commands C and CX are also available to display only links in conflict.

Note: The Overlaps panel does not display any overlaps between a cyclic day of week period and a fixed date period. For example, the above Overlaps panel displays overlaps between cyclic day of week period EVERYNOON and cyclic day of week periods WEEKLITE and WEEKDAY, but it does not display overlaps between cyclic day of week period EVERYNOON and any of the fixed date periods.

More information:

How Schedule Manager Resolves Schedule Conflicts

The C and CX Commands