Feature available from Version X9.2 and above |
Introduction
The Smart Shifts feature in the Member App facilitates to narrow down the search of the specific Released Shifts required by the member by providing the appropriate Shift Distance Range/Filters.
Members can view the Released Shifts with the Shift Distance Range filter provided independently without adding any other filters to meet their travel requirements. By default, the Shift Distance Range filter is set as ‘Across the nation’. You can add multiple Smart Shifts filter(s), and each Filter can have multiple matching conditions.
When the Smart Shifts filter(s) are applied, the Released Shifts screen shows Released Shift numbers, Shift(s) Filtered numbers, names of all the filters applied, and the number of filters applied on the filter badge icon. The member can add/ edit/ remove the existing shift distance range/filters 😊.
How to Access Smart Shifts?
To access Smart Shifts from the Member App:
From the Dashboard, click the Released icon to open the Released Shifts screen
The Released Shifts screen shows the Shifts based on the default Shift Distance Range filter with the number of Shift(s) Matched. Tap on the filter badge icon (as shown in the figure below) to open the Smart Shifts Filter screen
In the Smart Shifts Filter screen, you can add a new filter to search the Released Shifts as per your requirements. For the first time Add filter header appears as shown in the figure below
How to Add New Smart Shifts Filter?
To add a new filter in the Smart Shifts Filter screen:
Provide the When Shift, Based on, Matches, and Filter Name details
You can add conditions to the new filter by clicking the plus icon
In the Add Condition, Select the option ‘AND / OR’ by clicking on the required option. By default, the ‘AND / OR’ condition is enabled and the option highlighted in blue is the selected option. Note that ‘AND’ evaluates all conditions added must be true and ‘OR’ evaluates any one of the conditions added must be true for the overall condition to be true
Provide the When Shift, Based on, and Matches details. You can further add multiple conditions as per your requirements
You can remove the Condition by clicking the minus icon as shown in the figure below
Note that you cannot add conditions with the same ‘When Shift’ filter condition in the filter, it will show the message ‘This filter condition is already applied’.
Field Name | Description |
When Shift | In the When Shift, the filter options are available that are Based on added conditions and selected Matches. The following options are available in the When Shift:
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Based on | In the Based on, select the condition related to the selected ‘When Shift’ that can be applied to the selected Matched option. The Based on condition is predefined for all the ‘When Shift’ filters as per the requirement and is loaded based on the selected option. The ‘Based on’ conditions available for the selected ‘When Shift’ filter are:
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Matches | The When Shift filter shows the options as Shift Type, Shift Date, Shift Day, Shift Expertise, Client Industry, and Worked with client. Depending on the selected filter, the Based on conditions and Matches options are available. If the When Shift option selected is:
Note that the Shift Types available in the pop-up window are based on the ‘Show in Booking’ flag in the Allocation Master → Members Shifts of the Staff Portal application.
The Delivery filter is added for the Worked with the client. Note that the Add Delivery option appears only if the selected Service Location has a delivery attached to it. |
Filter Name | Name of the Filter. By default, the filter name is provided as the ‘When Shift’ filter option selected. You can provide the new filter name as per your requirement. New Smart Shifts filter are named automatically based on the selected ‘When Shift’ filter. If a similar ‘When Shift’ filter option is selected, a number is added in front of the filter name to generate the unique filter names. For instance, if the ‘When Shift’ filter is added twice for Shift Type, the first filter will be named ‘Shift Type’, and the second filter will be named ‘2 - Shift Type’. |
Plus icon | To add multiple conditions in any filter. |
Add Filter | To add a new filter that can include multiple conditions. |
Confirm Filters | Saves and applies the filter in the Released Shift screen. |
Once all the required filter details are provided, click Confirm Filters as shown in the figure below
The filter is applied successfully in the available Released Shifts screen 👏. Now, the Released Shifts screen shows:
1. Released Shifts: shows the total number of Released Shifts by the agency based on the member
release shift matching criteria
2. Shift(s) Filtered: shows the total number of Shift(s) Filtered based on the new filter added
3. Filter: shows the filter name ‘Shift Type’ applied and highlighted in green color. You can click the filter
name to edit this filter
4. Filter badge icon: shows the red cross icon with the number of filters applied
How to Add Multiple Smart Shifts Filters?
You can add multiple filters in the Smart Shifts Filter screen to search the required Released Shifts.
To add multiple filters:
Click Add to add the new filter and provide all the required details (as explained above)
Provide the unique name to the filter and the filter will be auto-saved
All the filters added are shown on the top bar of the screen as shown in the figure below. The filters created are shown with the different color conventions that are explained below:
The Green color indicates that the filter is added and saved
The Blue color indicates that the filter is in edit mode
The Orange color indicates that the filter is added and not saved
Once all the required filters are defined, click Confirm Filters.
When all the filters are defined and confirmed in the Smart Shifts Filter screen, the Released Shifts screen shows:
Released Shifts: shows the total number of Released Shifts by the agency based on the member release shift matching criteria
Shift Distance Range: shows the default or customised Shift Distance Range filter selected
Shift(s) Filtered: shows the number of shifts filtered based on the new filters added
Filters: shows all the applied filters with the filter names highlighted in green color
Filter badge icon: shows the red cross icon with the number of filters applied
The user can tap on the filter badge icon or filter name to add/edit the existing filters 🤠
Shift Distance Range Filter
The Released Shifts screen shows the Shifts based on the default Shift Distance Range filter with the number of Shift(s) Matched. You can add/modify the shift distance range filter to fetch the shifts as per your requirements.
By default, the Shift Distance Range filter is set as ‘Across the nation’ based on the flag ‘Release shifts for this location across the nation’ set to ‘YES’ in the Global/Client Level Master settings. In case this flag is set to ‘NO’, the Shift Distance Range shows the member’s default State.
How to Add/Modify Shift Distance Range Filter?
To add/modify the Shift Distance Range filter:
Click the filter badge icon from the Released Shifts screen and the Smart Shifts Filter screen opens
In the Smart Shifts Filter screen, click the Distance Range link or From Address link
The Shift Distance Range screen appears, now select the new Current Source Address (Your Start Location) and Current Distance Range (Shifts in an area)
Click Confirm shift distance range changes and the Shift Distance Range is changed in the Released Shift screen
To restore the default settings for the user, click Reset shift range to default settings option
The Shift Distance Range filter can be set as an independent filter without adding any other filter.
On clicking Confirm shift distance range changes, the new Shift Distance Range is shown in the Released Shifts screen with the filtered shifts based on the new distance range filter selected. The Released Shifts screen shows:
1. Released Shifts: shows the total number of Released Shifts by the agency based on the member
release shift matching criteria
2. Shift Distance Range: shows the new selected Shift Distance Range
3. Shift(s) Filtered: shows the total number of Shift(s) Filtered based on the new distance range filter
added
4. Filter badge icon: shows the red cross icon that indicates the default settings of the Shift Distance
Range filter is updated
Note that in case you delete all the applied filters, the Released Shift screen will always have the default distance range filter i.e. ‘Across the nation’ or the home address of the member.
Field Name | Description |
Current Source Address (Your Start Location) | Shows the member’s home address by default. To view or edit an address, click the Current Source Address of the member that is the start location of the member. On clicking the Current Source Address, the Set source address to match Shift(s) range screen shows the Home Location, Current Location, and option to Search another location. The Set source address to match Shift(s) range shows the member’s home address selected by default and the member can reset the new address from any one of the following:
Note that if the member relocates to a different State, the new Home Location will be updated automatically for the member. However, the member needs to reset the shift range and apply the new filters that will fetch the shifts for the new Home Location.
This feature requires Google Distance Services to map the required key details. To activate this feature, please call the support team to set up your account with Google Maps paid services.
Once the required source address is selected, click Done. Note that the selected source address is represented with the green tick icon. |
Current Distance Range | Shows the member’s Current Distance Range (Shifts in an area) and by default, the range for the shifts is set to 'Across the nation' (based on the flag ‘Release shifts for this location across the nation’ set to ‘YES’ in the Global/Client Level Master settings). To select the new Current Distance Range, click the Choose Shift Distance Range Type. Based on the selected shift distance range type, select Choose Shift Distance Range Details. The member can Choose Shift Distance Range Type as Within KMS range or State and the distance will be set on the Current Source Address:
Once the Current Distance Range option is modified, click Confirm shift distance range changes to fetch the shifts based on the new Shift Distance Range filter option selected. |
Things to note about the filter badge icon of the Released Shifts screen:
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Additional Filters/Shift Sorting
In the Released Shifts screen, the user can filter or sort the available shifts using the Sort By and/or Screen Filter to view the released shifts as per their requirements.
To sort the released shifts using Sort By categories and Screen Filters, click the required shift date.
Sort By
Users can rearrange the available shifts in the Released Shifts screen using the Sort By feature. You can sort the released shifts by selecting the Shift Distance, Shift Type, or Start Type option as shown in the figure below. Click the Sort By icon to view/select other available options. The Shift sorted by Start time is the default selected option.
Shift sorted by Shift Time: The shifts are sorted based on the shift start time and are arranged in ascending order with the earliest shift start time i.e. 6:00 to 2:00, 14:00 to 22:00, etc. This type of sorting ensures that the shifts are displayed sequentially, allowing users to identify the upcoming shifts easily.
Shift sorted by Shift Distance: This option arranges the shifts in ascending order based on the provided details in the Shift Distance Range screen (i.e. member’s selected Current Source Address and Current Distance Range address) with the distance values selected as 30 KM, 40 KM, 50 KM, etc. To view the Shift Distance details, the user can tap on the distance icon to view the distance and time details as shown in the figure below.
The Distance & Time pop-up shows the Distance to client’s address, Expected travel time, and Calculating distance from details.
Shift sorted by Shift Type: Based on the Shift Type defined in the masters of the Staff Portal application, this option arranges the shifts in ascending alphabetical order such as AM, EM, NS, PM, etc., or ascending numeric order.
Screen Filters
The Screen Filters are available in the Released Shifts screen and filters shift based on selected Client, Shift Type, Qualification, and Expertise.
From the top-right corner of the screen, click the Screen Filter icon and the Screen Filter pop-up opens. Select the required Client, Shift Type, Qualification, and/or Expertise checkboxes, and click Apply. The released shifts are filtered based on the selected filters.
Note that Sort By and Screen Filters are applied only on the selected released shifts screen and when the user exits from the screen, the filters are automatically reset.
How to Delete Smart Shifts Filter?
You can delete/reset the existing filter from the Released Shifts screen and the Smart Shifts Filter screen.
Delete Filter in Released Shift
You can delete the existing filter from the Released Shift screen.
To delete all the existing filters:
Click the cross icon on the filter badge icon and the Remove All Smart Shifts Filters alert message is shown ‘Are you sure you want to remove all the applied filters? Once the filters are removed you cannot restore the applied filters.'
Click Yes, delete it! to clear all the applied filters
To delete the Shift Distance Range filter:
Click the cross icon on the filter badge icon and the Shift Distance Range Settings pop-up window shows the alert message ‘Are you sure you want to reset the Shift Distance Range settings?’
Click Yes, reset! to reset the Filter. This will reset the Releases Shifts screen to the default Shift Distance Range
Delete Filter in Smart Shifts Filter
You can delete/reset the existing Filter(s) from the Smart Shifts Filter screen.
To delete the existing Filter(s):
Click the cross icon on the existing filter name and the Delete Alert is shown as 'Are you sure you want to delete this filter?'
Click Yes, delete it! to delete the filter
To reset the Shift Distance Range filter in the Shift Distance Range screen:
Click the Reset shift range to default settings and the Shift Distance Range Settings pop-up window shows the alert message ‘Are you sure you want to reset the Shift Distance Range settings?’
Click Yes, reset! to reset the Shift Distance Range filter. This will reset the Releases Shifts screen to the default Shift Distance Range
Shift Filter Help
The Shift Filter Help provides quick help related to the Smart Shifts Filter screen. To open the Shifts Filter Help, click the info help icon on the center-right corner of the Smart Shifts Filter screen as shown in the figure below .
In the Shift Filter Help screen, the users can view the details of all the fields available in the Smart Shifts Filter screen. To close the Shift Filter Help window, click OK.