For students who need special / extra attention a bus route may include one or more additional employees traveling with the students. These employees are called Monitors or Aides. To add a monitor to a task, follow the steps given below:
1. Navigate to Operations > Schedule.
The Schedule Dashboard will be displayed.
2. Click 'pencil' icon, under the Action column, in the row of the task for which you wish to add a monitor.
Note: Scroll to the right to view the Action column.
The Edit Task Details dialog will be displayed:
3. To add a monitor to the task, click + ADD MORE under the monitor assignment section.
4. Select Employee and days of the week when they should operate. If you do not know who the monitor is going to be but you know that one is required, you may leave the employee field blank and assign someone to this assignment later:
5. To assign / unassign a day of the week to a monitor, check / uncheck the box for the respective day.
6. Click Save to save changes.
A confirmation message will be displayed and the monitor will be added to the task.
If you want to delete assignment, click on 'trash' icon and click on Save button to save changes.
Several monitors could be added for a task. Just perform all the steps described above for a task that already have a monitor assigned. System will save changes on Save button:
Error message about Days of the week
If Task is not performed on selected day (let's say task (route) is for MTW, and you selected Friday), the system will show an error message on Save button:
Conflicts message
When you open Employee drop-down list, Employee that is assigned to an overlapping task will be marked with a star:
When you select such an Employee, the system will display a conflict error message and prompt you with options on how to proceed. You can un-assign the employee from the conflicting task and assign her/him to this task, or you can pick a different employee for this task.
If you select No, changes will be discarded.
If you select Yes, the System will un-assign Employee from conflicting task, and will assign Employee to the Task that is being edited.