Scripting is an advanced feature available in Syrus Labor Scheduler 2010. It provides a means to modify existing functionality provided in Syrus Labor Scheduler 2010. Scripts are context sensitive and can be triggered manually or automatically. Scripts are intended for advance modifications to functionality. If you have questions or want to learn more, contact your Syrus Account Representative.

Typical Scripts

Adjusting Labor Hours

For example, a script can be used to move or re-allocate administrative labor to a targeted day of the week.

Exporting Data

For example, a script can be used to export employee information to a delimited file format.

Scripting and Events

Scripting can be setup to be triggered automatically upon the following events

• OnGuideCreated - The targeted script runs when guide information is first calculated.
• OnProjectionsCreated - the targeted script runs when Forecasting data is collected.
• InShowSchedule - the targeted script runs upon the rendering of the schedule on the screen.
• OnSiteClose - the targeted script runs when the application is closed or an above the store user navigated away from the site.
• OnSiteOpen - the targeted script runs when the application is opened or an above the store user navigated to a site.

To add a script to an event

• Login to Syrus Labor Scheduler 2010 and navigate to a site.
• Select Actions > Scripts
• In the Scripts Events area of the dialog box. Select the desired event to activate the script.
• Select Edit
• Navigate to the script by clicking on the browser button and select the script.
• Select Ok
• Close the dialog box

To remove a script from an event

• Login to Syrus Labor Scheduler 2010 and navigate to a site.
• Select Actions > Scripts
• Select the event that the script is set to run for from the events section
• Select Clear
• Close the dialog box

Running a Script on demand

• Login to Syrus Labor Scheduler 2010 and navigate to a site.
• Open a blank or new schedule for the site
• Select Actions > Scripts
• In the run Script section, navigate to the test.py script by clicking on the browser button and select the script.
• Select Run
• After a moment, a smiley face will be drawn using the Labor Scheduler user interface for that day.
• You may reset the schedule or exit without saving.

A note about context

In the above example "Running a Script on Demand", this script could be run at the above the store level and have no effect. That is because it was designed to run in the context of a daily schedule. They may be situations where a script is meant to operate on one particular method or context in the application. Scripts are written using Iron Python. For more information about Iron Python, go to http://www.ironpython.net. Iron Python is an open source product of Microsoft®.