{"id":3937,"date":"2012-06-05T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/?page_id=1342"},"modified":"2020-06-10T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T09:46:50","slug":"service-planning-a-visual-user-friendly-interface","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-a-visual-user-friendly-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Planning &#8211; A visual, user-friendly interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A configurable, visual interface<\/h2>\n<p>For an intuitive, fast planning, <strong>Direct Planning<\/strong> uses many visual items.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1450\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_visuel_et_intuitif.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1450\" class=\" wp-image-1450 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_visuel_et_intuitif-610x255.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Service - Visual configuration of a room reservation schedule\" width=\"610\" height=\"255\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Service &#8211; Visual configuration of a room reservation schedule<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Job colorization<\/strong> is fully&nbsp;<a title=\"Service Planning \u2013 Customizable display modes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-customizable-display-modes\/\">customizable<\/a>. It can be performed according to the data of the schedule (employee, customer, room, participant, etc.). Moreover, all these data can be&nbsp;<a title=\"Service Planning \u2013 Configurable for your business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-configurable-for-your-business\/\">configured for your business<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visual flags<\/strong>: fully&nbsp;<a title=\"Service Planning \u2013 Visual flags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-visual-flags\/\">configurable<\/a>, colored rectangles located just above or inside a job. They draw your attention on important information concerning a job or an appointment.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>padlock<\/strong> shows you that a job is locked, thus it cannot be moved.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alerts<\/strong> on jobs visually draw your attention on an important piece of information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jobs that have not been scheduled yet can be recorded on a <strong>line \u201cto be scheduled\u201d<\/strong> per resource. This is convenient to create a job when you don\u2019t know the date yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A modern, intuitive interface<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interface of <strong>Direct Planning Service<\/strong> is particularly intuitive. It features ribbon menus that are very easy to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for the planning, it can be achieved by drag and drop. It is simple to grasp. 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