{"id":3940,"date":"2012-06-05T06:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T06:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/?page_id=1348"},"modified":"2012-06-05T06:43:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T06:43:51","slug":"service-planning-visual-flags","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-visual-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Planning &#8211; Visual flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visual flags<\/strong> are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a color paper clip, a cut corner, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Direct Planning Service<\/strong>, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner\u2019s attention on a job\u2019s status. Concretely, they consist in <strong>colored rectangles<\/strong> just on top of a job, or inside, on the right-side. The color and the background pattern can be configured according to the status of the flag. You can configure up to 10 flags. There are different kinds of flags.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flags are important elements of the\u00a0<strong><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\/\">configuration of the planning<\/a> for your trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1459\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1459 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs-610x76.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Service - The flags\" width=\"610\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Service &#8211; The flags<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The different kinds of flags<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basic flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They only have two states: present or absent in a job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan meal trays, in case of a room booking schedule<\/li>\n<li>Late arrival, in case of a car rental schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1460\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs_saisie.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1460 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs_saisie-312x229.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Service - Enabling a basic flag\" width=\"312\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs_saisie-312x229.png 312w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs_saisie-156x115.png 156w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_service_marqueurs_saisie.png 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Service &#8211; Enabling a basic flag<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each of them can have up to 5 states. Each level is assigned a different color. The symbolism of traffic lights red\/yellow\/green is often\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Example: Status of booking (with states \u201cBooking not confirmed\u201d, \u201cInternal booking confirmed\u201d, \u201cCustomer booking confirmed\u201d).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags with awaiting receipt of an item<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This extension of multi-status flags has been particularly designed for the flags where you specify that you are <strong>waiting for an item<\/strong> to <strong>perform a job<\/strong> (awaiting receipt of model, or signed document of analysis).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can enter a scheduled receipt date for this item and then be<strong> warned by an alert<\/strong>\u00a0on that date if <strong>item has not been received.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entry of customizable data for each flag<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For multi-level flags, you can customize the flag entry window by adding up to <strong>10 configurable areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"mks_button mks_button_medium rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #1e73be;\" > Service Planning Features<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual flags are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a color paper clip, a cut corner, etc. In Direct Planning Service, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner\u2019s attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1459,"parent":3936,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3940","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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