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Non-slot Assignments

Concepts

This is the simplest type of assignment: a one-time assignment for this person doing a specific job at a fixed date, time and location.

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Field name

Description

Job/job group

The job this person will be performing.

Location

(optional) Where the job will be performed.

Supervisor

Person assigned as the supervisor for this assignment. Select (find a person) to include someone not already on the drop-down list.

Start date

 

Start time

 

End time

Editing the end time automatically updates the duration, and vice-versa.

Duration

How long this assignment will run, in hours:minutes format. Note: a single assignment cannot extend more than 23:59 (23 hours, 59 minutes.)

Status

Normal, Excused, Not excused, Cancelled by volunteer, Cancelled by staff, Waitlisted, Pending approval and Rejected. Use these values to filter out no-shows and habitual cancellers.

People in this assignment

For people who are teams, the number of people expected to be coming on that team. This can be used for family groups as well when all members (e.g. wife, husband and child) all have the exact same assignment and will always be dealt with as a group.

Comments

 

In the upper-right corner, see the "Not credited" in the upper-right corner. Possible values here are:

Status

Meaning

(blank)

The assignment is in the future.

Credited

Volunteer received credit for this assignment. The job, start date, and or/duration may be shown as well if they differ from the original assignment.

Signed in via kiosk

Volunteer is currently signed-in for the assignment.

Uncredited

The assignment is in the past, and the volunteer never received credit for it, therefore he was likely a no-show for the assignment.

See Also

Assignments

Job Slot Assignments

Recurring Assignments