<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml;charset=UTF-8"/> <title>UI / Selecting time buckets</title> <link rel='stylesheet' href='../styles.css' type='text/css' /> <!--PageHeaderFmt--> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="menubar"> <div id="logo" align="center"> <br/><img src='../frepple.bmp' alt="frepple" /><br/> <a href='http://www.frepple.com/'> <strong>a Free<br/>Production Planning<br/>Library</strong> </a></div> <div id="menu"> <br/> <h3><a href='../Main/HomePage.html'>Main</a></h3> <h3><a href='Main.html'>User Manual</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Tutorial/Main.html'>Tutorial</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Frepple/Main.html'>Reference Manual</a></h3> <h3><a href='../Main/FAQ.html'>FAQ</a></h3> <h3><a href='../reference/index.html'>C++ API</a></h3> <br/><div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <br/> <!--PageText--> <div id='wikitext'> <p><a class='wikilink' href='../Main/HomePage.html'>Main</a> > <span class='wikitrail'><a class='wikilink' href='Main.html'>User Guide</a> > <a class='wikilink' href='GettingAround.html'>Getting around</a> > <a class='selflink' href='TimeBuckets.html'>Selecting time buckets</a></span> </p> <p class='vspace'>A number of reports show results in a bucketized format. The buckets can be defined by clicking on the clock icon in the upper right corner of such screens. </p> <div class='vspace'></div><div style='text-align: center;'><img src='../uploads/UI/buckets.png' alt='' title='' /></div> <p class='vspace'>The popup window allows you to define: </p><ul><li>The start and end date for the report. </li><li>The size of the buckets: <ul><li><strong>Standard</strong>:<br /> A telescopic horizon with a bucket size that increases as we go further out in the future.<br /> You'll get the next 2 weeks in daily buckets, followed weekly buckets for the next 2 months, and monthly buckets for the rest of horizon. </li><li><strong>Week</strong>:<br /> Weeks starting on Monday. </li><li><strong>Month</strong>:<br /> Calendar months.<br /> Note that week and month boundaries are not aligned: a week may be part of </li><li><strong>Quarter</strong>:<br /> Groups 3 calendar months. </li><li><strong>Year</strong>:<br /> Calendar years. </li></ul></li></ul><p class='vspace'>The settings you select are saved and will apply to all bucketized reports you open. The settings can also be edited from the user preferences screen. </p> <p class='vspace'>An administrator can update the bucket boundaries by manipulating the records in the <em>dates</em> table: In this way you can set up the buckets that are relevant for your organization, and also give the buckets the labels you prefer. </p> </div> <!--PageFooterFmt--> <!--HTMLFooter--> </div></div> </body> </html>
