How Do I Set Capacity for Staff Members?

Modified on Sun, 02 Oct 2022 at 04:39 PM

Capacity controls if a staff member appears in the Planner and sets how many of a service that staff can accept. To display a Staff member on the Planner, the Staff's "Capacity" needs to be a number greater than 0.

More About the Planner

The Planner displays capacity and current scheduled services for a particular type of service, such as boarding, overnight and daycare services. The Planner is also helpful to identify which sitters provide services and to locate which sitter is available to accept a service, indicated by no work or work below capacity on their Planner.

How Do I set Capacity so Staff members appear in the Planner?

Navigation: Admin > Staff > click on the staff name > Settings

Step 1

Select the staff member.

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Step 2

Select "Settings."
Set the value of "Capacity" based on the following guidelines:
- Set "Capacity" to 0 if the staff member should NOT appear in the planner.
- Set "Capacity" to 1 if the staff member provides boarding and can board a maximum of 1 dog.
- Set "Capacity" to 2 or more if the staff member has "Capacity" to board more than one dog.
- Set "Capacity" to 1 if the staff member provides overnight services. Capacity not be more than 1 for overnights as staff can only provide an overnight service for one house at a time.
Click "Update."

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Tip: Read here on how to use Capacity and Planner for Daycare.