I would love to be able to use Knack to schedule/dispatch.
A calendar or schedule view that allows a list of technicians or employees down the left side with configurable time slots at the top (ex, 8:00 am-5:00 pm in 1 hr or 1/2 hr increments). I would like to be able to drag and drop to move them around between technicians, time slots, or dates.
Hi @Lynn1, I have an interactive solution like this here that I’ve previously mentioned, and here is a video demo of how it works:
The only missing component is the timeslot display, which in my opinion would look a little crowded in one visual:
I’d be happy to have a chat with you about how we could make this work for you? Feel free to DM me.
Thank you for your response.
The video has more of the look and feel I am looking for.
I am looking to be able to schedule appts for techs and be able to move the appts around between techs and I er tomes. I want to see one day at a time with…let’s say 1/2 hour blocks of time so that an appt that is an hour and a half long will span those times frames.
I want the techs stacked along the left with the times at the top so I can see who is free on a specific date and time without having to scroll down a list of tech names followed by a list of times…particularly if I am trying to move an appointment.
I probably need to learn a bit of coding…for more reasons than just this…but I haven’t had the energy to dig into that in my free time. Is there a resource for beginners that you would recommend that might help me get on my way?
Again, I appreciate that you shared this with me…I could not for the life of me find anything that was getting me pointed in the right direction.
Ah, if it’s just one day view at a time, then I think I could tweak it to suit your needs! You might even decide to have a version that shows a date period, and one that shows a particular day. I’ll send you a message with more details.
I don’t have any particular resources on getting started with code, but with a combination of ChatGPT and Knack’s Using Javascript with Knack resource, these might be a good start.
Bvery interesting, we use knack to track our construction jobs and we schedule our people by assigning them to a job for a given day. At the end of the day, they record their time worked and life is good. However scheduling them is a little cumbersome, we call it adding time cards where records are added manually. This is helped a little by copying records but still takes time. I’m interested in the architecture behind this as it would greatly streamline this process. Thanks! Scott
That’s super slick, Stephen.
