IJ12181: GRAPHICAL SCHEDULING SHOWS CRAFT AVAILABILITY DISPLACED BY ONE DAY FOR CERTAIN SHIFTS WHEN USING DIFFERENT TIME ZONES.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR is based on IJ05242  which was fixed for several
  versions but has reappeared in 7.6.1.0 IFix 003.
  Graphical Scheduling (GS) shows craft availability displaced by
  one day for complicated shift patterns when using different
  Time Zones.
  Reproduced in 7.6.0.9
  The problem was not reproducible using the plain DAY
  shift.     It was reproducible using a shift pattern with:
  - a rotating 14 day pattern (see below)
  - 12am start times and 12am end times with zero work hours for
  the days where no work happens instead of just leaving all of
  those fields blank as we typically do as in DAY Shift.
  - Start and End times define an 8.5 or 9.5 hour long day but
  they put in 8 or 9 as they have 1/2 hour off for lunch.
  Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Go to Calendars and create a new Calendar for one year, such
  as 1/1/18 to 12/31/18.
  2. Choose Define/Apply Shifts from the Actions menu.
  3. In the Shifts section a the top of the dialog click on New
  Row.    Call the Shift Test2Wks.    Start Day Sunday, Days in
  Pattern 14.
  4.  Make a Shift Pattern like this:
  Day         Start               End               Work Hours
  001          12:00 AM       12:00 AM              0
  002            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  003            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  004            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  005            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  006          12:00 AM       12:00 AM              0
  007          12:00 AM       12:00 AM              0
  008          12:00 AM       12:00 AM              0
  009            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  010            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  011            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  012            6:00 AM        3:30 PM               9
  013            6:00 AM        2:30 PM               8
  014          12:00 AM       12:00 AM              0
  5. Apply that new Shift to the new Calendar.
  6. Go To Labor application and change 2 Labors for the craft
  you will use for Planned Labor for the new WO you create below
  to use the new Calendar/Shift.    For example, take 2 of the
  Labor for Electrician Firstclass and put them on the new
  Calendar/Shift.    Do this so there will be some data to appear
  on the Scheduler when we get there.
  7. Create a new WO with a duration of 5 and give it Planned
  Labor of the Craft chosen above.
  8. Go to Graphical Scheduling and create a new Schedule.
  9. Give it the new Calendar/Shift.    Give it a Start Date of 2
  days in the future.
  10. Create a Work Query to select the new WO.
  11. Save.
  12. Click on the Gantt View tab (Graphical View in some
  versions).
  13. Observe how in the Resources section in the bottom half of
  the screen has the Yellow bars denoting the Availability of the
  Crafts  only in the white working time slots for each day.
  14. Go to Profile - Defaults and change to the Africa/Algiers
  Time Zone.   Click OK.
  15. Log out and log back in.
  16. Go to GS and open the schedule you created.
  17. Click on the Gantt/Graphical View tab.
  ERRONEOUS RESULTS:
  You will now observe that in the second week the first Yellow
  Availability bar is on the grey area of Sunday, not in the
  white area of Monday.
  This shifting of the Yellow bars should not happen.
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  For the Yellow bars not to shift to Sunday in the second week,
  or any weeks.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Maximo Users on 7610 or using a specific application         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The utility function that changed the timezone of a given    *
  * date was incorrect                                           *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• Fix has been made to fix....The fix for this APAR is contained
  in the following maintenance package:
  interim fix for  Release 7.6.1.0 of Base Services
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO SCHEDULE

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46SE

Applicable component levels

• R767 PSY

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