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Applying Assignment Workload Distribution to Employees, Positions, and Organizations


You balance workload among candidates by adding workload distribution rules for employees and positions, and organization workload distribution rules for organizations. For example, if your business logic includes limits on the maximum amount of work that can be handled at one time, you would apply assignment workload to your assignment rules.

The following tasks are one step in Process of Defining Assignment Workload and Process of Defining Assignment Rules.

Applying Workload Distribution to Employees and Positions

Use the following procedure when defining workload distribution for employees or positions.

To apply workload distribution to employees and positions

  1. Drill down on the assignment rule for which you want to define workload criteria (Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Assignment > Assignment Rules List), and then click the Workload Distribution view tab.
  2. In the Workload Distribution list, click New.
  3. In the new record, click in the available fields and enter the relevant information.

Table 30 shows the available predefined fields.

Table 30. Workload Distribution Fields for Employees and Positions
Field
Description
Example

Workload Distribution Rule

Name of the workload rule to apply to the assignment rule.

Total Open Service Requests

Assignment Object

Type of assignment object related to this workload rule.

Service Request

Score

Score to apply for this workload rule. For more information on workload scores, see Process of Defining Assignment Workload.

50

Required

Determines whether the workload rule is required for the assignment rule. The choices are Always and Never.

Always

Maximum Workload

The maximum workload allowed for this workload rule. For more information on how this value affects the workload score, see Process of Defining Assignment Workload.

2

Figure 20 shows an example of defining a workload distribution rule for employees and positions using values specified in Table 30.

Figure 20. Example of Defining Workload Distribution for Employees and Positions
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Applying Workload Distribution to Organizations

Use the following procedure when defining workload distribution for organizations.

To apply workload distribution to organizations

  1. Drill down on the assignment rule for which you want to define workload criteria (Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Assignment > Assignment Rules List), and then click the Organization Workload Distribution view tab.
  2. In the Organization Workload Distribution list, click New.
  3. In the new record, click in the available fields and enter the relevant information.

Table 31 shows the available predefined fields.

Table 31. Workload Distribution Fields for Organizations
Field
Description
Example

Assignment Object

Type of assignment object related to this workload rule.

Opportunity

Maximum Workload

The maximum workload allowed for this workload rule. For more information on how this value affects the workload score, see Process of Defining Assignment Workload.

3

Required

Determines whether the workload rule is required for the assignment rule. The choices are Always and Never.

Always

Score

Score to apply for this workload rule. For more information on workload scores, see Process of Defining Assignment Workload.

10

Workload Distribution Rule

Name of the workload rule to apply to the assignment rule.

Excellent Leads

Figure 21 shows an example of adding a workload criteria for organizations using values specified in Table 31.

Figure 21. Example of Defining Workload Distribution for Organizations
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