Convention |
Meaning |
Boldface type |
Boldface type is used to indicate items in the program that you click or check/uncheck. Example: Click Save. |
Initial Capital Letter |
The first letters of the names of windows, dialog boxes, windows elements, and commands are capitalized. Example: In the Save As dialog. |
Navigation (>) |
Moving to other screens is shown as Configuration > System Settings. This means to click the Configuration option. Then click System Settings. |
Interchangeable terms |
Similar terms are used interchangeably throughout the guide. Examples: employees and staff, department and organization unit, or shift and schedule (the time an employee works, not the complete 4- or 6-week schedule). |
The Schedule Incentive feature has been renamed in Staffing and Scheduling version 09.00.01 (previously called Schedule Bidding) to better reflect its purpose. While the term incentive does have a verb form, incentivize, it will not be used often.
The following table describes the usage of the term incentive and compares it to previous versions.
Term - version 09.00.01 and greater |
Term - prior to version 09.00.01 |
How it is used |
Schedule Incentive |
Schedule Bidding |
Feature name and as an adjective to describe a related function, such as Schedule Incentive agreement, Schedule Incentive offer, Schedule Incentive request, etc. |
Incentive and incentive schedule |
Bid |
Noun, such as describing an actual schedule as in "Requesting an incentive schedule". |
Incentivize |
Bid |
Verb |