Managing Scheduling and Optimization28% of the exam
Scheduling services: Book Appointment and Get Candidates
Pick the right scheduling service: Book Appointment for a customer-agreed window, Get Candidates for a dispatcher choosing a resource, the mass Schedule action for bulk work, the dynamic Gantt services, Appointment Insights, and which services Enhanced Scheduling and Optimization doesn't support.
Given a scenario, decide the appropriate type of scheduling service to use.
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What the exam expects
- Choose between Book Appointment, Get Candidates and the mass Schedule action from who is choosing (customer, dispatcher or the system) and how many appointments are involved.
- Explain how Book Appointment grades time slots and why the agreed window binds later scheduling and optimization.
- Pick a dynamic Gantt service (Fill-In Schedule, Fix Overlaps, Group Nearby) or Reshuffle for a schedule gap, overlap or full day.
- Use Appointment Insights to diagnose an appointment that can't be scheduled, and tell it apart from Optimization Hub.
- Say which scheduling services Enhanced Scheduling and Optimization doesn't support.
Key terms:
- Book Appointment: a Chatter action that offers graded time slots so a customer can agree a visiting window.
- Get Candidates: finds the resources best matched to one service appointment, ranked by score.
- Mass Schedule: the Schedule action on several appointments selected in the appointment list.
- Dynamic Gantt services: Fill-In Schedule, Fix Overlaps and Group Nearby, which rework a resource's day from the Gantt.
- Transparency services: Appointment Insights and Optimization Hub, which explain scheduling results.
Key facts
Book Appointment purpose
- Detail
- Agree a visiting window; automatic scheduling and optimization adhere to it
Slot grades
- Detail
- Ideal (Golden), Recommended, Satisfactory, from weighted service objectives
Where booking runs
- Detail
- Feeds of work orders, line items, accounts, assets, leads, opportunities or the appointment
Get Candidates scope
- Detail
- Best-matched resources for an individual service appointment
Bulk scheduling
- Detail
- Mass Schedule action from the appointment list
Booking defaults
- Detail
- Field Service Settings, Global Actions, Appointment Booking
CPU timeouts
- Detail
- Too many candidates or slots in Appointment Booking or Candidates
Not supported by the enhanced engine
- Detail
- Reshuffle; Fill-In Schedule and Group Nearby "not supported yet"
Fix Overlaps
- Detail
- Not for capacity-based resources; enhanced engine uses Fix Schedule Overlaps flow (Beta)
Enhanced 24-hour limit
- Detail
- Get Candidates and appointment booking count; Schedule counts one
- Why does Book Appointment keep a visit inside the agreed window later on?
- Why can't a dispatcher on the enhanced engine rely on the legacy Fix Overlaps service?
- Why might Appointment Booking or Candidates fail with an Apex CPU timeout?
- When would Group Nearby be the wrong fix for a gap?
- Which service reports what optimization improved across several territories?
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