General scheduling application
Diagram
Schema notes
- groupings
-
- a group of schedules that can be displayed together
- name
- groupings_schedules
- grouping_id
- schedule_id
- schedules
-
- for grouping related shifts
- type
- either limited list of volunteers can take shifts, OR all volunteers can take shifts
- name
- schedules_volunteers
-
- if the schedule type indicates that a limited list of volunteers can takes shifts, then a record linking the volunteer to the schedule needs to appear here
- schedule_id
- volunteers_id
- volunteers
-
- volunteer specific information could go here -- i.e. first volunteer date, status, reliability index, etc.
- contact_id
- name
- until hooked up to main app when name will come from contacts table
- jobs
-
- job to be performed during the shift
- name
- schedule_id
- virtual_shifts
-
- representing a shift or shifts on an "ideal" schedule with no actual date yet attached
- effective_date
- first date this shift can appear on an actual schedule
- ineffective_date
- last date this shift can appear on an actual schedule
- day_of_week
- day of week, 0-6 = sun-sat
- start_time
- end_time
- slot_count
- 1-N for use in producing multiple actual shifts, default = 1
- job_id
- volunteer_id
- null allowed, this volunteer will be assigned to slot #1 when actual shifts are generated
- schedule_id
- actual_shifts
-
- representing a single shift on an actual schedule with a defined date
- virtual_shift_id
- job_id
- filled_shifts
-
- representing the filled part of an actual shift -- that is, someone has signed up for that actual shift
- starts_at
- start date and time of shift on shift date
- ends_at
- end date and time of shift on shift date
- volunteer_id
Sample data values
- groupings
- name = "Adoption View"
- name = "Prebuild View"
- name = "Volunteer Interns"
- name = "Adoption Classes"
- schedules
- type = "limited", name = "Adoption Teachers"
- type = "all", name = "Adoption Class Students"
- type = "limited", name = "Prebuild Interns"
- type = "limited", name = "Front Desk Interns"
- type = "all", name = "Prebuild"
- groupings_schedules
- grouping = "Adoption View", schedule = "Adoption Teachers"
- grouping = "Adoption View", schedule = "Adoption Class Students"
- grouping = "Prebuild View", schedule = "Prebuild Interns"
- grouping = "Prebuild View", schedule = "Prebuild"
- grouping = "Volunteer Interns", schedule = "Adoption Teachers"
- grouping = "Volunteer Interns", schedule = "Prebuild Interns"
- grouping = "Volunteer Interns", schedule = "Front Desk Interns"
- schedules_volunteers
- schedule = "Adoption Teachers" volunteer = "Joe"
- schedule = "Adoption Teachers" volunteer = "Mary"
- schedule = "Prebuild Interns" volunteer = "Fred"
- schedule = "Prebuild Interns" volunteer = "Poindexter"
- schedule = "Front Desk Interns" volunteer = "Flip"
- schedule = "Front Desk Interns" volunteer = "Bozo"
- volunteers
- name = "Joe"
- name = "Mary"
- name = "Fred"
- name = "Poindexter"
- name = "Flip"
- name = "Bozo"
- virtual_shifts
- SAMPLE RECORD A
- effective_date = 2009-08-01
- ineffective_date = NULL (never)
- day_of_week = 2 (Tuesday)
- start_time = 11:30
- end_time = 15:30
- slot_count = 7
- job => "System Evaluation"
- volunteer_id = NULL
- schedule => "Prebuild"
- actual_shifts
- SAMPLE RECORD B
- virtual_shift => SAMPLE RECORD A
- job => System Evaluation
- filled_shifts
- actual_shift => SAMPLE RECORD B
- starts_at = 11:30
- ends_at = 15:00 (volunteer needs to leave early)
- volunteer => Doogie (Doogie doesn't have a schedules_volunteers record, but does exist in the volunteers table)