Add Labor Demand

Security: These domains in the Labor Optimization functional area:

Scheduling: Labor Demand

Cost Data

You can define labor demand so that the Optimization Engine generates a schedule with the right number of workers at the right times of day. To use the Optimization Engine to generate schedules, you must define labor demand. If you don't define labor demand, you can still manually add shifts to the schedule or copy the schedule from a prior week.

You can also import labor demand, sales forecasts, and labor budgets into Workday using these web services:

Import Labor Demand

Import Scheduling Period Productivity Data

Configure these security domains in the Workday Scheduling functional area:

Scheduling: Maintain Labor Demand and Tag Sets
to enable managers to view or modify labor demand on the

Labor Demand

tab.

Scheduling: Budget and Sales Data
to enable managers to view or modify the

Schedule Productivity Plan

on the

Labor Demand

tab.

Access the

Schedule Workers

task. Select an organization from the organization drop-down.

Click the

Labor Demand

tab. Click the

Overview

tab for a summary of the labor demand for the week.

Click the

Details

tab. Navigate to each day of the week to identify the headcount for each required schedule tag value or combination of schedule tag values.

If your scheduling organization has one or more subgroup organizations, each subgroup organization displays in its own tab. You can define different labor demand values for each subgroup organization.

As you complete the labor demand, consider:

Option	Description
Sales Forecast	Enter a dollar amount for this week's sales goal.
Labor Budget	Enter a dollar amount for this week's budget.
Ratio %	Set the target percentage that you spend on payroll divided by your sales goal.
Add	Add a new schedule tag set to the labor demand.
Clear All	Clears all labor demand data for the day or week.
Copy from a Prior Week	When you copy labor demand for a week from the past, Workday clears all existing labor demand in the week. Workday then copies the labor demand from the week that you select.

When you generate a schedule, the Optimization Engine schedules workers according to the labor demand you entered. When you click the bar chart icon, you can view the

Productivity

modal on the schedule.