Interruption shifts in Quinyx FAQ
Updated 3 months ago
by
Oscar Combes
Quinyx currently has limited support for interruption shifts. This is something we will replace using tasks in Quinyx. The below table describes the interruption shift functionality in Classic followed by how we plan on replacing that specific functionality in Quinyx.
Classic feature | Dependent on setting | Quinyx feature (future) | Dependent on setting | Default setting |
Shift creation upon punching in on interruption shift in Webpunch | "Shift selection adds interruption shift" parameter setting | Task creation upon punching in on an unplanned punch in Webpunch
| "Allow punching on tasks" agreement and agreement template setting. | False |
Salary generation affected by interruption shifts | NA / "Shift selection adds interruption shift" parameter setting |
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| False |
Manually changing cost centre and project when punching in to interruption shifts in Webpunch | NA | When punching in on an unplanned punch, it will be possible to manually change cost centre and project. | "Allow punching on tasks" agreement and agreement template setting. | NA |
"Add an interruption shift" button in time card in "Time" < "Time" in Admin portal | None | When adding a task to a shift in the past that has a punch and the task fully overlaps with one same punch, said punch will automatically split according to the task just added. NB: subsequent edits to that same punch will need to be manually edited on the task. | New agreement and agreement template setting II | False |
"Add an interruption shift" button in time card in "Time" < "Time" in Staff portal | None | Currently not planned for the first version of Staff portal | NA | NA |
How to prepare for this functionality
Up until the date you activate the generate salaries on tasks setting, you will have transferred payroll according to the existing logic. In order for the historical data in Quinyx to keep reflecting what you have de facto transferred to payroll, and also so that you can be sure to reverse past payroll items without any issues, we strongly recommend that you create a new agreement with agreement start date set to at the earliest the date where you activate this setting on account level.
Shift type updates and tasks
If you have the “Generate salaries on tasks” setting in the customer card ticked, when you update a shift type, all existing tasks will update automatically, even beyond periods for which the schedule is locked. This means that if you reverse payroll items you’ve transferred to payroll, those items will update according to the changes you’ve made on the shift type, too. So when you transfer those same tasks/payroll items anew, you will transfer them including the changes you made to the shift type. Note that items you've transferred to payroll already are not affected.
To ensure you’re not accidentally editing tasks in Quinyx as a result of a shift type edit, we will display a warning informing you of this as you try to save the changes you’ve made to a shift type if you’ve edited any of the following fields:
- Cost center
- Project
- Salary type rules
- Advanced settings
- Productive hours
- Count as scheduled hours
- Count as worked hours
If you want to avoid updating existing tasks, we recommend that when you receive this warning, you create a new shift type instead which reflects the changes you wanted to make to the existing shift type. Long-term we want to allow you to make use of the “Update shift” action available to you upon shift type updates.
