Oracle Field Service
Using Core Application
Chapter 3
Field Resource Activities
You can book activities for Capacity Areas with booking interval based quota configuration. You can use the booking
interval based quota when the time slots overlap or, have a significant variation in the activity duration. When you
choose the booking interval based quota, you must select the booking intervals on the Quota Configuration page. If
you do not select the booking intervals, the application uses the default Capacity intervals that are configured on the
Business Rules page.
When you configure a Capacity Area for booking using Quota (time slot based or availability based), then the activity is
created (or reassigned) on the bucket that is associated with the Capacity Area. If there are multiple Capacity Areas, you
must select a Capacity Area, select the day and time slot on which they want to perform the activity, and book it.
When you try to book an activity, the application uses the activity information you have entered and provides you the
list of options where it may be booked.
As soon as you book an activity, Oracle Field Service subtracts the capacity required for its performance from the
available capacity and adds it to the used capacity. It compares the used capacity to the quota values to make sure that
orders for new activities are accepted only when the capacity is still available. Аs having capacity information up-to-date
is crucial for the functionality, Activity Booking is available only in the online mode.
Booking Recommendations
You can choose to include recommendations for booking activities for each Capacity Area independently. The
application typically recommends time slots that reduce overall travel expenses.
The application tries to optimize travel time, so if there are some booking options that allow better activity distribution,
it marks those options as preferable or recommended. The application recommends a booking option if the travel
time that appears after the booking is less than the default travel time for the activity type. The application provides
recommendations in the same way for both, direct assignment booking and for booking by Quota. However, for the
direct assignment option, the application uses the travel time estimation (minutes). Whereas, for booking by Quota the
application suggests the options by optimizing the distance to other existing activities in the bucket that are close by
time and place.
The application considers these travels:
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Travel to the booked activity, if there is a preceding activity close enough with small or no idle time.
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Travel after the booked activity, when there is a following activity with small or no idle time.
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Average of travels "to" and "after," if a new activity is booked between two others with small or no idle time.
Example of a technician route when the application recommends the booking option. In the example, the option may be
preferred, if the travel time after the booked activity is smaller than the default travel time:
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