Let's say Joe Blow tells you he wants to work 7 of his 20 days this month. You make the appropriate shifts his on the Requests On card. You should know that on his card for Requests Off you don't indicate he is available for 20 shifts in the lower half of the card (in whatever combination you select )- rather he is now only available for the remaining 13 that he will be randomized on). If all shifts are set by a 'Request On' card, no Request Off card is necessary.
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Unfortunately, sometimes, I will schedule someone for more than the limited days in a row. Let's say you indicate no one should get more than 5 days in a row. However, you put someone on for the 8, 9, 10th of the month because they requested it. When I go to randomoze people from the Days Requested Off stack to fill in the rest of the shifts, I only look backwards to see if I 've put someone for 5 days in a row. I don't look forward because, right now, it makes the program increeeediblyyy
