Deallocate and unschedule

How to deallocate or unschedule a job.

Overview

“Deallocate” will remove allocated resources from the selected job(s). If a date and time have been scheduled for that selected job(s), they will remain untouched.

“Unschedule” will remove allocated resources and any scheduled date/time. An unscheduled job will have its job status reset to “Queued.”

Deallocate vs. Unschedule

A comparison of the two features: Deallocate and Unschedule.

Deallocate Unschedule
Removes allocated resources. Yes Yes
Removes scheduled date and time. No Yes

Where to find Deallocate and Unschedule

The deallocate and unschedule features are available from:

  • The horizontal swimlane, vertical swimlane and map views of the scheduling console.
  • Job details view (see toolbar above the allocated resources panel).

Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features in the scheduling console.

Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features in the scheduling console.

Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features in the job details view.

Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features in the job details view.

​Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features on the job page.

Where to find the deallocate and unschedule features on the job page.

Deallocate

On the job details view, the Deallocate feature is called Remove Allocations. Clicking on the Remove Allocations button removes all resources that have been allocated to the job. The date and time remain set.

How to deallocate (or remove allocations) in job details.

How to deallocate (or remove allocations) in job details.

How to deallocate (or remove allocations) on the job page.

How to deallocate (or remove allocations) on the job page.

Unschedule

On the job details view, click on the Unschedule button to remove all resources that have been scheduled for the job. The date and time will also be removed.

How to unschedule resources from a job in job details.

How to unschedule resources from a job in job details.

How to unschedule resources from a job on the job page.

How to unschedule resources from a job on the job page.

Job status

Deallocate, and unschedule will be enabled for jobs with following job statuses (see table).

Job Status Deallocate Unschedule
Queued (no Allocated Resources). No No
Queued (with Allocated Resources). Yes No
Pending Allocation. No Yes
Pending Dispatch. Yes Yes
Dispatched. Yes Yes
Ready. Yes Yes
En Route. Yes Yes
On Site. No No
In Progress. No No
Complete. No No
Cancelled. No No

Deallocate and unschedule feature enabled (Yes/No) per job status.

Deallocate or unschedule multiple jobs

A scheduler can use deallocate or unschedule on several jobs at the same time. In scheduling console, select all jobs that the feature should be applied to and click on deallocate/unschedule icon. Once deallocation or unscheduling is complete, a notification will be displayed on-screen.

If deallocate/unschedule cannot be applied to one of the selected jobs (e.g., a job with status=“Complete”), the job will be skipped during processing.

Three jobs that have been selected to be unscheduled at the same time.

Three jobs that have been selected to be unscheduled at the same time.