The Capacity View

The Capacity View shows capacity loads categorized by work centers and machine centers.

Elements and symbols in the Capacity View

Calendar

A calendar in the background of the Gantt chart shows non-working times in grey, working times in white. By clicking the appropriate menu items, non-working periods can either be hidden or shown.
 

Bars

Each operation within a production order is represented by a bar, whose color reflects the order’s category and the selected view color mode - displayed in standard tones during working hours and in slightly lighter shades during non-working hours (see also 'Calendar' below).

The following information can be gathered from optical indicators:

• Currently marked operation: 
  
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• Operation changed but not saved yet 
  
  
   
• Violated due date
  
  
   

Operation with zero setup and runtime

Certain operations, such as drying phases, do not consume capacity. These are now visualized in the Capacity View as vertical lines, allowing you to recognize that an activity is taking place without utilizing any capacity.

Setup times

Show or hide the setup times with a context menu.

Links

Links between operations are displayed once an operation from the corresponding production order is selected

Due date

If you click an operation, a vertical line in the color of the operation's status appears, indicating the due date.

Update line

The update line indicates the time when your plan was last updated.

Capacity information

In the VPS, the Capacity View can display a capacity curve that highlights available and exceeded capacities, with overloads marked by a red box. Additionally, corresponding symbols in the table section indicate capacity bottlenecks.

You can also change the capacity aggregation period.

The meaning of the symbols in detail:

• No overload at the parent resource (group), but at one or more subordinate resource(s)
• Overload at the resource (group) itself and one or more subordinate resources
• Overload only at the resource (group) itself

Please note that if no overloads are present in the entire plan, the symbol column will not be displayed.

Sequence violation

In Business Central, the sequence of operations is defined by routings (and reservations). When a production order is created or recalculated, its operations are arranged accordingly. In the planning board, however, operations can be manually adjusted, which may result in sequence violations. The Visual Production Scheduler (VPS) highlights such unauthorized overlaps using symbols on the affected elements and within the table section. This information is also propagated to parent elements, ensuring that sequence issues remain visible even when details are collapsed or scrolled out of view.

The meaning of the symbols in detail:

	The element has a sequence violation. Shown at the bar or in the table. Can be displayed in the production order view at the production order routing line, in the capacity view at machine/workcenter.
	A child element has a sequence violation. Shown in the table header and both in the production order view for production order lines/production orders or in the capacity view for work center groups and work centers.
	Sequence violations in the element itself and in child elements. In case of the work center, there may be, for example,  a sequence violation of a production order routing line of the work center and a sequence violation of one of its machine centers.

The feature gets activated/deactivated in the "Scheduling" area of the "Setup" dialog: