ESS - Web application which allows for ad-hoc managing of employees and spaces on a per-event basis
ESS (Employee Scheduling System) is a free php and mySQL based web application which allows for ad-hoc managing of employees and spaces on a per-event basis, rather than hourly.
ESS will provide you with OS X and Linux backends featuring a standard happy web frontend.
Main features of ESS:Allows for ad-hoc scheduling of employees
Event descriptions are editable using a WYSIWYG interface
Employees can have multiple supervisors, and can work in multiple areas
Extensive scheduling support for multiple areas and multiple positions per area
Allows for a weekly basic schedule, and blackout dates for time off requests
Allows for supervisors to override availibilities
Acts as a single contact point for employees and supervisors for not only scheduling, but also contact data.
Allow mass emailing to employees with updated schedules, etc
ICS/iCal output for live, in calendar viewing of events What it will do (hopefully):
Event costing for future quotes
Tie into a cvs output for payroll purposes
Requirements of ESS:
PHP5 w/PEAR::DB
Apache 1.3.x (2.x should work, not tested)
MySQL 4.1.x