JP2000331066A - Schedule table creation assisting system and storage medium in which program to make computer execute processing in the same system is stored - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a large amount of information on a schedule table by deciding a unit area corresponding to each time zone obtained by dividing the unit period of the schedule description area of each managing object on the basis of the maximum value of the number of time zones to which a schedule is allocated about each managing object to be included in each unit period. SOLUTION: The starting date (display starting date) (the unit period) of a work to be performed first is acquired as a display date from work information and works on the display date in which the starting time, etc., are included are collected in the order of equipment and starting time (S1, S2). The number of displays (the number of unit areas) by every equipment on the display date and the number of display lines (the number of unit areas) on the display date are calculated (S3). Next, a processing to display the work information of each equipment in a work schedule table with the set number of display lines is performed (S5 to S8). Then the processing is repeated until the set display date passes a display completion date. Works, supplement information, a continuation mark of each equipment are successively displayed on the display lines allocated to each display date in this process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule table creation support system used for creating a schedule table such as a work schedule for each facility in a factory, and more specifically, to enter a schedule for each management item of a schedule. The present invention relates to a schedule table creation support system used when creating a schedule table whose area extends along a time axis.

[0002] The present invention also relates to a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the processing in such a schedule table creation support system.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a work schedule (hereinafter, referred to as a Gantt chart) for each facility in a factory is created. In such a Gantt chart,
The horizontal axis is a time axis, and the vertical axis is a list of facilities that are management items of a work schedule. A work schedule entry area extending in the time axis direction is assigned to each facility, and a rectangular mark a representing the presence of work is displayed in the work schedule entry area at a position corresponding to the scheduled work time zone of the corresponding facility. . In the rectangular mark a, information (work identifier b) for specifying the work in the facility is provided.
Are described (1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc.).

According to such a Gantt chart, the work schedule of each facility can be grasped.

[0005]

In the Gantt chart as described above, the length of the schedule entry area assigned to each facility corresponds to the time as it is. That is, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the length c of the schedule entry area per unit period (for example, one day) is constant. For this reason, for example, in the Gantt chart shown in FIG.
In a period where there is no work in all the facilities, such as on the third day of the month, there is no substantial work schedule, and each work schedule entry area corresponding to that time is displayed as a blank. This blank space is wasted from the viewpoint of displaying information on more schedules.

Further, since the direction of the time axis is the same as the arrangement direction of the character string described in the rectangular mark a indicating the presence of work, more information can be stored in the rectangular mark a. , The length of the schedule entry area corresponding to the unit period must be increased,
The period (for example, the number of days) in which the work schedule can be displayed becomes short. On the other hand, to increase the period (for example, the number of days) in which the work schedule can be displayed, the length of the schedule entry area corresponding to the unit period must be reduced, and a rectangular mark indicating the presence of the work in each time zone The length of “a” becomes short, and the number of characters of a character string that can be described in the rectangular mark “a” decreases. Therefore, the amount of information that can be displayed on the Gantt chart is reduced in any case.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a schedule table creation support system which enables creation of a schedule table capable of displaying as much information as possible. A second object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the process in the schedule table creation support system.

[0008]

In order to solve the above first problem, according to the present invention, as set forth in claim 1, a schedule allocation time zone for assigning schedule information for a plurality of management items is input. An area having a length in the time axis direction corresponding to each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item is arranged in a schedule entry area extending in the time axis direction, and an area in which corresponding schedule information is arranged. In the schedule table creation support system for creating the schedule table described in the above, in the schedule entry area of each management item based on the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in each unit period First means for determining a unit area corresponding to each time zone obtained by dividing the unit period, and, for each management item, from the determined unit area A second means for determining a unit area corresponding to each scheduled allocation time slot, and a third means for describing schedule information corresponding to each scheduled allocation time zone in a unit area corresponding to a time zone including the scheduled allocation time zone. Means.

In such a schedule table creation support system, in the schedule entry area of each management item extending in the time axis direction, the unit time includes the number of unit areas in which schedule information to be allocated to each unit period is to be described. It is determined based on the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item. Therefore, the length of the unit period in the time axis direction depends on the number of scheduled allocation time zones to which schedule information is to be allocated. If the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in the unit period is small, In the schedule table, the length of the unit period in the time axis direction can be shortened. That is, the number of unit periods that can be included in the schedule having a certain width in the time axis direction can be increased.

The unit period can be arbitrarily determined, and can be set to one hour, one day, one week, one month, one year, or the like. Each management item is an item to be scheduled-managed, and corresponds to each facility in the above-described example of the Gantt chart. The schedule information for each management item is information depending on the item to be scheduled-managed, and in the above-described example of the Gantt chart, the name of the work performed in each facility corresponds thereto.

According to another aspect of the present invention, as set forth in claim 2, in the above-mentioned system, the second means is configured to set a time zone including a start time of each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item. Display start area determining means for determining a corresponding unit area; display end area determining means for determining a unit area corresponding to a time zone including an end time of each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item; A continuous unit area from the unit area determined by the start area determining means to the area determined by the display end area determining means is determined as a unit area corresponding to the time zone including the scheduled allocation time zone. Can be configured.

Further, from the viewpoint that schedule information on each management item can be described in the schedule table separately from the schedule start and its continuation, the present invention provides the above-mentioned system in which The third means above,
The schedule information description means writes the first schedule information corresponding to the scheduled allocation time zone in the unit area determined by the display start area determination means, and the unit area determined by the display disclosure determination means. Each of the unit areas from the unit area to the unit area determined by the end area determining means may include a continuation schedule information description means for writing the second schedule information.

It is preferable that the first schedule information includes information indicating schedule items (operations, activities, etc.) in the management item. Further, the second schedule information may be a predetermined mark representing at least continuity of the schedule item. In view of the fact that it is possible to find out from the schedule table that there is no scheduled item for each management item, the present invention provides, in each of the above-mentioned systems, When the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones is zero, the first means may be configured to include means for determining at least one unit area corresponding to the entire unit period.

In such a system, for a unit period in which there is no schedule item for each management item, only a unit area having no description of schedule information is secured in the schedule table. In view of the fact that the length in the time axis direction of each unit period can accurately correspond to the number of scheduled allocation time zones to which schedule information is to be allocated, the present invention provides the above system as described in claim 5. In the first aspect, the one means may be configured to determine each unit area having a constant length in the time axis direction.

[0015] Further, in order to prevent the number of unit periods included in the schedule table from being affected by the length of a character string representing schedule information to be described in each unit area as much as possible, the present invention has been described. As described in Item 6, in the above system, the third means can be configured to write a character string representing schedule information in a direction different from the time axis in each unit area.

In such a schedule table creation support system, even if the length of the character string representing the schedule information to be described in each unit area increases, the length in the time axis direction of each unit area directly increases. Never do. In order to solve the second problem of the present invention, according to the present invention, as set forth in claim 7, a schedule allocation time zone to which schedule information for a plurality of management items is to be allocated is input. An area having a length in the time axis direction corresponding to each scheduled allocation time zone is arranged in a schedule entry area extending in the time axis direction, and a schedule described in an area in which corresponding schedule information is arranged In a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in a schedule creation support system for creating a table, based on a maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in each unit period. A first procedure of determining a unit area corresponding to each time zone obtained by dividing each unit period in the schedule entry area of each management item, Second means for determining a unit area corresponding to a time zone including each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item from the specified unit area, and scheduling information corresponding to each scheduled allocation time zone according to the scheduled allocation. The third procedure described in the unit area corresponding to the time zone including the time zone is configured as a storage medium storing a program.

The storage medium is not particularly limited as long as it can be read by an ordinary computer. CD-ROM, hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO), semiconductor memory Etc. can be used.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A schedule table creation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention is used as a work schedule table creation support system for creating a work schedule table in a factory. This work schedule table creation support system is realized by a computer system, and its hardware configuration is, for example, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the system includes an input unit 10, a display unit 20, a control unit 30 including a CPU, a memory unit 40, an output unit 50, an auxiliary storage unit 60, and a CD-ROM drive unit 7.
0 is provided. These units are connected via a bus B. The input unit 10 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is used by a user to obtain necessary information such as work information. The display unit 20 is used as a monitor for input data and displays the created work schedule. The control unit 30 controls the entire system and executes a work schedule table creation process as described later.

The memory unit 40 includes a memory such as a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program to be executed by the control unit 30, a table, necessary data obtained in the course of processing, and the like. The output unit 50 is composed of a printer or the like, and prints out the created work schedule and the like. The auxiliary storage unit 60 is configured by a hard disk device or the like, and stores various programs, files, and the like. A program for creating a work schedule is supplied to the system on a CD-ROM 80, and a CD-ROM 80
When set in the ROM driver unit 70, the CD-
A program for creating a work schedule read out from the ROM 80 is installed in the auxiliary storage unit 60 via the CD-ROM driver unit 70. And
The program read from the auxiliary storage unit 60 is stored in the memory unit 40 when the work schedule table creation support system is started. In this state, the control unit 30 executes the work schedule table creation process according to the program stored in the memory unit 40.

In preparing the work schedule, the user
Using the input unit 10, work information (schedule information) representing a work schedule to be executed in each facility (machine) (management item) of the factory is input. The work information represents, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the start time, the end time (scheduled allocation time zone) of the work performed by each machine, and supplementary information. In the case of this example, operations 1-1 and 1 performed by the machine 1 are performed.
-2, 1-3, work 2-1 and 2- performed by the machine 2
2, 2-3, operations 3-1 and 3-2 performed by the machine 3,
3-3. Supplementary information indicating the start time and end time of each of the operations 4-1 and 4-2 performed by the machine 4 and the name of a product manufactured in each operation is input to the system as operation information. The work information thus input is stored as a file in the auxiliary storage unit 60, for example.

When a file storing the work information input as described above is specified to create a work schedule, the work information read from the auxiliary storage unit 60 is stored in the memory unit 40. Then, the control unit 30 executes a work schedule table creation process in accordance with, for example, the procedure shown in FIG. 4 while referring to the work information stored in the memory unit 40.

This work schedule table creation process is a process for creating (displaying) a work schedule table as shown in FIG. 8 using, for example, the work information shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the start date (display start date) (unit period) of the work to be performed first is acquired as the display date from the work information (see FIG. 3) (S1). In the case of the example of FIG. 3, it is October 1. And
The work including the start time or the end time on the display day is collected in the order of the equipment and the start time (S2). The collected work is stored in the memory unit 40 as “work WK”, and the number of works is displayed as “display work number”. For example, in the case of the example of FIG. 3, on the display date of October 1, the work 1-1, the work 2-1, the work 4-1 and the work 4-2 are “work WK”, and “4” is a work WK. It is stored as “display work number”.

Next, each facility (machine) on the display date is displayed.
The number of displays (the number of unit areas) and the number of display rows (the number of unit areas) on the display date are calculated (S3). The calculated display number for each facility is stored in the memory unit 40 as “display number”, and the display line number is stored as “display line number”. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, the display number of the machine 1 on the display date of October 1 is “1”, the display number of the machine 2 is “1”, the display number of the machine 4 is “2”, and the number of display lines Becomes “2”. The process of calculating the number of displays and the number of display lines for each facility is executed, for example, according to the procedure shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the "display number" corresponding to each facility is initialized to, for example, "0" (S301), and the work counter is initialized to "0" (S302). In this state, the work specified by the work counter among the works stored as “work WK” as described above is obtained, and a facility index for specifying the facility on which the work is performed is obtained (S303). In the case of the example shown in FIG.
On the first day of the month, the first work 1-1 specified by the work counter (= 0) is obtained, and an equipment index for specifying the machine 1 on which the work 1-1 is performed, for example, “1” is obtained.

When the equipment index is obtained in this way, 1 is added to the "display number" corresponding to the equipment specified by this equipment index (S304), and the work counter is incremented by +1 (S305). And
It is determined whether the count value of the work counter is smaller than the “display work number” stored as described above (S
306).

If the count value of the work counter has not reached the "display work number" (YES in S306),
Again, the work specified by this work counter is detected,
An equipment index that specifies the work is obtained (S
303). In the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, on the display date of October 1, the next work designated by the work counter (= 1)
1 is obtained, and an equipment index for specifying the machine 2 on which the work 2-1 is performed, for example, “2” is obtained.

Further, 1 is added to the "display number" corresponding to the equipment specified by this equipment index (S30).
4), the work counter is incremented by +1 (S305). Thereafter, the above processing (S303) is performed until the count value of the work counter reaches the “display work number”.
To 305) are repeatedly executed. As a result, the total number of operations on the display date set as the “number of display operations” is distributed to the “number of displays” corresponding to each facility. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 3, as described above, on the display date of October 1 when the “display work number” is “4”, the “display number” of the machine 1 is “1” and the “display number” of the machine 2 is “1”. "Number" is "1", Machine 4
Are respectively set to “2”. The “display number” corresponding to each of these facilities is stored in the memory unit 40, for example.

When the count value of the work counter reaches "display work number", that is, when the total work number on the display date is distributed as "display number" of each facility, "display row number"
Is initialized to, for example, "1" (S307), and an equipment counter for specifying the equipment is initialized to, for example, "0" (S308). In this state, it is determined whether or not the “number of display lines” exceeds the first equipment specified by the equipment counter (= 0), for example, the “display number” of the machine 1 (S30).
9). Here, if the “display row number” has not reached the “display number” of the facility specified by the facility counter (N in S309)
O), the “display row number” is updated to the value of the “display number” of the facility (S301). On the other hand, if the “number of displayed lines” is equal to or more than the “displayed number” of the equipment specified by the equipment counter (S30)
9 is YES), especially, the “number of display lines” is not updated.

Then, the facility counter is incremented by +1 (S311), and it is determined whether or not the count value of the facility counter has reached the number of facilities (all the number of facilities) (S312). When the count value of the equipment counter does not reach the number of equipment, the above processing (S309 to 311) is repeatedly executed. Then, when the count value of the facility counter reaches the number of facilities (NO in S312), the process of calculating the number of displays and the number of display lines for each facility ends. As a result of this processing, the maximum value of the "display number" of each facility is "display number"
Is set as In the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, on October 1, the display number “2” of the machine 4 which is the maximum value of the “display number” of each facility is set as the “display line number”. This “number of display lines” is stored in the memory unit 40, for example.

In the above processing, the "number of display lines"
Is initialized to "1" (S307), so that in the created work schedule, a space for one line is secured for a display date on which no work is performed in any equipment. Returning to FIG. 4, when the process of calculating the “display number” and “display row number” for each facility as described above (S3) ends, the work counter is initialized to, for example, “0” (S4). ). From this state, the processing (S5, S6, S7, S8) for displaying the work information for each facility in the work schedule of "display line number" set as described above is executed.

First, work display processing (S5) is performed on a display position determined based on the start time of each work.
This work display process is executed, for example, according to FIG. In FIG. 6, the start time of the work specified by the work counter is acquired from the input work information, and it is determined whether or not the start time is beyond the display date (S5).
01). Here, if the start time does not exceed the display date (NO in S501), the display start time is determined from the difference between the start time and the operation start time of the factory (S5).
02). In the case of FIG. 3, the work 1 of the machine 1 specified by the initial value (= 0) of the work counter on the display date of October 1
−1 start time 9:00 and operation start time (for example, 8:
00) is determined as the display start time.

From this display start time, the display start position of the work of the facility is calculated (S503). This display start position is calculated as follows. First, the display date 1
Operating hours of the day (for example, from 8:00 to 20:00 12
Time) is divided by the “number of displayed lines” (operating time per day / number of displayed lines). As a result, the operation time allocated to each display row is obtained. For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, dividing the operation time of 12 hours by the number of display lines “2” on the display date of October 1 obtained as described above, the operation allocated to each display line (unit area) Time is obtained as 6 hours.

When the operation time assigned to each display row is obtained as described above, it is determined which display row corresponds to the display start time determined as described above. Specifically, the determination is made according to the following calculation value. (Display start time) ÷ (Operating time corresponding to each display line) The closest zero or integer value not exceeding this calculated value is information for specifying the display line. Then, the display line corresponding to the determined operation time is determined as the display start position of the work. For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG.
Since the display start time 1:00 of the operation 1-1 of the machine 1 on the first day of the month is included in the first half of the operation time, the first display line of the display line number “2” is the first display line. It is determined as one display line. That is, the calculated value is obtained as (display start time) ÷ (operating time) = 1/6, so that the display line specified by “0” (the first display line) is the display start position of work 1-1. Is determined as

As described above, when the display start position of the work specified by the work counter is determined, the value obtained by subtracting the numerical value specifying the display start position from the “number of display lines” is the “number of lines” of the facility. It is determined whether or not the number is equal to or more than the "display number" (S504). This is because the number of remaining lines to be displayed (the number of displays) after the display start position determined as described above and the number of display rows (the number of displays) determined from the display start position determined as described above. If the number of subsequent display lines is larger than the number of display lines (the number of display lines−the display start position), all the work cannot be displayed within the “number of display lines”, and this is performed to avoid such a situation. . For example, in the case where the “number of display lines” is “2” and the “number of displays” (number of operations to be displayed) of the facility is “2”, the display lines after the display start position determined as described above If the number is larger than the number of display lines (the number of display lines−the display start position), all the operations cannot be displayed in the “number of display lines”, so that such a situation is avoided. For example, "number of display lines" is "2"
And the "display number" (the number of operations to be displayed) of the facility is "2"
In the case of, if the display start position of the first work determined based on the operation time zone as described above is the second display line (specified by “1”), the next work is displayed. There are no display lines to be displayed. In order to avoid such a situation, the above processing (S504) is performed.

If the value obtained by subtracting the numerical value specifying the display start position determined as described above from the “number of display lines” does not reach the “number of display lines” of the facility, the “number of display lines” A numerical value obtained by subtracting the "display number" of the facility is set as a numerical value specifying the display start position (S5).
05). For example, as described above, the “number of display lines” is “2”.
In the case where the "display number" of the facility is "2" and the display start position of the first operation determined based on the operation time zone as described above is the second display line, the number of display lines A numerical value “0” obtained by subtracting the display number “2” of the facility from “2” is set as a numerical value specifying the display start position (first display line).

On the other hand, if the value obtained by subtracting the numerical value specifying the display start position from the "number of display lines" is equal to or greater than the "number of displays" of the facility (YES in S504), the determination is further performed as described above. It is determined whether the displayed start position has already been determined as a display start position for another operation (S
508). Here, if the display start position is not already determined as the display start position of another work (S508)
NO), the display start position determined based on the operation time zone as described above is recognized as the final display start position.

When the display start position of the work specified by the work counter is determined as described above, the work name and the supplementary information are added to the display line determined as the display start position corresponding to the facility (see FIG. 4). S506). For example, in the case of the example illustrated in FIG. 3, on the display date of October 1, the work name of the work 1-1 and the corresponding supplementary information (product A) starting from the time 9:00 of the machine 1 are displayed on the display date. Of the two display lines (the number of display lines) assigned to the first display line (display start position specified by “0”).

As described above, when the work name or the like of the work specified by the count value of the work counter is displayed on the determined display line, it means that the display processing for one work of the facility has been completed. Then, the "number of operations" of the facility is decremented by -1 (S507), and a series of operation display processing ends. As described above, every time the display process for one work is completed, the “display number” is decremented by −1, so the “work number” always indicates the number of undisplayed works of the facility. Will be.

If the display start position determined as described above is already determined as a display start position for another work (YES in S508), the "display number" of the facility is changed from the "display line number". Is determined as the display start position (S505). This is because when the start times of a plurality of works are in the operating time zone (operating time per day / number of displayed rows) corresponding to the same display row obtained as described above, the second and subsequent works are performed. The determined display start position is for dealing with a situation where the display start position of the first operation has already been determined. For example, when the “number of display lines” is “2” and the “display number” of a certain facility is “2”, the display start position of the first operation is specified as “0”, and the display start position of the next operation is specified. May be specified as “0” (by the processing of S503). In this case, the next work is determined as the display start position specified by the value “1” obtained by subtracting the current work number “1” from the display line number “2”, that is, the second display line. (Step S505).

Returning to FIG. 4, the 1
When the display process for one task (S5) is completed, a continuous display process is executed (S6). This continuous display processing is performed for work that is continuously performed for a time exceeding the operation time zone corresponding to the number of display rows determined by the “number of display rows”.
This is a process of displaying a continuation mark (for example, △) at a position following the above-described display start position.

In the continuation display processing, the display position of the continuation mark is determined based on the end time of the work specified by the count value of the work counter and the equipment of the work.
Specifically, the continuous display process is executed according to the procedure shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, first, work information (see FIG. 3)
, It is determined whether or not the end time of the specified work is beyond the display date (S601). here,
If the end time of the work is on the display date (N in S600)
O), The display end time is determined from the difference between the end time and the operation start time of the factory from the difference between the display end time and the operation start time of the factory (S603). In the case of the example of FIG. 3, on the display date of October 2, the end time 18:00 and the operation start time (for example, 8: 8) of the work 1-3 of the machine 1 specified by the count value (= 1) of the work counter. 00) is determined as the display end time.

The display end position of the work of the facility is calculated from the display end time (S604). This display end position is calculated as follows. Similarly to the work display process (see FIG. 6), the operation time of the display day (eg, 12 hours from 8:00 to 20:00) is divided by the “number of display lines”. As a result, the operation time allocated to each display row is obtained. For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, dividing the operation time of 12 hours by the number of display lines “3” on the display date of October 2 gives 4 hours of operation time assigned to each display line.

When the operation time assigned to each display line is obtained in this way, it is determined which display line corresponds to the display end time determined as described above within the operation time. You. Specifically, the determination is made according to the next calculated value, as in the work display processing. (Display end time) / (Operating time corresponding to each display line) The closest integer value not exceeding this calculated value is the information for specifying the display line. Then, the display line for the determined operation time is determined as the display end position of the work.
For example, in the case of the example illustrated in FIG. 3, on the display date of October 2, the display end time 10:00 of the operation 1-3 of the machine 1 is:
Since it is included in the third operation time zone, the third display line out of the display line number “3” is determined as the display line at which the display of the work 1-3 ends. That is, since the calculated value is obtained as (display end time) / (operating time) = 10/4, the display line specified by “2” (the third display line) is the display end of the work 1-3. Determined as position.

Next, "display position WK" is set to a value obtained by adding 1 to the display start position of the work determined in the work display processing described above (S605). Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the “display position WK” has exceeded the display end position determined as described above (S606). If not, it is specified by the value of the “display position WK”. A continuation mark (△) is displayed on the display line. (S606). For example, in the case of the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the display line next to the second display line specified by the numerical value “1” which is the display start position of the operation 1-2 of the machine 1 on the display date of October 2 A continuation mark (△) is displayed at (specified by the numerical value “2”) (S606). For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG.
Continues on the second display line (specified by the numerical value “2”) following the second display line specified by the numerical value “1”, which is the display start position of the operation 1-2 of the machine 1 on October 2 A mark (△) is displayed (see FIG. 8).

Thus, the first continuation mark (マ ー ク)
Is displayed, the "display position WK" is incremented by one (S608). Then, the "display position W
The above processes (S607, S608, S606) are repeatedly executed until “K” exceeds the display end position determined as described above. When the “display position WK” exceeds the display end position, the continuous display processing ends. As a result, a continuation mark (△) is displayed for the work from the display line next to the display start position to the display line at the display end position.

When the display start position and the display end position have the same value, that is, when the start time and the end time of the work are included in the operation time zone corresponding to one display line, 1 is set as the display start position. Is added to the value of the “display position WK” since the display end position is exceeded from the beginning (YE in S606).
S), no continuation mark is displayed. On the other hand, when the end time of the work specified by the count value of the work counter exceeds the display date (YES in S601), the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the “number of display lines” is the last display line of the display day. The above processing (S605 to S608) is executed in a state where the display end position is set to the last display line on the display day.

If there is no work display on the display day due to work continuing from the previous day (the work start position is the same as the display line on the previous day), for example, work 2- in the example of FIG. In the case of 1, the display start position of the display day is specified by “−1”. As a result, the initial value of the “display position WK” becomes “0” (processing in S605), and the continuation mark (△) is displayed from the first display line on the display day.

Returning to FIG. 4, when the continuous display processing (S6) for the work specified by the count value of the work counter is completed as described above, the work counter is incremented by +1 (S7), and the count value is incremented. It is determined whether or not has reached the initially set number of display operations (the total number of operations to be displayed) (S8). If the count value has not reached the number of display operations, the operation display process (S5), the continuation display process (S6), and the operation counter increment process (S7) are repeatedly executed for the operation specified by the operation counter. Is done.

In the course of the processing, when the count value of the work counter reaches the number of displayed works, the display date is advanced to the next (S
9) It is determined whether the display date has exceeded the display end date (the last day of the work schedule) (S10). If the set display date does not exceed the display end date (YES in S10), the above-described processes (S2 to S10) are repeatedly executed. In the process, the work of each facility, supplementary information, and continuation mark (△) are sequentially displayed on the display line assigned to each display date. Then, when the display date exceeds the last display date, the work schedule table creation processing ends.

As a result of the work schedule table creation processing, for example,
A work schedule as shown in FIG. 8 is created from the work information shown in FIG. 3, and this work schedule is displayed on the display unit 40. When the user inputs a printout request using the input unit 10, the work schedule is printed out from the printer of the output unit 50. When the user inputs a printout request using the input unit 10, the work schedule is printed out from the printer of the output unit 50.

In the work schedule created as described above,
Since the direction of the time axis (vertical direction) is different from the arrangement direction (horizontal direction) of the character strings representing the work of each facility, even if the display characters are increased, display for a unit period (for example, one day) is performed. There is no need to increase the area. Therefore, more information on the work of each facility can be displayed on the work schedule over a longer period.

Further, since the display area allocated to a unit period (for example, one day) is variable according to the amount of work, no useless display area can be allocated in a time zone where there is no work. . As a result, more information on the work of each facility can be displayed on the work schedule. Further, since one display line is assigned to a day on which no work is performed, it is possible to prevent the presence of a day on which no work is performed from being unclear.

The relationship between each processing in the above example and each means according to the present invention is as follows. The processing in step S3 shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to the first means.
The processes in 5 and S6 correspond to the second means and the third means. Also, the processing in step S503 shown in FIG. 6 corresponds to the display start area determining means in the second means,
The processing in step S506 corresponds to the schedule information description means in the third means. Step S6 shown in FIG.
The processing in step 04 corresponds to the display end area determining means in the second means, and the processing in step S607 corresponds to the continuation schedule information description means in the third means.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention as set forth in claims 1 to 6, in the schedule entry area of each management item extending in the time axis direction, the length of the unit period in the time axis direction is reduced. Will depend on the number of scheduled allocation time zones to which schedule information should be assigned. If the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in the unit period is small, the The axial length can be further reduced. Therefore, it is possible to increase the number of unit times that can be included in the schedule table having a certain width in the time axis direction, and as a result, it is possible to create a schedule table capable of displaying as much information as possible. It is possible to provide a schedule table creation support system that performs

Further, it is possible to provide a storage medium storing the program described in claim 7.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schedule table (Gantt chart) created by a conventional system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer system to which the schedule table creation support system according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing work information input as basic data for creating a work schedule;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a work schedule table creation process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process of calculating a “display number” and a “display row number” for each facility in a work schedule table creation process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a work display process in a work schedule table creation process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a continuous display process in a work schedule table creation process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a work schedule table obtained as a result of the work schedule table creation process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 input unit 20 display unit 30 control unit (CPU) 40 memory unit 50 output unit 60 auxiliary storage unit 70 CD-ROM unit 80 CD-ROM

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A schedule allocation time zone to which schedule information for a plurality of management items is to be allocated is input, and an area having a length in a time axis direction corresponding to each schedule allocation time zone for each management item is defined by the time axis. In a schedule table creation support system for creating a schedule table described in an area in which corresponding schedule information is arranged in a schedule entry area extending in the direction, each management item included in each unit period First means for determining a unit area corresponding to each time zone obtained by dividing the unit period in the schedule entry area of each management item based on the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for Second means for determining a unit area corresponding to a time zone including each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item from the set unit area, and Schedule creation support system having a third means for describing the unit area corresponding to a time zone included the scheduled assignment time zone the schedule information corresponding to the urging hours. 2. The schedule table creation support system according to claim 1, wherein said second means determines a unit area corresponding to a time zone including a start time of each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item. Start area determining means, and display end area determining means for determining a unit area corresponding to a time zone including an end time of each scheduled allocation time zone for each management item, wherein the display end area determining means determines the unit area. A schedule table creation support system for determining a continuous unit area from the unit area to the area determined by the display end area determining means as a unit area corresponding to a time zone including the scheduled allocation time zone. 3. The schedule table creation support system according to claim 2, wherein said third means comprises: a first schedule corresponding to the scheduled allocation time zone in the unit area determined by said display start area determination means. Schedule information description means for describing information; and second schedule information in each unit area from a unit area following the unit area determined by the display disclosure determination means to a unit area determined by the end area determination means. A schedule table creation support system comprising continuation schedule information description means for describing a schedule. 4. The schedule table creation support system according to claim 1, wherein the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in the unit period is zero. The means is a schedule table creation support system including means for determining at least one unit area corresponding to the entire unit period. 5. The schedule table creation support system according to claim 1, wherein said first means determines each unit area having a constant length in the time axis direction. Creation support system. 6. The schedule table creation support system according to claim 1, wherein said third means writes a character string representing schedule information in a direction different from a time axis in each unit area. Schedule table creation support system. 7. A schedule allocation time zone to which schedule information for a plurality of management items is to be allocated, and an area having a length in the time axis direction corresponding to each schedule allocation time zone for each management item is the time axis. A computer executes processing in a schedule table creation support system for creating a schedule table described in an area described in an area in which corresponding schedule information is arranged in a schedule entry area extending in the direction. In the storage medium storing the program for performing the above, the corresponding period in the schedule entry area of each management item is divided based on the maximum value of the number of scheduled allocation time zones for each management item included in each unit period. The first procedure for determining the unit area corresponding to each time zone obtained from the above, and for each management item from the determined unit area A second procedure for determining a unit area corresponding to a time zone including each scheduled allocation time zone, and a schedule information corresponding to each scheduled allocation time zone being converted into a unit area corresponding to a time zone including the scheduled allocation time zone. A storage medium storing a program including the third procedure described in (1).