SARS Software Products, Inc.
   
 
  Product:  SARS·PLAN


SARS·PLAN is an on-screen calendar/planner with point and click capability. Advisors can schedule and mark their workdays. Administrators can establish the types of days to be worked, the beginning and end dates of the term or year, and the required number of advisor workdays and hours, as well as other scheduling criteria.


SARS·PLAN Features

SARS·PLAN tallies days and hours as advisors enter their work plans. Advisors will know immediately whether they are committing to the requisite number of days and hours. Administrators can consolidate all work plans to evaluate office coverage and then review and approve individual work plans. Administrators can lock the system to prevent changes by advisors after work plans have been approved. Reports displaying advisors' individual and consolidated work plans may be generated for posting.

An add-on Text Messaging component is available that can be used to notify advisors when it is time to create schedules for the next term.


SARS·PLAN Benefits

• Advisors can enter their desired schedules for administrative review and approval.
• Specially identified "hot" days and other date attributes assist advisors in making selections.
• Administrators can print individual or consolidated reports for review or approval.
• Detailed advisors' schedules can be created in SARS·PLAN and used in SARS·GRID, eliminating duplication of effort.
• Saves significant time for advisors and administrators.
SARS·PLAN System Requirements

SARS·PLAN is installed on a server and accessed by client computers.

For the Text Messaging option, colleges must have text messaging hardware and a text plan that we support. Contact us for more information.

Software:

SARS·PLAN is written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and uses ADO/ODBC to access its database. SARS·PLAN has been tested and deployed with Microsoft SQL Server. Several different third party OCXs are used to enhance the capability of Visual Basic.
Client Workstation (Minimum System Requirements):
Operating System: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
Computer: Pentium IV 600 MHz or higher
Memory: At least 1 GB of main system memory
Disk Space:

 At least 35 MB of hard disk storage
File/Database Server (Minimum System Requirements):
SARS·PLAN works with any Windows-compatible network. It has been successfully tested on Novell, Windows 2000 - 2008 Server operating systems with Microsoft SQL Server. The system has an initial requirement of 35 megabytes of disk space per application, but requires additional disk space as the data stored in the system grows.
The SARS·PLAN Package

• One SARS·PLAN site license usable by an unlimited number of departments, and even branch campuses, of a single college/university
• One copy of SARS·PLAN software
• One copy of SARS·PLAN documentation
• On screen help integrated within SARS·PLAN
• One full year of SARS·PLAN upgrades
• One full year of support via phone, fax, e-mail or internet
 


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