Tail plans

If an occurrence in the long-term plan has an input arrival time within the date range of the current plan, it is included in the current plan when the plan is created or extended. If the occurrence cannot be completed before the end of the current plan, the current plan is extended internally, up to 28 days beyond the start of the specified planning period to include the entire occurrence. This period beyond the end of the normal plan is called the tail plan.

The tail plan includes work that is planned to start during or before the current planning period, but is not planned to complete before the end of the planning period. New applications with input arrival during the time covered by the tail plan are not included; instead, these will be added by the subsequent daily plan. These applications are included in the current plan as usual when you extend the current plan beyond their input arrival times.

Operations that belong to included occurrences, but are not scheduled to start within the period of the tail plan, are given the date and time of the end of the tail plan as a start date and time.