How to Use the HMS Dashboard

The HMS dashboard displays important information including statistics for your hotel's Union Pacific guest flow as well as specific information for each incoming, current, and recently checked out Union Pacific guest.  The HMS dashboard shows the UP employees who are destined for a hotel within the number of hours stored in the dashboard Incoming List window.  It also shows every UP employee who is currently checked into the hotel.  

The dashboard quickly allows the hotel manager or clerk to see if the hotel will be able to accommodate all the UP employees destined for the hotel and to take action in the case that there aren’t enough rooms available.  The text below identifies and explains the various sections of an HMS hotel's Dashboard page including the following:

 

Roles

The Roles dropdown menu displays a job title such as "Commercial Desk Clerk" or "Commercial Hotel General Manager".  Your role will determine the features you have access to in HMS. In most cases, your role will automatically be set based on the user ID you enter upon sign in.  

 

Filter

The Filter section displays the location (City, State Abbreviation) and the Hotel for which HMS is currently displaying information. Both the Location and Hotel will be automatically set for you when you sign in. You can collapse the Filter window by clicking the twistie (-) next to the word Filter.

 

Statistics

If the Statistics window is not opened when you sign in, click on the twistie (+) next to Statistics. This will show a number of tables that house guest statistics for your hotel.

The dashboard includes a display of current statistics that will help hotel management allocate rooms to UP.

Daily/Monthly Statistics

High Demand Events - The High Demand Event chart lists any major upcoming event that may impact hotel room availability. Submit requests for High Demand Events to Travel & Transport to have them added to your HMS dashboard.

Check Ins table - Below general stay statistics table, displays regular, deadhead, and managed stay (MS) check in estimates for the next 2, 6, 12, and 24 hours.

Check Outs table - Next to the Check Ins table, displays the number of scheduled and deadhead checkouts over the next 2, 6, 12, and 24 hours.

Guarantee Stays Vs. Actual Stays Graph - A line graph that compares guarantee stays vs. actual stays over the past seven days.

Click <Refresh Statistics> to update the statistic review.

 

Incoming Guests

A list of employees scheduled to check in appears below the Statistics.  The employee’s name, scheduled check in time, and HMS status will appear on the list.  The default view of the incoming list will show employees sorted by the expected check in time, starting with the next scheduled check in, so that employees who arrive at the check in desk at the hotel will normally be at the top of the incoming list.

The dashboard incoming guest list window defines how many hours into the future the incoming list will look to show incoming employees.  The accuracy of the employees on the incoming guest list will increase as the time of arrival approaches.  The Status section of the Incoming Guests list acts as an indicator of how accurate the time in the Sch Chk In column will be.

Incoming Guest Column Descriptions

Name

Description

Chk In button

Users click this button to check in guests.

Actions dropdown menu

Use the Actions dropdown menu to perform the following:

  • Edit

  • Undo no show

  • Overflow

  • Walk

Emp Name

The name of the employee.  This may not be populated if the employee has not been called.

Sch Chk In

The time the employee is currently scheduled to check in based on the tie up time or projected tie up time.         

Status

The HMS status of the employee. Valid values including the following:

  • Scheduled arrival

  • En route

  • Arrived at destination  

  • Single (in the case of a managed stay)

 

Outgoing Guests

The Outgoing Guests list is an inventory of employees that are currently checked into the hotel.  The employee’s name, room number, expected check out time, and status will appear on the list.  The default view of the outgoing list will show employees sorted by the expected check out time so that employees who are ready to check out next will normally be at the top of the outgoing list.  

 

Outgoing Guest Column Descriptions

Name

Description

Emp Name

The name of the employee.

Room #

The number of the hotel room where the guest is staying.

Sch Chk Out

The time the employee is currently scheduled to check out.  This may be based on the projected on duty time of the next scheduled train, or, if the employee has been called, it will be based on the actual call time the employee was called on duty.

Chk In Len

The amount of time the employee has been checked into this hotel for the current stay.

Status

The HMS status of the employee. Valid values are:

  • Do not disturb - Employees with the Do Not Disturb status are taking required rest time, and it is important that employees with this status are not called or disturbed, nor should anyone knock on their door, and hallways that lead to these guests' rooms should remain as quiet as possible.

  • Scheduled departure - the time a guest's train is scheduled to depart

  • Called to work - the guest has been assigned to a scheduled train

  • Single In - for employees entered via a managed stay

Actions

Use the Actions dropdown menu to perform the following:

  • Check Out

  • Edit

  • Undo Check In

Checked Out Guests

The Checked Out Guests list is below the Outgoing Guests, and is usually collapsed by default. Click the list name to expand the Checked Out Guests list to view the guests who have been checked out over the previous 24 hours. The information the Checked Out Guests list reveals is similar to both the Incoming and Outgoing Guests lists, but the actions you can perform are different.

 

Checked Out Guests Column Descriptions

Name

Description

Emp Name

The name of the employee recently checked out.

Room #

The room number the recently checked out guest was assigned.

Sch Chk Out

The time the employee was checked out.

Chk In Len

The length of a guest's stay.

Status

The HMS status of the employee. Valid values are as follows:

  • Auto checked out

  • Checked out

  • Single Out - if a managed stay was checked out

Actions

The actions you can perform from the Checked Out Guests list including the following:

 

  • Check In Again

  • Edit

  • Undo Check Out