Skill

A skill defines a certain property that can be assigned to resources.
A load can specify a skill required on the resource.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
name	non-empty string	Name of the skill. This is the key field and a required attribute.
resources	list of resources	A read-only list of all resources having this skill.
action	A C AC (default) R	Type of action to be executed: A: Add an new entity, and report an error if the entity already exists. C: Change an existing entity, and report an error if the entity doesn’t exist yet. AC: Change an entity or create a new one if it doesn’t exist yet. R: Remove an entity, and report an error if the entity doesn’t exist.

Example XML structures

• Adding or changing skills

 <plan>
   <skills>
      <skill name="Qualified operator">
        <resources>
          <resource name="John" />
          <resource name="Paul" />
          <resource name="Neil" />
      </skill>
   </skills>
 </plan>

• Deleting a skill

 <plan>
    <skills>
       <skill name="Qualified operator" action="R"/>
    </skills>
 </plan>

Example Python code

• Adding or changing resource skills

    skill = frepple.skill(name="Qualified operator")
    resource = frepple.resource(name="John")
    skill.addResource(resource)

• Deleting a skill

    frepple.skill(name="Qualified operator", action="R")