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The manager is a [[noble]] that allows players to create multiple production orders. Players can rapidly dispatch any number of jobs from a single screen, without having to add tasks to individual [[workshop]]s. The manager also lets a player set up profiles for workshops.
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The '''manager''' is a useful [[noble]] that allows players to create multiple [[Work orders]], and also lets them set up profiles for workshops. This means that players can rapidly dispatch any number of jobs from a single screen, without having to add tasks to individual [[workshop]]s.  
  
 
==Relevant Skills==
 
==Relevant Skills==
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A certain set of skills are relevant for any manager. Furthermore, certain [[personality trait]]s influence whether any experience is gained in the skill. There are [[Attribute#Soul_Attributes|soul attributes]] that affect the skills, and other skills that affect the same attribute’s cross training. The ones relevant for a manager are as follows:
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A certain set of skills are relevant for any manager. Furthermore, certain [[personality trait]]s influence whether any experience is gained in the skill. There are [[Attribute#Soul_Attributes|soul attributes]] that affect the skills, and other skills that affect the same attributes' cross-training. The ones relevant for a manager are as follows:
 
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The better match with the skills, traits and attributes in the table above, the better manager a dwarf will be. Try to avoid traits that halt experience gain for a relevant skill, otherwise time will be lost training a dwarf who will never get better at that skill.
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The better match with the skills, traits and attributes in the table above, the better of a manager a dwarf will be. Try to avoid traits that halt experience gain for a relevant skill, otherwise time will be lost training a dwarf who will never get better at that skill.
  
 
==Office==
 
==Office==
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A manager only performs his duties in his office, so it is absolutely necessary to assign one. Since only a meager office is required, a single chair in the [[dining room]] will suffice.
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A manager only performs their duties in their office, so it's absolutely necessary to assign them one, though they only require a meager office.
  
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To set up a dwarf to be the manager and give him an office:
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To set up a dwarf to be the manager and give them an office:
  
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#Hit {{K|n}} to enter the Nobles screen
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#Open the Nobles screen by pressing {{K|n}} or the crown button on the bottom left toolbar.
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#Select Manager and hit {{K|Enter}}. Assign a dwarf to be the manager. If nobody is particularly suited to the job, picking the Expedition Leader is a reasonable choice.
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#Select the {{K|+}} button next to Manager which will bring up a list of valid candidates in your fort; those with applicable skills will be at the top of the list. Click on the candidate of your choosing; if nobody is particularly suited to the job, picking the Expedition Leader is a reasonable choice. You will see that the Study icon (the chair symbol) for the Manager position is red, meaning their requirement for an office is not met.  Exit the Nobles screen.
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#Build a [[chair]] somewhere or locate an existing chair.
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#Use the Zones tool {{K|z}} to paint an Office zone in a location and of a size you desire. Once the zone is placed, and while it is still selected, press the Assign dwarf button and choose the dwarf you've assigned to the Manager position to make this their office.
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#Use the {{K|q}} command and place the cursor on the chair. Select the option to make the area into an [[Office]] and assign your manager as the owner of the office.
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#Build a [[chair]] inside the Office zone you've placed. Other furniture can also be included if you wish to increase the room value, but it must at least have a chair.
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#Once this is done, if you return to the Nobles screen you will see that the Study icon for the Manager position is now green, their need for an office met. You should now be able to queue up work orders.
  
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At this point the red {{DFtext|[REQUIRE]|4:1}} under "Manager" should have disappeared from the {{K|n}}obles screen and you should be able to queue up work orders.
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It is trivially easy for a manager to get experience in the [[organizer]] skill. Just queue a lot of jobs to produce 30 of something, such as [[loom|Collect Webs]], which appears first on the list.  The manager will gain experience when validating the order, not when the order is finished. You can cancel the order after it's validated, if you wish.
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It is trivially easy for a manager to get experience in the [[Organizer]] skill. Just queue a lot of jobs to produce 30 of something, such as [[loom|Collect Webs]], which appears first on the list.  The manager will gain experience when validating the order, not when the order is finished. You can cancel the order after it is validated if you wish.
 
  
 
{{a|The manager screen}}
 
{{a|The manager screen}}
  
 
== Work orders ==
 
== Work orders ==
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Work orders are an advanced feature of [[Workshop#Management|Workshop Management]] that becomes available with a manager. It allows easier management, automation and/or fine control of the various activities needed to maintain a well-oiled fort. The manager screen lists all work orders in the fortress, shows their status and allows to modify them and place new general orders. It is accessed from the main screen through the {{K|o}}rders menu, or the clipboard icon in the bottom left of the screen.
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For detailed usage, see [[Work orders]].
  
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Creating a '''work order''' works like this:
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Work orders can also be created that apply only to specific workshops. This is done using the clipboard button on the Work orders tab of the individual workshop's interface.  See [[Workshop]] for more information.
  
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#Hit {{K|j}}-{{K|m}} or {{K|u}}-{{K|m}} to enter the Manager screen.
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==Disadvantages==
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#Press {{K|q}} to create a new work order
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One disadvantage of the work order system is that once your fortress reaches 20 citizens, work orders will not be performed until they are validated by the manager. Work order validation appears to be fairly high priority, but it's best to ensure your manager has ample free time and isn't typically called far from the office for timely order validation.
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#Start typing (part of) the name of the item you want to produce. This will cause menu options that don't match the string you type to disappear from the menu.
 
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#Use the directional keys to select the specific type item you want.
 
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#Enter the quantity of items you want to produce.
 
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#Your work order will appear in the list. You can remove it or raise its priority.
 
  
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If there are at least 20 dwarves total then the manager will need to go to his office to "validate" each work order before it is acted on. If a manager is somehow occupied with other things then this might take a while, so in larger forts you might want to make sure your manager is not overly burdened with other labors. (For example, disabling hauling and cleaning for the manager might be a good idea.) The manager will also not perform his or her duties if on break, drinking, attending a party, asleep or otherwise incapacitated (perhaps due to wounds).  Managers don't require writing materials such as [[paper]] or [[scroll]]s to validate production orders.
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A second disadvantage is that if there is more than one workshop which can fulfill a particular job set (such as several ordinary [[glass furnace]]s dedicated to [[sand]] collection, plus several [[magma glass furnace]]s for actual glass production) then the manager will distribute the jobs amongst all those workshops. While this can be an advantage (for example, if you want to speed up the work orders by having multiple workshops), this will make it difficult to dedicate different workshops to different tasks. This can be prevented by entering the interface of specific workshops and moving to the Work orders menu; setting "General work orders allowed" to 0 will prevent the manager from assigning tasks.
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To see if an order is approved, check the manager screen — approved orders will have a green checkmark, while unapproved orders will have a red X. Job orders will remain enqueued until the manager is once again in his (or her) office.
 
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After a production order is approved, corresponding tasks will be automatically added to applicable workshops until the production quota has been met. You can add conditions to an order to automatically restart the job without the need to have manager approve it again.
 
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There are four kind of conditions:
 
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Item condition which refers to the amount an item.
 
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Order condition which refers to the status of another order.
 
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Conditions from reagents/materials which are about the availability of the items needed to make a job.
 
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Conditions on products, which refers to the product made by the job.
 
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An [[announcement]] appears when each order is completed. For repeating orders, the manager then checks (at the selected time interval) for the conditions to become true again before restarting the order.
 
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In repeating work orders, the quantity of items is treated as a batch size rather than a target number for total items to be produced. The quantity is set when creating the work order, and cannot be changed without redoing the entire order, conditions and all. A repeating work order will not abort mid-batch due to job cancellation or changed conditions. Be forewarned that perpetual (infinite) orders ''only check their conditions the first time they become true'', since the (infinitely-sized) batch never completes. This can lead to confusion and frustration, as the order ''will '''never''' stop, regardless of failed conditions''!
 
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Here's a guide to setting up functional work orders: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158287.0
 
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== Setting workshop profiles==
 
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The manager also allows players to change a [[workshop]]'s "Profile". To edit a workshop's Profile, select a workshop with {{k|q}} and press {{k|P}}.
 
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The workshop Profile enables players to restrict the dwarves that can use it and the minimum and maximum [[skill]] level required to use the workshop. They can choose who specifically can use the workshop by pressing enter on their name to permit/forbid their use of the workshop.
 
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Additionally, using the Work Orders tab on the Profile screen will allow the manager to queue work orders specific to that workshop.  Pressing Enter on the Work Orders tab will toggle whether or not the workshop will accept general work orders or only those set through the workshop's Profile.
 
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Dwarves with strange moods seem to able to claim a workshop even if they do not meet the profile criteria.
 
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A note of caution: workshop profiles persist<sup>v0.31.12</sup> even if the manager is killed, which can lead to workshops becoming unusable if the manager is killed and the dwarves permitted into the workshop die or are reassigned.  Furthermore, workshop profiles seem to be slightly buggy.  Adequate (rusty) weaponsmiths have been seen using a forge with the skill min/max both set to "Dabbling".  This may be somewhat irritating if peasants are undergoing training.
 
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==Disadvantages==
 
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A disadvantage of overusing the manager menu is that the jobs requested will be fulfilled mostly in the order they were requested. This means that if you choose to make 30 barrels and 30 bins, the bins may not be produced until ''all'' of the barrels are done. Additionally, should another order be given at a carpenter's workshop, the existing tasks may need to be canceled or suspended. These problems are avoidable as long as the manager is not used too heavily, and if production orders are of relatively small amounts.
 
  
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A useful trick to quickly clear the queue of a [[workshop]] is to slate the workshop for removal and then cancel this action.
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==Note==
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In older versions of Dwarf Fortress, options could be set to restrict the allowed tasks at any workshop using Workshop Profiles. This feature needed the manager but has been removed.
  
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A second disadvantage is that if there is more than one workshop which can fulfill a particular job set (such as several ordinary [[glass furnace]]s dedicated to [[sand]] collection, plus several [[magma glass furnace]]s for actual glass production) then the manager will distribute the jobs amongst all those workshops. While this can be an advantage (for example, if you want to speed up the work orders by having multiple workshops), this will make it difficult to dedicate different workshops to different tasks. To circumvent this, one solution is to fill a workshop with repeat or suspended tasks to prevent it from accepting manager orders. Currently however is possible to link a job order to particular sets of workshops, lessening this issue.
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==See also==
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* [[Work Orders]]
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* [[Workshop]]
  
 
{{gamedata| [POSITION:MANAGER]
 
{{gamedata| [POSITION:MANAGER]

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Manager
Room requirements  
Office Meager Office
Quarters None
Dining room None
Tomb None
Furniture requirements
Chests None
Cabinets None
Weapon racks None
Armor stands None
Other
Mandates None
Demands None
Arrival conditions
Function
  • Allows large production orders.

The manager is a useful noble that allows players to create multiple Work orders, and also lets them set up profiles for workshops. This means that players can rapidly dispatch any number of jobs from a single screen, without having to add tasks to individual workshops.

Relevant Skills[edit]

A certain set of skills are relevant for any manager. Furthermore, certain personality traits influence whether any experience is gained in the skill. There are soul attributes that affect the skills, and other skills that affect the same attributes' cross-training. The ones relevant for a manager are as follows:

Skill (relevant for manager) Personality Trait (needed to gain social skill) Attribute (affected by social skill)
Body Soul
Organizer Analytical ability
Creativity
Social awareness

The better match with the skills, traits and attributes in the table above, the better of a manager a dwarf will be. Try to avoid traits that halt experience gain for a relevant skill, otherwise time will be lost training a dwarf who will never get better at that skill.

Office[edit]

A manager only performs their duties in their office, so it's absolutely necessary to assign them one, though they only require a meager office.

To set up a dwarf to be the manager and give them an office:

  1. Open the Nobles screen by pressing n or the crown button on the bottom left toolbar.
  2. Select the + button next to Manager which will bring up a list of valid candidates in your fort; those with applicable skills will be at the top of the list. Click on the candidate of your choosing; if nobody is particularly suited to the job, picking the Expedition Leader is a reasonable choice. You will see that the Study icon (the chair symbol) for the Manager position is red, meaning their requirement for an office is not met. Exit the Nobles screen.
  3. Use the Zones tool z to paint an Office zone in a location and of a size you desire. Once the zone is placed, and while it is still selected, press the Assign dwarf button and choose the dwarf you've assigned to the Manager position to make this their office.
  4. Build a chair inside the Office zone you've placed. Other furniture can also be included if you wish to increase the room value, but it must at least have a chair.
  5. Once this is done, if you return to the Nobles screen you will see that the Study icon for the Manager position is now green, their need for an office met. You should now be able to queue up work orders.

It is trivially easy for a manager to get experience in the organizer skill. Just queue a lot of jobs to produce 30 of something, such as Collect Webs, which appears first on the list. The manager will gain experience when validating the order, not when the order is finished. You can cancel the order after it's validated, if you wish.

Work orders[edit]

Work orders are an advanced feature of Workshop Management that becomes available with a manager. It allows easier management, automation and/or fine control of the various activities needed to maintain a well-oiled fort. The manager screen lists all work orders in the fortress, shows their status and allows to modify them and place new general orders. It is accessed from the main screen through the orders menu, or the clipboard icon in the bottom left of the screen. For detailed usage, see Work orders.

Work orders can also be created that apply only to specific workshops. This is done using the clipboard button on the Work orders tab of the individual workshop's interface. See Workshop for more information.

Disadvantages[edit]

One disadvantage of the work order system is that once your fortress reaches 20 citizens, work orders will not be performed until they are validated by the manager. Work order validation appears to be fairly high priority, but it's best to ensure your manager has ample free time and isn't typically called far from the office for timely order validation.

A second disadvantage is that if there is more than one workshop which can fulfill a particular job set (such as several ordinary glass furnaces dedicated to sand collection, plus several magma glass furnaces for actual glass production) then the manager will distribute the jobs amongst all those workshops. While this can be an advantage (for example, if you want to speed up the work orders by having multiple workshops), this will make it difficult to dedicate different workshops to different tasks. This can be prevented by entering the interface of specific workshops and moving to the Work orders menu; setting "General work orders allowed" to 0 will prevent the manager from assigning tasks.

Note[edit]

In older versions of Dwarf Fortress, options could be set to restrict the allowed tasks at any workshop using Workshop Profiles. This feature needed the manager but has been removed.

See also[edit]

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