A more complicated solver scenario, I think?

NArawna

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Hi, I just watched the solver video which gives a basic introduction on how to use it and I would like some advice is solver can perform in the following scenario


  1. Each year 25 customers are distributed between the 5 staff members based on a workload ability
  2. Next the staff pick and equal or greater number of customers who they feel their skill set will help as a backup, As there are a greater number of Backup choices there will be some overlap.
  3. Finally the staff are allocated their backup customers ensuring they meet at least their workload ability quota,

Here's a sample set of data for part 1.

StaffCustomers
NameWorkloadNamePrimary Support Backup
Bennie5AdaGita
Marchelle3AwildaMarchelle
Gita7BeulaGita
Albert4BrennaBennie
Cecil6DeloraBennie
ElishaAlbert
EstaMarchelle
JanisAlbert
JannGita
JulissaCecil
KareemCecil
LacyGita
MaidaGita
MartaCecil
NadeneBennie
NanciCecil
PreciousAlbert
RebbecaCecil
ReneGita
RoyAlbert
SherieCecil
SooBennie
SorayaGita
SuziMarchelle
WilmerBennie

<tbody>
</tbody>

And here is a sample set of data for the staffs choices as backup

BennieAdaElishaJanisKareemLacyNanci
MarchelleBeulaBrennaDeloraJulissaMaidaPreciousReneSooSuzi
GitaAdaDeloraEstaJulissaMartaNadeneRoySoo
AlbertAwildaEstaJannJulissaMaidaNadeneRebbecaSherieWilmer
CecilBeulaElishaEstaLacyNadenePreciousReneSoraya

<tbody>
</tbody>

As you can see each staff member has picked, at least, or more than, their current workload figures. I now need to distribute each staff member as the backup making sure that they do not conflict with the primary support and everyone gets a single backup.

I hope I have explained the question correctly and please feel free to give me some pointers on how I can achieve this.
 

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