Orchestra Personnel Management
These guides cover Personnel Management in OPAS – information for musicians, attendance and rosters, and payroll.
Our support pages contain PDF and YouTube links for only the most requested items in OPAS Program Areas. There are many other guides available; please contact Technical Support if you need anything you don’t see here.
You can also find many video guides on the Personnel Management YouTube playlist
Manage Musicians
| PDFk | Video | Topic/Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Entering new Substitute / Extra Musicians | Putting new orchestra members into the Address Book |
| | | Default Seating | Set the default seating or section assignments for musicians |
Manage Attendance
| Video | Topic/Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| | | Service Attendance Area | The primary section of OPAS used for assigning and rostering musicians. This guide provides an overview to basic operation. |
| Removing Services | Deleting or Removing assignments in the Service Attendance area | |
| | Drag-Drop Seating | Using the drag/drop seating add-on to roster the orchestra for concerts | |
| | Create Attendance Types | Create and edit the various absence/presence categories used by your organization |
| Create New Sections | Modify the Service Attendance area to show different groups of combined orchestra sections to, for example, assign Timpani and Percussion at the same time | |
| Manage Events | Making sure the activities you wish to see in Service Attendance appear there, and the ones you don’t are omitted |
Reports / Analysis
| Video | Topic/Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emailing Reports | Sending formatted Word reports such as contracts and event information notices via email | |
| Budget Worksheets | Excel workbooks that allow you to project personnel costs based on instrumentation |