A Line Group is used to organize Bid Lines for all or part of a bid year. If a bargaining unit employee (BUE) in your facility bids multiple lines to make up a full year, then you will need to use Line Groups.
For instance, if you bid summer and winter lines or trimesters, then you will need a Line Group for each segment of the year. For Summer/Winter bidding you would need a Summer Line Group and a Winter Line Group. The expectation is that a BUE will select one line from each Line Group before clicking BID.
FAQ
Why can't a BUE bid a line? Why is the BID button greyed out even after the BUE selects a line?
If multiple Line Groups are active, a BUE must select one line from each of the Line Groups. If you aren't expecting this, then you need to deactivate all but one Line Group.
Line Group Settings
ACTIVATE LINE GROUP - Activate/Deactivate the Line Group. You might create a "Test" Line Group to play around with features that you don't want to be visible. When deactivated, a Line Group is only visible to Facility Admins.
NAME - Display name for the Line Group
START/END DATES - This defaults to the start/end of the leave year currently selected for the facility. This should only be changed if the facility/area has more than one ACTIVE Line Group