To create a schedule:
- Select the Schedule tab under Team Management.
- Select the plus (+) icon that appears whenever hovering over an employees block.
Once the “+” icon is selected, the user has the ability to:
- Set a name for the shift by selecting the ”Shift Name Box.”.
- Set the start and end time by using the dropdown menus at different times (numbers are able to be typed in as well) .
- Add any standard break times for the shift at hand, if applicable, by selecting the blue “Add Break” button.
- Save the shift as a template that can be used to quickly create schedules of the same criteria in the future by selecting the “Save as template” checkbox.
- If there are already shift templates created, they would be able to be selected in the “Template” dropdown menu.
- If there is a specific job that would need to be worked during this shift, it would be able to be selected in the “Jobs” dropdown menu.
- Adding a color to the shift can be useful in creating differentiation between the different shifts in the schedule layout.
- To save time in creating a schedule of a week or longer. the ability to have a shift repeat for as long as needed is provided when the “Repeat” icon is selected.
The scheduled shift will appear on the schedule.
Note: It will not be officially scheduled until you publish the shift. To publish a shift, select the blue Publish button that appears on the upper right.
A modal window will appear asking how you wish to handle the notifications to users of changes to their schedule.
You can:
- Notify all users of the new schedule
- Notify employees with changes only
- Don't send notifications.
Note, if you do not send a notification, the employee may be unaware of their schedule change unless they log in.