Add Shifts Manually (one or more)

Add Shifts To a Schedule

In our system a "shift" is the time one employee works at a job for a day. So if between 8am-5pm you need 4 cashiers this would be 4 different shifts in our system.

Normally it is best to use the By Employee Schedule View to add shifts because it allows you to quickly add shifts without the page reloading each time. To Add a shift on that view you can click the cell that corresponds to the Employee/day OR by you can use the Add Shifts button on any schedule view, (see instructions below).

The only information required for adding a new shift is the position, begin and end time and day(s) to add the shift. Below is an overview of the many options that can also be chosen when adding a shift. Keep in mind that normally you will be using Import to bring in your shifts each week - after adding your initial week's shifts you should only need to add shifts if you need more than you had the previous week.

Click here for Quick Adding Shifts using the recommended By Employee View

Shifts can also be added from any schedule view using the Add Shifts button

From any weekly Schedule View:

Hover over the Week of....section and click the week you want to navigate to it. (Or click the

arrow or the calendar) (1.)

Click the Add Shifts button to open the Add Shifts window (2.)

1. Category (optional) - if you have created categories you can choose a category to pre-populate the fields with your "category default" information and then click the 7. Add This Shift button. If you do not use categories select/enter in the options as follows:
2. Select A Position for this shift
3. Begin and End Time for the shift - Enter the time with the letter a or p after it to indicate AM or PM. (Ex. 816a) or enter as military time. You can enter any times you like down to the minute.

4. Enter Paid Hours (optional) - (Duration of shift) - if the shift includes unpaid lunch or break time you can uncheck the Auto Calculate box and enter the time the employee will be paid (Ex. 8am to 5pm with an hour lunch enter duration of 8 paid hours)

5. Days to add Shift - check off the days you want to add this shift
6. Workers Needed (optional) - if you need more than one worker for this time period to work this position enter how many workers are needed

7. Click the Add This Shift button

Note: After adding the shift(s) the window will stay open for you to enter another shift. For your convenience the Position, begin and end times, etc. are defaulted for the next shift.

To change the times simply click and type the new times. When you are finished adding shifts for all of your Positions click Done and the window will close.

Your schedule will now display with the new shifts and you are ready to make any needed changes and then AutoFill to make the best assignments possible for your shifts.

Optional information that can be entered for any shift

Description - which can be displayed with the shift on the schedules (Ex. if there are special instructions to the employee or to display meal or BREAK TIMES)

Assign Employee(s) -You can assign an employee manually when adding a shift by clicking the employee name (to choose multiple employees hold down Ctrl and click multiple names in the list) In most cases you will leave the assignment as None (unassigned) so that AutoFill will choose the best employee for you.

Categories - If you have shifts with similar begin and end times over multiple Positions you can create categories for faster entry. Click the Category drop down box and choose Add / Edit Categories to create categories with Add Shift default information. (Ex. if you have similar night shifts for different positions you can create a NIGHT category and enter the defaults so that when you Add Shifts you can first choose that Category and the fields will be prepopulated (but changeable) for you.

NOTE: When adding a shift if you choose to assign an employee who is not set up to work that Position you will be given an opportunity to add that position for the employee in a new window - when that windows closes you will the message "Your shift was NOT added" - you must hit the Add Shifts button again to then assign the employee to that shift.