
{"id":201,"date":"2018-05-01T20:38:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T20:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2020-09-23T05:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:00:58","slug":"f-availability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-auto-sched-week\/f-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter Availability for Helpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Where do I enter my staff&#8217;s availability?<\/h3>\n<p>Helpers usually sign in and enter their own time preferences (when they prefer, or when they prefer not to be assigned). \u00a0You can also allow them to enter their own \u201cCannot Help times by allowing that option on your <a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-settings\/h-co-settings-emp-perm\/\"><strong>SETTINGS<\/strong>&gt;Global Helper Permissions<\/a>\u00a0page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sstimeprefs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5236\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sstimeprefs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sstimeprefs.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sstimeprefs-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These preferences can be used later by <a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-autofill\/\">AutoFill<\/a> to create the best assignments each week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helpers can also sign in and request &#8220;Time Off&#8221; which you as the coordinator can approve or deny.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-time-off-cannot\/h-emp-ent-timeoff\/\">Approving time off<\/a>\u00a0can remove them from any conflicting shifts automatically.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to enter all Cannot Help times yourself, you can do so by clicking the pencil icon next to the helper name to open the helper details page and then on the second tab, <a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-let-emps-signin\/h-emp-prefs\/\">Schedules &#8211; Preferences<\/a>, you can first click to enter their\u00a0<strong>Repeating Weekly\u00a0<\/strong>Preferences. Set those days and times that are their regular preferences, and then if you have preferences for a specific date that are different, you can click the button to\u00a0<strong>Set Date Specific<\/strong>\u00a0Preferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sssetrepweekh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4525\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sssetrepweekh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sssetrepweekh.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/sssetrepweekh-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: \u00a0WhenToHelp\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-firstsched\/h-add-first-shifts\/\"><strong>does not create shifts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0based on helper preferences,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/guide\/h-sub-autofill\/\"><strong>it assigns shifts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0based on those preferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do I enter my staff&#8217;s availability? 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