{"id":2785,"date":"2018-08-15T19:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/?page_id=2785"},"modified":"2021-08-16T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:53:45","slug":"alt-method-edit-templates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/alt-method-edit-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Method To Edit Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recommended method for editing a saved template would be to use the method describe on <a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/h-sub-importing-schedules\/h-changing-template\/\">Edit A Schedule Template page<\/a>. But in some instances you might prefer the following alternative method if you intend to import other templates into a new template. This method involves importing into an empty week, making changes and then saving again and set the week back to empty (be sure to use clear\/delete to set that week back to empty).<\/p>\n<p>To do this, navigate to any empty schedule week. Import the template, make changes to it, and re-save it with the same name. You can then delete the shifts in that week to set it back to empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Alternative Method to Make Changes to a Template:<\/h2>\n<p>From any weekly Schedule View:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Navigate to any empty UnPublished week<\/strong>\u00a0(one that has no shifts in it) in the past<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Import<\/strong>\u00a0to open the Import Shifts window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ssimporta.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7826\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ssimporta.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ssimporta.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ssimporta-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the &#8220;Select Saved Template&#8221; dropdown,\u00a0<strong>choose the template<\/strong>\u00a0you want to change\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Import WEEK<\/strong>\u00a0button (or <strong>Import DAY<\/strong> if you are changing a day template). Your schedule will now display the shifts in your Template.<\/li>\n<li>Make the changes to your shifts, and when all changes are made, click\u00a0Save Template\u00a0to open the &#8220;Save as Template&#8221; window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/sssaveovertemp.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7839\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/sssaveovertemp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/sssaveovertemp.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/sssaveovertemp-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the template name from the dropdown<\/li>\n<li>Click<strong>\u00a0Save WEEK<\/strong>\u00a0(or\u00a0<strong>Save DAY<\/strong>\u00a0if changing a day template)<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/h-delete-schedule\/\"><strong>Clear\/Delete<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to change the previously empty week back to being empty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your template is then changed and will show the changes the next time you Import it. Changing a template has no effect on previously imported weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recommended method for editing a saved template would be to use the method describe on Edit A Schedule Template page. But in some instances&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/alt-method-edit-templates\/\">More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alternative Method To Edit Templates<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7840,"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2785\/revisions\/7840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}