Step 3: Enter Employee Shifts
- Go to the Today> Operations Planning> Scheduling > Weekly Schedule tab. The rows on this table may be reordered by clicking the column titles or the small arrows at the top of some columns.


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Note If the start and end days of the default schedule do not suit your operation, they may be changed on the Settings> People> Scheduling Options> General tab. |
- To select employees for scheduling, do one of the following:
To choose employees by name, click the top of the employee name column to order this column alphabetically.
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To choose employees by job, click the top of the column listing job types to group employees by job type.
- Click opposite the employee's name under the day you are scheduling the employee for, and enter the shift start and end times by doing one of the following:
Type the short forms described in the table below directly into the field.
To Enter This Shift: |
Type This Short Form (without spaces): |
9 am to 5 pm |
9a-5 |
2 pm to 10 pm |
2p-10 |
11:45 am to 3:45 pm |
11:45a-3:45 |
11 am to 11:30 pm |
11a-11:30p |
10 am to 2 pm, and 4 pm to 8 pm (split shift) |
10a-2,4p-8 |

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Note Noon is entered as 12p, and midnight as 12a. |
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Click the drop-down arrow and then click the Add button to add a new shift. Use the arrows to adjust the start and end times for the shift.
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Click outside the table. The new shift times are entered.
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Repeat steps 3 and 4 to schedule additional employees.
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Red text indicates that an employee is not available. Hover over the red text to see an explanation.

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Hint To review or change an employee's setup information (including availability times on the Scheduling tab), right-click on the employee's name and select Employee Setup. |
- If an employee is unavailable, change the start and end times, or click the field to select the times and press the DELETE key to delete the shift.
- Enter shifts for the remaining days of the week, or copy the schedule to another day and modify it as needed.

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Hint To jump to the daily schedule, select any of the entries for that day, and then click the Schedule tab. |
- Go to Step 4: Print the Schedule.
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