Schedules can be managed from the perspective of the location or the employee in ExakTime Connect so you can quickly set up your employees' expected schedules.
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Navigating to Manage Schedules
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Menu for Managing Schedules
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Schedule Locations and Schedule Employees toggle
- The list will display employees if "Schedule Locations" is toggled or locations will be listed if "Schedule Employees" is toggled.
- Add Shift - Add a new shift with a date, start time/end time, employee(s), location, and cost code.
- Employee/Location Filter selector - Filter what you are viewing on the scheduling grid. Only one employee/location can be viewed at a time. What you can filter will depend on if "Schedule Locations" or "Schedule Employees" have been selected.
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Scheduling Grid - Review what has been scheduled for employees and add a new shift by dragging and dropping.
- Under the location's name and ID will be the time zone and the start/end time of the location.
- Any section that contains gray hatch marks shows times outside of the start/end time of a location.
- Date Range
Shift Details
Clicking on a shift from the calendar will show relevant detail and buttons to delete and edit a shift.
Adding a Shift
- Click
- Specify when the shift begins and ends.
- Use the provided toggle if the shift is an "All Day Event".
- If this is a recurring shift, toggle the option and specify if the shift frequency will be daily, weekly, or bi-weekly with an end date.
- Specify the employee(s) that will be receiving this shift by clicking into the field and searching/selecting the employees.
- If you selected "Schedule Locations", you can click and drag an employee from the employee list into the provided field.
- If you selected "Schedule Locations", you can click and drag an employee from the employee list into the provided field.
- Specify the location that will be associated with this shift.
- If you selected "Schedule Employees", you can click and drag a location from the location list into the provided field.
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- Specify the cost code that is expected to be conducted during the shift.
- Click when finished.
Editing/Deleting a Shift
- Any shift can be edited or deleted by clicking on it from the schedules grid to show the shift details. Click refer to the "Adding Shift" section.
- If you are editing a recurring shift, you can edit either the single occurrence or all occurrences.
- If you are deleting a recurring shift, you can delete only the selected shift, the entire shift series, or the current and all future occurrences of the shift to preserver any previous shifts.
- You can also click and drag the handles on the sides of a shift to increase/decrease the time frame.
Using Drag'N'Drop
With Drag N Drop, you can:
- Drag and add a shift to an employee or location. (Defaults to an hourly increment)
- Drag employees/locations into the employee/location field for quick selection when adding/editing a shift.
- Drag and add employees into an existing shift.
Next Article
The next article for this topic is Sending Notifications for Schedules in ExakTime