Managing Shift Patterns

A shift pattern is a sequence of shifts and off days over a fixed time period. A shift pattern table is a set of shift patterns with the same number of days. Shift pattern tables are only used in schedule plans.

To manage shift pattern tables:

1. Click Schedule and then Shift Patterns from the Auto Schedule menu option.
2. To add a new shift pattern table, click .
3. To edit an existing shift pattern table, double-click the desired entry. Alternatively, you can click an entry and then click .
4. To delete an existing shift pattern table, click the desired entry and then click .

Constructing a shift pattern table

• Description: A unique description of the shift pattern table (required).
• Patterns (rows): The number of shift patterns in the table. Each pattern is given a letter from A to Z, meaning that up to 26 patterns can be included in a shift pattern table.
• Days (columns): The number of days in each shift pattern. This number is the length of one leg.
• Notes: Any notes for this shift pattern table.
• To assign a shift, select a shift from the Shift list and one or more desired cells, then either click Assign Shift or drag/drop the shift into the desired cell(s). Off days are represented by blank cells in the table.