Schedule Templates have been introduced to allow managers to create and apply reusable daily or weekly shift formats, automatically generating Open Shifts and significantly speeding up rota creation.
Roles impacted:
- Managers / Supervisors
- Operations Teams
- HR / Administrators
Value this change will add:
- Significantly reduces time required to build schedules
- Enables bulk creation of shifts using predefined formats
- Provides consistency when creating recurring rota patterns
Change Details:
- Introduced Schedule Templates to simplify rota creation
- Supports both Daily Templates and Weekly Templates
- Managers can save an existing schedule as a reusable template
- Templates can be applied to automatically generate Open Shifts in the rota
- Generated shifts immediately follow existing Open Shift rules
- Templates act only as preset formats and do not maintain a live link to generated shifts
- Added UI aligned with the current schedule grid for a familiar experience
- Displays staff count indicators and estimated cost information when applying templates
Where to find the new options:
Creating a Daily Template:
Creating a Weekly Template:
Completed Weekly Template:
Applying a Template:
Applied template creates Open Shifts:
Expanded version of Open Shifts:
Assumptions & Limitations:
- Templates generate Open Shifts only, not assigned shifts
- Changes made to generated shifts do not affect the original template
- Templates must be created and managed by authorised users
Impact:
- Faster rota creation and improved scheduling efficiency
- Reduced repetitive manual shift entry
- Greater flexibility when planning recurring shift patterns
Support:
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