Administrators can also choose whether the employees can pick their supplementary positions and allocations (aka jobs, cost centers, and tasks) when setting their availability, or restricted to that only admins can do this.
Manage availability settings
Navigate to the SCHEDULE tab.
Click the gear icon, also known as the settings menu, in the top-right corner, and select Availability.
3. Scroll down to the Manage Employee Availabilities section
Options are:
Allow employees to select additional positions and allocations when setting their availability
Allow employees without a cost center, job, or task to be shown as available
This setting will allow employees with NO assigned cost center, job, or task to be shown as available when scheduling a shift with a cost center, job, or task selected.
4. Then you can customize the View Availability function on the schedule.
5. Choose the employees' availability schedule view
These settings will allow employees with an assigned cost center, job, or task to be shown as available when scheduling a shift with a different cost center, job, or task selected. Employees with no assignment will also be shown as available.
Assign availability
Navigate to the SCHEDULE tab.
Click Availabilities
Select the employee
4. Click on the edit icon (pencil) to add new or edit current availability to the employee
5. To add only a new schedule availability, click the Add Availability button
6. In the Edit Availability window, either edit what is already available by clicking the edit icon to change the shift availability by day or click Add to add a new shift availability
7. Once you set up a day, you can copy the same shift details to the other days.
8. At the top of the pop-up, you will see a “Set Additional Positions and Allocations” button, click it to select the positions and allocations (one or more) for the employee’s availability. Hit Save when you’re done.
9. Back in the Edit Availability window, hit Save when you have set the availability for the employee.
📢 Attention: Open shifts, trade/cover requests, and schedule availability are exclusive to our Shift Scheduling - Premium.