A rotating shift schedule is when staff work different shifts in different times rather than working the same shift each day.
Depending on the Business needs, rotating shifts may be scheduled on nights, morning, evening, weekdays, or weekends with possibly varying duration such as 4, or 8 or 6 or 10 hours.

Sample Application

A sample business involving logistics needs a guard on duty 24 hours a day for their warehouse.
Using rotational shift scheduling, a Roster Schedule can then be created like this:

Create Roster Schedule

A Roster Schedule is made up of one or more Roster(s).
Each Roster, is then made up of one or more Day(s) with specific schedules.

1. Go to the Roster page from the left navigation pane.
2. Click the + Create Roster button on the upper right corner.
   NOTE: The Create Roster Schedule will open
3. Input the Schedule Name for this Roster Schedule.
4. A Roster Schedule should always have at least 1 Roster.
   Add or Delete Roster under Roster Schedule:
   • To add more Roster(s), click on the + Add Roster on the right-most tab.
   • To remove a Roster, go to that Roster Tab.
     Then click on the Delete Roster button.
5. For each added Roster, adjust the Roster Name.
   NOTE: This name will reflect on that Roster Tab.
6. A Roster should always have at least 1 Day under it.
   Add or Delete Day under a Roster:
   • To add more Day(s) for any Roster, go to that Roster Tab.
     Then click on the + Add Day text link on the bottom.
   • To remove a Day from any Roster, go to that Roster Tab.
     Then click on the Trash Icon on the right-most of the Day row.
7. For each Day under each Roster, adjust the details depending if this is a Shift or a Time Off Day:
   For a Shift Day:
   • Time Start is the shift start.
   • Time End is the shift end.
   • Break Type is the break type for current shift.
   • Duration (min) is the break duration. This can only be set if Break Type is not None.
   For a Time Off Day:
   • Check the Regular Day Off checkbox
     NOTE: Checking this will disable the Shift related detail elements for this Day.
8. Keep adding more Rosters and Days as needed to complete the Roster Schedule.
9. Click Create Roster Schedule to save.
   NOTE: All created Roster Schedules will be visible under the Roster page.

Edit/Delete Roster Schedule

1. Go to the Roster page from the left navigation pane.
2. On the Rosters page, look for the Edit Roster Schedule button dropdown of the Roster Schedule, then:
   • To Edit, click on the Edit Roster Schedule button;
     Or click the dropdown arrow then select Edit Roster Schedule.
   • To Delete, click on the Edit Roster Schedule dropdown button, then select Delete Roster Schedule.
     Confirm deletion.
3. If Edit Roster Schedule window was opened, then:
   • To proceed with edit, adjust the needed Day(s), Roster(s), and Roster Schedule details.
     Click on Save Roster Schedule when finished.
   • To Delete instead, click on the Delete Roster Schedule button and confirm deletion.

Rotate Roster

Easily schedule staff members on rotational work shift.

1. Go to the Roster page from the left navigation pane.
2. On the Rosters page, click the Rotate Roster button of the Roster Schedule to rotate.
   NOTE: This will open the Rotate Roster window.
3. Adjust the Start Date and End Date for this Roster Schedule Rotation.
4. Select Roster(s) to rotate by selecting from the available pulldown list.
5. Select Staff Members(s) to where the chosen Rosters.
6. Click Rotate Roster.
   NOTE: The selected Rosters, will then be rotated among the chosen staff for the whole date duration selected.