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Number of shifts
This indicates the total number of shifts you’d like to be in your configuration
Shift length
This indicates how long each shift will last before it ends
Number of days
This indicates how many days will pass before the configuration repeats itself
Template Patterns
24 On, 48 Off (ABC)
A typical 24-48 shift pattern can be selected from the Template dropdown, which will automatically configure the schedule to fit this pattern.
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You can see that for the ABC schedule, there are 3 shifts which all last 24h and there are 3 days before the schedule repeats. Each shift occupies one day in the rotation. There are no empty spaces, so there will always be a shift in progress.
48 On, 96 Off (AABBCC)
A typical 48-96 shift pattern can be selected from the Template dropdown, which will automatically configure the schedule to fit this pattern.
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You can see that for the AABBCC schedule, there are 3 shifts which all last 24h, and there are 6 days before the schedule repeats. Each shift occupies two days in a row in the rotation. There are no empty spaces, so there will always be a shift in progress.
California
A California shift pattern can be selected from the Template dropdown, which will automatically configure the schedule to fit this pattern.
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You can see that for the California schedule, there are 3 shifts which all last 24h, and there are 6 days before the schedule repeats. The shifts are placed in the rotation so that each shift happens every other day over a span of 5 days, then has 4 days off.
Custom
Custom schedules have hundreds of possible configurations, so you can create one to fit your needs.
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Here are some examples of schedules and rotations that you can follow or use to inspire your own configuration:
Weekday and Weekend Schedule
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This schedule uses two shifts at 24h long and 7 days repeating. The schedule’s start time in on a Monday to ensure the Weekend shifts will actually align with weekends.
Day Shift and Night Shift Schedule
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For a day and night shift, there can be 2 shifts which are 12h each. There only needs to be one day in the rotation, since every day will have the same amount of day and night shifts. The schedule starts at 06:00 and the Day shift is in the first half of the day in rotation. Putting the Night shift in the second half of the day in rotation means that it will start immediately after the day shift. With this configuration, the Day shift goes from 06:00 - 18:00 and the Night shift goes from 18:00 - 06:00 the next morning.
Weekday and Weekend, Night and Day Schedule
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To make a schedule for both days and night, weekends and weekdays, you’ll need a schedule with four shifts at 12h each. That will cover:
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By making the rotation 7 days long, you can ensure the days of the week will line up properly. As in the first example, the schedule starts on a Monday, so the first 5 days in the rotation represent the week days and the last two days represent the weekend.
Schedules with Various Shift Length
Shift lengths that are not divisible by 24h will not fit perfectly into a 24h day in a rotation. If this is the case, there will be a blacked out area to show that no matter how you configure your day, that shift length just won’t fit into a 24h period and there will be a gap before the next 24h period in the rotation starts. For example, if you had two shifts that were 9h each, you would only be able to fit 2 shifts into a single day, since 9 +9 = 18 and 24 - 18 = 6. In this case, there will be a 6h gap after the second shift, and the next shift would start after the 6h has passed. At this time there is no way to have continuous coverage with uneven shift times.
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