Shift Groups are used to contain a set of shifts to target a group of shifts rather than one shift at a time. Shift groups allow you to further categorize your shifts and treat them as sets.
For example, a shift group could be a group of “Day” shifts, or shifts grouped by department, region, location, and so on.
Shift Groups are optional and used in any or all of the following areas:
Rules - Used to target a set of shifts simultaneously instead of one shift at a time for staffing purposes.
Signup Shift Group - Signup shift groups are used to assign a target shift for non-working days. Shift Groups may be required for signup codes and time-on requests when the default 24 hour time period is not desired specifically when adding work codes on non-working days.
Calendar Shift Group - Used to display different shifts on a person’s calendar and most commonly used to facilitate shift trade requests.
The default view for the calendar only displays the person’s shift days or duty days. Some users may need to view the duty days of other shifts. For example, when trading time a user may want to see other shifts to know who to trade time with.
To see all of the shifts within a shift group, assign the desired shift group in the person’s Profile tab. Once enabled, that group of shifts will be visible on the person’s calendar.