To schedule your employees, it's important to have their availability schedules set in the system. An availability template helps you keep track of when your employees are free to work, making it easier to manage their schedules.
Creating a New Availability Template
You can create a new availability template, customize it, and assign the template to employees.
To create a new availability template:
- If you have access to more than one store, select the store from the menu bar.
- From the menu bar, select the Settings icon. The system displays the Settings menu.
- Select Availability. The Availabilities page displays.
- Select Create Availability. The Availability popup displays.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the new template. This is a mandatory field.
- In the Notes field, enter any notes you want to use for reference.
- Switch on the Is Default? toggle if you want to make this the default availability template for newly added employees.
- Select Save. The application creates the new template and displays additional configuration options.
- Select the Schedules tab.
- If you want to create a predefined weekly schedule, select Add Weekly Schedules. This uses the store opening and closing times configured in the Store Settings page. Modify the schedule as required. Skip this step if you do not want to automatically add weekly schedules.
- From the Day drop-down, select the day of the week.
- In the From and To fields, enter the start and end of the availability schedule.
- Select the Add icon to add additional days of the week.
- Select the Remove icon to remove a day from the template.
- Select the Apply Employees tab.
- Select the checkbox next to the employee name(s) to apply the availability to their profile(s).
- Select Apply to save your changes to employee availability.
This completes adding a new availability template to Scheduling+ and applying it to your employee(s).
Alternatively, you can add availability to an employee from the Employee Settings page. See Add/Edit Employee Availability for more information.