8.1 Shift Patterns

Shift Patterns

Shift Patterns (reached from various places including under ‘Setup’ on the menu) are used to assign (or map) Day Programs to the calendar. JT identifies the shift pattern which an employee is assigned to for the day, from the employee’s shift that they were allocated to on the date, then uses this Shift Patterns table for the correct Day Program to be assigned. Alternate day programs (Day Schedule) will override this.

To assign a Day Program to each day of the week, click on the day in the table on the right, and then select the corresponding Day Program from the drop-down menu below.

The ‘Start Date’ sets the date of the cycle, which is normally seven days (‘Days in Shift Cycle’). It does not matter what this date is if the cycle is seven days, as a week always has seven days, as long as the date occurs before the shift start date.

In cases where a bouncing shift is being setup, only the controlling Day Program (has ‘Enable Day Bouncing’ checked on the Profile tab) will be mapped in the shift pattern.

'Enable Shift from Device’ will assign the selected shift when employees clock in on the selected device, rather than using mapped assignments as normal. This option must be enabled from the ‘General-1’ tab of System Configuration.

The ‘Copy Shift’ button will allow you to duplicate a selected shift with the same day program arrangement.

The ‘Excel’ button will export shift settings to an Excel file; once clicked a menu with a choice of ‘Details’ or ‘Summary’ will appear. Selecting Details will generate a worksheet per shift with details of the settings on that shift. Selecting Summary will generate a single worksheet that contains only summarized shift information.

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