The Schedule is at the heart of Planday. You will most likely use it daily to manage your operations. This article will help you to get an overview of the Schedule in your web browser. You can navigate to the Schedule from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
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In the upper left area of your schedule, you can decide which Department's schedule you wish to see, change your view setting, and select which period should be displayed.

In Planday, each Department has its own Schedule. If you have set up several Departments in Planday, you can select which Schedule you want to display from the drop-down list.
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There are three views in the Schedule; Employees, Groups and Positions. You will find one view most valuable depending on how you set up Planday. Try all three options to see which view works best for you. The example in this article looks at the Schedule sorted by Employee view, with a discussion of the Employee view at the end.
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Select from the drop-down list which period you would like to display. The options available are Day, Week, 2 Weeks, and Month. In addition, you can click on Today to jump directly to the current date and use the arrows to the left and right to move backwards and forwards in the calendar.
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In the upper right area, you can take further actions regarding the Schedule, such as enabling optional features, creating and editing templates, accessing several functionalities and applying filters.

This menu gives you a list of options to enable on your schedule. These include settings for Shifts, Schedule, Finance and Auto Schedule (Pro/Enterprise only).
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Under the Templates dropdown menu, you can create a Schedule template, edit existing ones, save your current schedule as a template and roll out a template in the Schedule. You can also quickly copy the current week to the next week.
You can find much more information about Schedule templates in this article.
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You can approve multiple shifts from the Tools dropdown menu, delete the current shifts on the schedule, print the schedule, export the Schedule as a CSV file, hide or show periods on the schedule, view your schedule history, and much more.
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A normal Shift is displayed with the employee's name and time; by clicking on the Shift, you can view more information or edit the Shift.
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Shifts can also have different colours to provide a quick status. The screenshot below shows six common examples of Shifts you may encounter on your Planday Schedule.
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🔴 (1. Monday) - Open shift: If you have a Shift that you need to be covered, but don’t know who can cover it, then create it as an Open shift for employees to request. Open shifts are easy to recognize by their red colour in the Schedule.
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​🔴 (2. Tuesday) Open shift (requested): When one or more employees apply to take an Open shift, you can immediately see it in the Schedule with the text Shift request. Assign the Shift and inform the employee to make sure you have all shifts covered.
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​🟢 (3. Wednesday) Approved shifts: When a Shift is marked as ready for payroll, it turns green in the schedule. This makes it easy to see which shifts have been approved and which are still awaiting a manager's approval.
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​🖍 (4. Thursday) Shifts with a Shift type: Use Shift types to record illness, training or another special event that distinguishes a Shift from a normal Shift. Shift types are created with a colour code and can be viewed directly in the Schedule. Administrators can always create and edit existing Shift types.
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​⏱ (5. Friday) Shifts with Punch in time: If you are using the Punch Clock, you can see the exact times when employees have clocked in and out of their shifts on the Schedule. In this example, an employee clocked in at 7:08 and clocked out at 15:05.
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​🟡 (6. Saturday) Shift for sale: If an employee can't work their assigned shift, they can offer it to their colleagues with the right skill set to cover it. A shift offered for sale will appear on the manager’s schedule as yellow, providing an opportunity to help out.

🌴 (7. Tuesday) Leave shift: Approved leave requests show as approved shifts with a palm tree indicator in the top right corner. The shifts cannot be edited from the Schedule as they always reflect the leave request through which they were created.
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For a detailed overview of working with Shifts, see the articles Create, move, copy and delete Shifts.

Press the Shift count at the top of the schedule to see an overview of shifts and availability for the day. You can choose to only see specific types of shifts by pressing the settings ⚙️ icon. This also allows you to send messages to specific sets of people; for example, you might want to message only employees working on a day.

At the foot of the schedule, you can input your Revenue for the day and compare it to your outgoing Payroll costs. If you have set a goal percentage for payroll costs against revenue, you can see a visual indicator here to keep you up to date.
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​Enable this by going to View Settings and turning on Revenue or Payroll hours & costs under the Finance settings.

If you use the Employees view of the Schedule, you can see the following functions and shortcuts.
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​1. See when you have deviated from an employee's contract
If you have set up Contract rules for your employees, you can see a visual indicator around their profile picture to see if they match their contracted hours. In the example below, Maria has a green ring around her profile, indicating she matches the exact amount of hours in her contract. A user with insufficient hours has a yellow ring, and a red ring shows around a user scheduled for too many hours.
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​2. Edit an employee's profile or get a shift overview:
Hover your mouse over an employee's name to reveal options. You can quickly edit (✎) their information right from the Schedule. You can also press the overview button (shown in step 2) to see a Shift overview of an employee or send a direct message.
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​3. Manage Employees:
Reorder the list of your employees on the Schedule in the order you want to see. Create custom sections to organise employees. This view will be visible when you sort your schedule by Custom.
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​4. Prioritize the order of your employees:
Press Sort by to reorder your employees in the schedule. You can also toggle between ascending and descending order by clicking the sort icon on the right of each option.
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