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Step 4 - Create your first shift

Follow this 4‑step quick‑start guide to create your first shift and get familiar with essential Planday terms.

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Written by Anton E
Updated over a month ago

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Step 1: Welcome to Planday

Step 4: Create your first shift

Why this matters

A shift is a set period when your employee is scheduled to work.
With your Employee group and employee created, you’re ready to schedule your very first shift.

Create your first shift

  1. Go to Schedule

  2. Hover over the empty field next to your employee’s name

  3. Click the blue plus icon where you want the shift to be

  4. Under Time, set the start and end times

  5. Under Group or Position, select your Employee group

  6. Click Save

🎉 Congratulations!

You’ve created your first shift and you now know:

  • What Departments and Employee groups are

  • How to create employees

  • How to add a shift to the Schedule

Find a more detailed overview of the topics you covered in this guide in Setting up your business in Planday.



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