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Step 4 — Create your first shift

Follow this 4-step article series to create your first shift in 10 minutes and get to know essential Planday terms.

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Written by Anton E
Updated over 8 months ago

🎯 For Admins new to Planday or on a 30-day trial.

Step 1: Welcome to Planday

Step 4: Create your first shift

A shift is a period of time during which your employee is scheduled to work.

Let’s create a shift for your employee.

Click Schedule. Hover over the empty fields next to your employee’s name on the Schedule. Click on the blue plus icon where you want to create the shift.

  • Under Time, define when the shift should start and end.

  • Under Group or Position, make sure your Employee group is selected.

  • Click Save.

🎉 Congratulations! You have just created your first shift.


You now also know what Departments and Employee groups are, and how to create an employee.

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



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