New Shifts Publishing Feature

Managing team schedules just got a whole lot easier! We’re thrilled to announce our latest feature: Shifts Publishing. This new functionality empowers admins to create draft shifts, which remain hidden from users until the admin decides to publish them. Here’s a closer look at how this feature works and how it can benefit your team.

Why We Added Shifts Publishing

In the fast-paced world of team management, having the flexibility to plan ahead without immediate changes affecting the whole team is crucial.

With the Shifts Publishing feature, admins can now draft schedules in advance, make necessary adjustments, and ensure everything is perfect before sharing it with the team. This approach minimizes confusion and errors, leading to a smoother, more efficient scheduling process.

How It Works

Enabling the Feature

In the team settings, you’ll find the option to “Require publish for new shifts.” Activating this option means all new shifts will be created as drafts by default. If this option is disabled, shifts will be published immediately, just as in the current version.

Creating Draft Shifts

By default, all new shifts are created as unpublished and are only visible to admins. The initial version does not support an “Unpublish” function. If a shift needs to be removed from the schedule, it must be deleted.

Managing Published Shifts

Any changes to already published shifts are updated in real-time and are immediately visible to users. When a published shift is copied, the copy will be created as a draft. For instance, if you copy a week’s schedule, the copied shifts will remain unpublished.

Publishing Draft Shifts

We’ve added a “Publish (N)” button in the toolbar, where “N” indicates the number of draft shifts for the selected period (day/week/month). Clicking this button will open a confirmation modal with details about the period, the number of shifts, and the number of users affected by the publication.

We Value Your Feedback

Our goal is to continually improve your scheduling experience. We encourage you to try out the new Shifts Publishing feature and share your thoughts with us. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us shape future updates.

Thank you for being a part of our community, and we look forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions. Happy scheduling!