Shift Designators

Shift designators are used to indicate the specific work shift of an employee.  

Adding a New Shift Designator

To add a new shift designator:

• Go to the Settings tab.
• Click on the blue link Edit Shift Designators

• RosterApps presents the list of shift designators for your company.  Click on the Add New Shift Designator link to create a new shift designator.
• The New Shift Designator screen is displayed:
  
  
• Complete the fields on the screen as desired for the new shift designator being created.  Below is a description of each of the fields:
  • Name: Enter a name for the shift designator
  • Code: Enter a code (abbreviation) for the shift designator.  This is the value which will be displayed on shifts.
  • Third Party Code: Enter a third party code.  This is used to map shift designators being received via the API.
  • Overtime Bank Multiplier: Enter a numeric value indicating the multiplier to be used for OT shifts which use this designator
  • Display on Employee Calendar: Check this box if the shift designator should appear on the employee calendar
  • Display on Supervisor Calendar: Check this box if the shift designator should appear on the supervisor calendar
  • Display on Schedule Viewer Calendar: Check this box if the shift designator should appear on the schedule viewer calendar
  • Display on Trade Board: Check this box if the shift designator should appear on shifts posted to the trade board
  • Displayed on Bid Board: Check this box if the shift designator should appear on shifts posted to the bid board
  • Active: Check this box to make the new shift designator available throughout RosterApps.  Uncheck this box to make it inactive.
• Click the Add button to save the new shift designator. Click Cancel to discard the changes and not have the new shift designator be created.

Editing a Shift Designator

To edit a shift designator:

• Go to the Settings tab.
• Click on the blue link Edit Shift Designators
  
• RosterApps presents the list of shift designators for your company. Click on the Edit link next to the shift designator that you wish to update.
  
• The Edit Shift Designator screen appears:
  
• Update the fields on the screen as desired for the selected shift designator.  See a list of field descriptions in the Adding a New Shift Designator section above.
• Click the Update button to save changes to the selected shift designator.  Click Cancel to discard any changes made.