Availability

Availability gives employees and managers the ability to classify times when the employee has agreed to be scheduled, times when the employee prefers to be scheduled, and times when the employer has agreed not to schedule the employee. By default, all employees are assigned the availability Unknown for all times on all days.

Colour Name Description
Light Green Available Employee is available to work during this time.
Dark Green Preferred Employee prefers to work during this time.
Preferred Time Off Employee prefers to have this time off.
Unavailable Employee is not available to work. If employees are scheduled when unavailable, the system can generate a schedule rule violation.
White Unknown Availability is not defined.
Define availability as part of a Schedule Pattern

Access the availability panel from the Schedule Pattern glance when creating or editing a pattern.

  1. Right-clickTap a day in the pattern.
  2. On the glance, clicktap Override Availability .
  3. In the Availability panel, you can

  1. ClickTap Apply. The pattern is applied to the loaded time frame so you can check the impact.
  2. ClickTap Save . The pattern, including availability, is rolled out for its entire length.
 Define availability for one or more days

You can define an employee's availability for a specific time using the action Override Availability :

  1. Right-clickTap a day in the schedule.
  2. On the glance, clickTap Edit Availability .
  3. Assign one availability type for an entire day, or assign different availability types to different segments of the day.

  4. (Optional) Specify that the availability you defined for the current day be repeated in either of these ways:
    • In the Repeat from [current date] to: field, enter an end date in the future.
    • ClickTap Calendar and select a date in the future.