Shift schedule is time arrangement for employment practice, which is designed to make use of all 24 hours of the clock each day, and usually assigned to employees to perform their duties according to the schedule. You can add shift schedule and assign attendance group(s) to it. The assigned persons in the attendance group(s) will have the same attendance rules.

1. Click Time & Attendance > Shift Schedule to enter the shift schedule management page.
2. Click Add.
3. Set the shift schedule's basic information, including a custom name and the description.
4. Optional: Select another shift schedule from the drop-down list of Copy from field to copy the schedule information to the current schedule. You can edit the schedule settings on this basis.
5. Set the schedule's repeating mode.

   Week

   The schedule will repeat every 7/14 days based on the week. If you select two weeks, you need to set the start week.

   Day(s)

   You can customize the number of days in one period. You should set a start date of one period for reference which can define how the schedule repeats.

   Note:

   The number of days should be between 1 to 30.

6. Select Normal Shift or Man-Hour Shift as the schedule type.

   The corresponding timetables of normal shift or man-hour shift will be displayed.

7. Select the added timetable and click on the time bar to apply the timetable.
   Note:

   For Normal Shift, you can apply more than one timetable in one day which requires the employees to check in and check out for each timetable. The start and end work time and the valid check-in and out time in different timetables can not be overlapped.

8. Select the calculation mode.

   First In & Last Out

   The first check-in time is recorded as start work time and the last check-out time is recorded as the end-work time.

   Each Check-In/Out

   Each check-in time and check-out time is valid and the sum of all periods between adjacent check-in and check-out time will be recorded as the valid work hours. You need to set Min. Interval for this calculation method. For example, if the interval between card swiping of the same card is less than the set value, the period is not be calculated.

9. Optional: Set Enable T&A Status on Device switch to on to calculate according to attendance status on the device.
   Note:

   The function should be supported by the device.

10. Optional: Set Enable Overtime switch to on to enable overtime rules.
    Note:

    For more details, refer to Configure Overtime Parameters.

11. Select the holidays on which days the shift schedule will not be effective.
    Note:

    For setting the holiday, refer to Set Holiday.

12. Finish adding the shift schedule.

    • Click Add to add the shift schedule and go back to the shift schedule management page.

    • Click Add and Assign to add the shift schedule and assign it to the attendance group. For details, refer to Assign Shift Schedule to Attendance Group.