Shifts
- Discover Shifts
- How do I create and manage timetables?
- What views are available in the Shifts timetable?
- What tools are available in the shifts timetable?
- How do I assign employees to a timetable?
- What are shift templates and how can I create them?
- How do I assign shifts in a timetable?
- How do I assign shifts or days off to multiple timetable cells at once?
- What are activities and how can I add them to shifts?
- What are shift patterns and how do I use them?
- Can I add days off and time off directly from the timetable?
- How to create and configure on-call shifts
- How do on-call shifts affect time calculations?
- What are coverage shifts?
- Can I add notes to shifts in the timetable?
- Can I place more than one shift in the same timetable cell?
- Can I hide employees for a period of my choosing?
- Can I view and download the timetable showing only employees with no shifts assigned?
- Can I copy the shift schedule?
- What are performance indicators?
- How can I view the overtime balance in the timetable?
- How to publish the Shifts timetable
- What are the timetable statuses and what do they mean?
- How do employees manage their shifts from the app?
- Can artificial intelligence help me plan my shifts?
- What is the AI shift planner?
- What is the Shift import agent?
- How does the AI assign coverage shifts?
- Can I assign recurring days off to several employees at once?
- What is "Staff volume" in the day view?
- Can I assign night shifts?
- Can I include breaks in employees' shifts?
- How do I create shifts in the timetable?
- Can I delete an employee's shifts?
- What does the Shift Manager role do?
- Can I configure who receives notifications about shift changes?
- What are availability preferences?
- How do I manage my team's availability requests?
- How do I copy, paste, and drag shifts in the timetable?
- How do I undo or redo a change in the timetable?
What does the Shift Manager role do?
In Sesame, there is a specific default role for managing your team's shifts: the "Shift manager".
The account administrator can designate any employee as Holder of this role, even if they already have another role assigned.
How do I assign the Shift manager role?
It's very simple! Follow this path:
Configuration >> Roles and access >> Shift manager >> "Holders" column >> Select the role holder.
Next, you'll need to choose the groupings they will manage. You can assign:
- the entire company,
- one or more workplaces,
- one or more departments,
- one or more employees.
Once you have completed your selection, you'll be able to see the list of all employees who are Holders of the "Shift manager" role, along with all the entities or groupings assigned to them.
The "Shift manager" can view the timetables to which the employees they manage are assigned, and assign employees, as well as shifts and patterns, to timetables.
Please note ⚠️: as this is a system default role, you cannot edit its access level for the Shifts tool.
If you want to extend the role's capabilities (for example, creating or deleting timetables, or configuring shifts, patterns, and restrictions), create a new custom role.