Schedule calendar

Schedule calendar is the most important feature of a shift scheduling application, and ShiftExec allows you to configure the calendar display to meet all your schedule requirements. Let's have a look at the configuration options.

Calendar date

Select the date that will define the displayed schedule range. By default it starts with today's date.

Calendar display range

The zoom level of the schedule.

• Week - display weekly schedule calendar. By default it displays the current week. If another date is selected, it displays the respective week when this selected date is. The selected date doesn't necessarily have to be the start of the week, for example if we select 12 Jul (Wed), the displayed range will be 9 Jul (Sun) — 15 Jul (Sat).
• Month - display monthly schedule calendar. By default it displays the current month. If another date is selected, it displays the respective month when this selected date is. The selected date doesn't necessarily have to be the start of the month, for example if we select 12 Jul, the displayed range will be 1 Jul — 31 Jul.
• Day - display daily schedule calendar. Normally in this mode you will also select how many days it will display. Unlike week or month options, this one will display the schedule right from the selected date. For example, 5 days from 12 Jul.

Like for the day range option, you can also choose how many weeks or months you want to display. For example, you can show 5 weeks or 2 months.

Days of week

Here you can define which days of week you need in your schedule calendar. By default it displays all the seven days of the week. But if you want, you can disable some of the days, for example if you want to review the weekends schedule, you can choose to display only Saturday and Sunday.

Grid view

This setting defines how to organize the layout of the cells with each day schedule.

• Calendar - display the schedule as a monthly calendar. Here you can also display a long range of dates, perhaps up to several months.
• Row - all days in one row. It displays the schedule as a table with date labels being column headers. This view works best when the displayed date range is somewhat limited, max 1 month.
• List - here we display each new day on a new line, one day per row. This kind of view is especially helpful when you want to display the schedule for a long range, you will just need to scroll the view vertically.

Group by

You can group the schedule calendar by employee or by shift/time off type.

Examples

Classic weekly view with rows by employee and full shift details in the cells.

Compact view with rows by positions, columns by dates and employees' initials in the cells.

Columns by employees, rows by dates. Shift start time and position on one line. Scroll horizontally to scan multiple days without losing context.