Advanced on-call shift recurrence options

You can define the length of a shift occurrence and whether it occurs just once or recurs on a regular basis to create a series. You might want to use a single shift occurrence to cover a particular alert, or use a shift series to represent your employees' shift schedules. This topic describes the shift recurrence options. For more information about locating these options in the user interface, see Adjust shift recurrence.

Repeat Description Examples
Once

The shift occurs once only.

Friday, January 31st.

Daily

The shift repeats after a specified number of days.

Every day.

Every second day.

Every tenth day.

Weekly

The shift repeats after a specified number of weeks on selected weekdays.

Every Monday.

Every second Friday.

Every second week on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Weekdays

The shift repeats every weekday.

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Weekends

The shift repeats on weekends.

Every Saturday and Sunday.

Monthly

The shift repeats on a specific day of the month for selected months.

The 15th of every month.

The last Monday of March, June, September, and December.

Yearly

The shift repeats on the same day of every year.

Every year on January 1st.

Every year on July 4th.

The following sections describe how to use the advanced weekly and monthly recurrence options and explain how to end a recurrence on a certain date or after a specific number of occurrences.

Example: Create a Weekly shift recurrence schedule

You can use the following steps to create a 9 AM to 5 PM shift that occurs every week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until the end of the year.