Knowledge

Use shift category to create shift for employees.

Create Shift Category

• Step 1. Go to Shift Categories menu under Timesheets & Leave module from the left sidebar
• Step 2. Click on the Add button
• Step 3. In the New shift category popup, fill in the following details:

  Name: The name of the shift category (e.g., Morning Shift, Night Shift, 24-Hour Shift)

  Color: A color code used to visually represent this shift on Work shift table. 

  Shift start time: The time the shift begins. For a full-day shift, this could be set to 12:00 AM. 

  Shift end time: The time the shift ends. For a 24-hour shift, this should also be set to 12:00 AM

  Lunch start: The time when the lunch break begins. This will be excluded from working hours calculation.

  Lunch end: The time when the lunch break ends. The system will resume tracking working hours after this time.

  Description: Additional notes or context about this shift category. For example: "24-hour on-call support shift".

• Step 4. Click on the Save button.

Edit Shift Category

To edit the details of an existing shift category:

• Step 1. Go to Shift Categories menu under Timesheets & Leave module from the left sidebar
• Step 2. Select the shift category need to be edited and click Edit button
  
  
• Step 3. Make the necessary changes and click Save button 

Delete Shift Category 

If a shift catetory is no longer operational, you can delete it. To delete a shift category:

• Step 1. Go to Shift Categories menu under Timesheets & Leave module from the left sidebar
• Step 2. Select the shift category need to be deleted and click Delete button
  
  
• Step 3. Confirm your selection in the following pop-up. The shift category will be deleted.