You can use the Shift Work Schedules (create) form to create a new shift work schedule and specify work days and working hours. On the Main tab, you can provide general information about the shift schedule.
The "Work schedule (create)" form. The Main tab
The Beginning Date field shows the start date of the current month, while the Ending Date field shows the current month's ending date.
You can select as transaction type one of the following options:
- Schedule by Employee: To populate the shift schedule's list with employees from multiple departments.
- Schedule by Department: To populate the shift schedule's list with employees from the selected department.
In the Entity field, make sure that the legal entity of your company which will use this shift schedule, appears. The Entity field is available if the Multi-Company Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form. The default entity for all users can be selected on the General Settings form. Also, you can specify your personal default entity, for details refer to Personal Settings. The Entity field is populated with the default entity, or your personal default entity.
<Auto> in the Number field, indicates that a unique code will be assigned to this employment contract when you save it. You can edit this field if needed. The From field is populated with the current date, which you can change if needed.
In the text box, provide any comments to the shift schedule.
Click the Save button to save the new shift schedule or the Save and close button to save the shift schedule and close the form.