User Shift Maintenance

You use this activity to define the characteristics of your shift such as its beginning and end, clock-in and clock-out intervals, breaks, and how the system assigns labor when a shift passes midnight.

To specify time, use the following format: hh:mm:ss. Note that you can omit seconds and enter hh:mm.

If you want to define days of the week in the shift (all Mondays, all Saturdays) differently from the default, use the Calendar Rule tab page to change the values.

If you want to change the values for one or more specific days in the shift, use the Calendar tab page. Choose the month and year you want, and view the current values, then make changes. For more information about user shifts, see Defining User Shifts.

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Main
Field	Description
Current	Indicates the row that applies to the shift today. When users clock in, the system uses the current row of the shift they are assigned to. You cannot edit current or previous shifts. If no checkmark appears, no row is valid for today. Users assigned to this shift cannot clock in unless they are assigned to a valid secondary shift. Note Only one row can be current. You cannot create a row with the same date in the Valid From column as an existing row. If dates in the Valid From and Valid To columns overlap another row, the system marks the row with the value in the Valid From column that is closest to today as current. End of the note.
Clock-In Start	The earliest time users can clock in
Clock-In End	The latest time users can clock in
Clock-Out Start	The earliest time users can clock out
Clock-Out End	The latest time users can clock out
Labor Assignment	Specifies the day the system logs the shift time to when the shift spans midnight Actual Day (default): logs labor time to the actual day the labor occurs Shift Start Day: logs all labor time to the day the shift starts Shift End Day: logs all labor time to the day the shift ends
Break	Defines break time assigned for this shift. You can define more than one break for a shift. To specify breaks for the shift, choose the link in the Break column. On the Break Edit screen, create a row for each break in the shift.

Break Edit
Field	Description
Break Type	Meal: Specifies the break for a meal, such as lunch or dinner Short Break: Specifies the break other than for a meal, such as a fifteen minute required break time three hours into the shift