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Work Shifts

This page describes the Work Shifts setting in the Production module.

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Defining your Work Shifts in this setting will allow you then to use the Production Journal report to list the Productions worked on during a particular Work Shift. A Production will satisfy this requirement if its Start Time and End Date comply with the specified Work Shift record. If a Production has an End Date that complies with the Work Shift record but its Start Time is blank, it will not be included in the report.

To work with this setting, first ensure you are in the Production module. Then, if you are using Windows or macOS, click the [Settings] button in the Navigation Centre or use the Ctrl-S/⌘-S keyboard shortcut to open the 'Settings' list. If you are using iOS or Android, select 'Settings' from the Tools menu (with 'wrench' icon). Double-click (Windows/macOS) or tap (iOS/Android) 'Work Shifts' in the list. The 'Work Shifts: Browse' window listing the Work Shift records that have already been entered opens. Select 'New' from the Create menu (Windows/macOS) or from the + menu (iOS/Android) to create a new record. When the record is complete, click the [Save] button (Windows/macOS) or tap √ (iOS/Android) to save changes and close it using the close box or by tapping <. Click the close box or tap < if you don't want to save changes.

Enter a Code and Comment for the Work Shift, and specify the Start and End Time. Click the check box(es) as appropriate: you could, for example, have a single Work Shift record for standard time during the week, and a separate one for overtime, in which case you would click all five week day check boxes in both records.

A Work Shift marked as Sunday will include work on bank holidays. For example this would include work on Christmas Day, even if Christmas Day is not a Sunday. If Christmas Day is a Monday, work on Christmas Day will not be included in a Work Shift marked as Monday.

To use the bank holiday feature, you must list the holidays in your country in the Bank Holidays setting in the System module.

Every date listed in the matrix in the Bank Holidays setting will count as a bank holiday as far as Work Shifts are concerned. Also if you tick one of the check boxes in the Bank Holidays setting (e.g. the Monday check box), every Monday in the year will then count as a bank holiday, so work on Mondays will be included in Work Shifts marked as Sundays.

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