Rostering

Create rosters, edit shifts, use fill-in finder, and learn about publishing and costing .

Fill your shifts with the perfect people Building rosters is complex, takes time and can be error-prone.

Manage, access and export the rosters in your account The Rostering → Rosters page lists all the rosters within your account.

Gain a better understanding of the layout of your new roster builder Rostering > Work on Roster   Welcome to our new roster builder! While it's a bit different than what you're used to, hopefully a lot of will be extremely familiar and easy to pick up along the way.

Using custom data fields as shift notes on rosters While you can already add general notes to a roster, there is information that you may want to also include in your communications to your staff about certain shifts, as well as include in custom shift exports.

Creating a roster from scratch? Or want to create a new roster based on a previous roster? Here's how.

All you need to know about adding, modifying and deleting shifts from your roster Rostering > Work on Roster .

An easy way to share information with staff or managers Rostering  > Work on Roster Notes can be created directly on the day, role or entire roster for a variety of uses and audiences.

The fill-in finder is a great way to fill a shift at late notice, and can be used while working on any published roster .

Rostering is often complex, so visual alerts and status indicators help warn or block any potential issues When rostering, there are some standard rules that apply across the board - for example staff can usually only work one shift at a time, so shift clashes are something that Ento will automatically flag and warn of on a roster.

Have your casual staff let you know in advance when they can't be rostered.

Switch the mode of the roster builder depending on the task at hand The roster builder features a variety of modes which change the way it displays information.

What do managers call shifts being created on rosters, and what information do staff receive when notified about shifts? Shift labels are usually start/end time combinations and are stored for use by the system when suggesting shifts on the roster builder.

Bulk copy, delete and reassign shifts for multiple staff, a selected date range or even a particular role Many changes to multiple shifts are able to be made in bulk.

Want to share a draft or published roster? Wondering which options and formats are available?  Check out the article and video to learn more .

See the entire activity history for any active or deleted shift.

Work Schedules are used to set a 'likely ordinary schedule' per staff member.