Daily Shift

Shift Configuration Entries

Sample Assignment

2023-07-24 10:00 member2@example.com    # Mon
2023-07-25 10:00 member1@example.com    # Tue
2023-07-26 10:00 member3@example.com    # Wed
2023-07-27 10:00 member4@example.com    # Thu
2023-07-28 10:00 member3@example.com    # Fri
2023-07-29 10:00 member4@example.com    # Sat
2023-07-30 10:00 member1@example.com    # Sun
2023-07-31 10:00 member2@example.com    # Mon

Assignment Details

This configuration results in On-Call Optimizer balancing team members using a single shift type covering each 24 hour period, with no differentiation made between weekdays and weekends in the balancing process.

Typically each member should be assigned similar numbers of shifts for each different day of the week by the default behaviour of On-Call Optimizer’s algorithm, however if team members persistently block or prefer particular days (e.g. weekends) via their availability information, other members may find themselves consistently assigned to particular days of the week without any schedule imbalance arising.

Enforcing Weekday vs Weekend Balance

An alternative configuration that ensures all team members are assigned balanced weekday and weekend day shifts despite individual preferences would be:

This configuration results in On-Call Optimizer using two shift types for balancing purposes which contain:

1. All 24-hour duration shifts starting Mon-Fri.
2. All 24-hour duration shifts starting on Sat and Sun.

On-Call Optimizer aims for each member to have a balanced share of the shifts within each shift type.

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