<h2>Managing schedules and shifts</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Managing schedules and shifts" /><meta name="abstract" content="You can configure and manage an On-call schedule and shift. Add or remove members to a shift and override their contact preferences." /><meta name="description" content="You can configure and manage an On-call schedule and shift. 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Add or remove members to a shift and override their contact preferences.</p> <p class="p">you can configure roster, shift and on-call schedule details. Add or remove members to a shift and override their contact preferences.</p> <div class="p">As a rota_manager or rota_admin you can perform most of these tasks for the members of your group.<ul class="ul" id="manage-schedules-and-shifts__ul_k4h_zl5_gyb"><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/config-update-shift-oncall.html" title="You can add extra coverage, specify extra times for when a shift is active, and schedule time off.">Configure or update an On-Call shift</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/create-update-schedule-oncall.html" title="Create an On-Call schedule or edit an existing schedule by defining shifts and rosters.">Configure or update an On-Call schedule</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/concept/managing-roster-members.html" title="You can manage roster members by adding and removing users to or from the roster as needed. You can also modify the order number for a member without affecting the past shift schedule.">Managing roster members</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/manage-time-off-requests-oncall.html" title="As a shift manager, you can review and approve time-off requests from shift members. You also specify the roster member who can cover for the time.">Manage requests for time off</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/override-contact-prefs-oncall.html" title="Override all shift members' contact preferences to enforce a communication channel, for example, in case of an emergency.">Override contact preferences for a shift</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/config-group-prefs-oncall.html" title="Specify the On-Call preferences for a user group.">Configure preferences for a user group</a></li><li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../../on-call-scheduling/task/delegate-shift-mgr-role-oncall.html" title="As a shift manager, you can delegate your role to a member of shift.">Delegate the shift manager [rota_admin] role</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <ul class="ullinks"><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/enable-subscribe-calendar-oncall.html">Enable users to subscribe to the On-Call calendar</a></strong><br /> Configure an On-Call calendar subscription URL and send it to the members of a shift. The URL is an iCal link that enables users to subscribe to their on-call calendar from their preferred calendar client.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/config-group-prefs-oncall.html">Configure preferences for a user group</a></strong><br /> Specify the On-Call preferences for a user group.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/override-contact-prefs-oncall.html">Override contact preferences for a shift</a></strong><br /> Override all shift members' contact preferences to enforce a communication channel, for example, in case of an emergency.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/config-update-shift-oncall.html">Configure or update an On-Call shift</a></strong><br /> You can add extra coverage, specify extra times for when a shift is active, and schedule time off.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/create-update-schedule-oncall.html">Configure or update an On-Call schedule</a></strong><br /> Create an On-Call schedule or edit an existing schedule by defining shifts and rosters.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/set-shift-to-draft-oncall.html">Set a shift to Draft mode while waiting for info</a></strong><br /> If you do not have all the information that you need to define a shift, you can set the shift to Draft mode. Later, when all the information is available, you can publish the shift so you can add it to a schedule.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/task/delegate-shift-mgr-role-oncall.html">Delegate the shift manager [rota_admin] role</a></strong><br /> As a shift manager, you can delegate your role to a member of shift.</li></ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../administer/on-call-scheduling/concept/c_OnCallScheduling.html" title="The On-Call Scheduling application identifies the assigned and available member of a support group, for example, when assigning an incident.">On-Call Scheduling</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>