Copy and Delete Weeks

Available to: Owner, Admin

Two shortcuts to speed up schedule management: copying a previous week's shifts and deleting an entire week at once.

Copying from a previous week

If this week's schedule looks similar to last week's, copy it instead of starting from scratch.

  1. Navigate to the week you want to fill
  2. Make sure the week is empty (no existing shifts)
  3. Click the Copy from Previous Week button
  4. All shifts from the previous week are duplicated into the current week

Rules for copying

  • The current week must be empty. If it already has shifts, the copy button is not available.
  • Shifts are copied with the same employee, area, and times.
  • Copied shifts come in as drafts, so you can review and adjust before publishing.
  • Only the immediately previous week is used as the source.

After copying

Review the copied shifts and make adjustments:

  • Remove shifts for employees who are on leave this week
  • Adjust times if the upcoming week has different needs
  • Add any extra shifts that weren't in the previous week

Deleting an entire week

Sometimes you need a clean slate -- maybe the auto-generated schedule wasn't great, or plans changed completely.

  1. Navigate to the week you want to clear
  2. Click the Delete Week button
  3. Confirm the deletion

All shifts for that week are removed. This cannot be undone.

What gets deleted

  • All shifts for every day in that week
  • Both draft and published shifts

What stays

  • Time tracking records are not affected. If hours were already logged for that week, they remain.
  • Leave requests for that week stay in place.

Tip: Copy from previous week is the fastest way to build a schedule when your staffing pattern is consistent. Copy first, then tweak the differences.

Common workflow

A typical weekly scheduling routine:

  1. Navigate to the upcoming week
  2. Copy from last week (if the pattern is similar) or auto-generate
  3. Adjust for this week's specifics -- vacations, holidays, special events
  4. Review the schedule
  5. Publish