When you want to associate a new shift for an employee who already has one, it is preferable to make a copy of the existing shift. In this way it will be sufficient to change only the values ​​that have undergone a variation without populating the card from scratch. The addition of a new shift automatically deactivates the previous one.

Important premises - before associating a new shift to an employee:

• Make sure you have:
  1. Created the new attendance model and the new time slots
  2. Created the new attendance schedule
  3. Associated the new attendance model with the attendance schedule

• Consider the start date of the new shift. If it's a past date, you'll need to follow these steps in the this order:
  1. Reopen all employee's processed and/or closed days running until the new shift start date (see also Reopen already processed or closed days)
  2. Associate the new shift with the employee
  3. Close the days by processing the clock-ins/outs

To associate a new shift with an employee who already has one:

1. Click on Attendance > Shifts
2. Search the employee's name using the quick search bar or the advanced search form
3. Open the shift to deactivate by clicking on the link under the Start date column
4. Click on Copy
5. Select the validity period by setting only the start date of the new shift. Please note: the start date of the new shift must coincide with the day following the end date of the previous shift, so as not to create overlaps
6. Click on Copy
7. Return to the shift from the shifts list
8. Associate the parameters of the new attendance schedule changing the following fields:
   • Attendance schedule: select the new attendance schedule you created for the employee from the drop-down menu
   • Start day of the shift cycle: select the day of the week corresponding to the start date of the new attendance schedule. This parameter is fundamental for the correct functioning of the attendance processing
   • Holiday calendar: select the company's holiday calendar
   • Meal voucher (minimum hours): specify the meal voucher hours if any
9. Click on Save

Upon returning to the list of employee shifts, you will see that the new one is active while the previous one is automatically deactivated.