Create a Schedule and Make Encoding Easier

Organize regular schedules or forecast projects in a long term basis. Create shifts to manage your tasks, assign employees, and stay organized at a high level.

Organize your team by roles

Go to Configuration ‣ Roles ‣ Create. Optionally, go to the Employees application, select the respective employee, and under Work Information select the Default Planning Role.

Roles in Odoo Planning Application

Make shifts recurrent

While creating a shift, select Repeat and configure as needed, saving you from the need of re-planning it.

Repeat shifts in Odoo Planning Application

Note

Repeated shifts are generated for the next six months. A modification is possible in developer mode, from Settings.

Repeat shifts in Odoo Planning Application

Tip

To duplicate a shift in the Gantt view, press CTRL + drag and drop.

Save shifts as templates

If creating a shift on the fly and know you might use that template in the future, click on Save as a Template.

Save shift as a Template in Odoo Planning Application

Tip

To create a template in advance, go to Configuration ‣ Shifts Templates ‣ Create.

Duplicate a planning from the previous week

When in the Gantt view, either under Schedule by Employee, Role or Project, instead of re-planning shifts that have been planned before, simply click on Copy Previous Week.

Shift recurrency in Odoo Planning Application

Note

The integration with the Time off and Employee applications, show you grayed cells to the days when the employee does not work and is on vacation time, for example.