The Shifts panel

Click Shifts at the top-left of the rota grid. This is where you set up shift templates and specify how many people you need on each shift per day of the week.

The Shifts panel The Shifts panel

Setting counts per day

Each shift template has a count for each day of the week — Mon through Sun. Set the number you need on each day. If you do not need a particular shift on a given day, set it to zero.

Setting counts per day Setting counts per day

The feasibility dashboard

Before solving, you can check whether your requirements are achievable given your current staff. Click the gaps badge (for example ⚠ 3 gaps) to open the Feasibility Check window. It shows which days have coverage gaps and why: not enough staff available, contracted hours already used, or availability clashes. If nobody on your team is set up to work a role, it says so in plain words and gives you a button for each person, so you can open them and tick the roles they cover.

The feasibility dashboard The feasibility dashboard

The Open shifts row

After solving, any unfilled requirement slots appear in the Open shifts row at the bottom of the grid. Each chip shows which template it came from. You can drag a chip to a staff cell to assign it manually.

The Open shifts row The Open shifts row