Overview: Administrators can assign or change colors for shifts on the Buddy Punch website or mobile app, using up to 24 vibrant options to make schedules easier to organize and read at a glance.
Web Instructions:
App Instructions:
Assign a Color to a Shift (Web)
1. When you're creating a shift, as further detailed here, you'll find a Color dropdown with 24 different color options:
2. Once a shift is added, it will show up on the schedule outlined in the chosen color. This indicates the shift is in draft and needs to be published:
3. When the shifts are published and available to employees when punching in, they will be solid/filled in with the chosen color:
Change a Shift Color (Web)
1. To change a shift color, click on the shift you want to update:
2. Make your new selection using the Color dropdown and click Save when done:
3. If the shift is not part of a repeating series, you'll be taken back to the schedule immediately.
If the shift is part of a repeating series, you'll be asked to update either This shift or This and following shifts.
Save your selection when done:
4. Back on the schedule, you'll see the shift with its new color in draft. The shift will need to be published to make it available to the worker:
Assign a Color to a Shift (App)
1. When you're creating a shift, as further detailed here, you'll find a Color dropdown with 24 different color options. (Left image below)
2. Once a shift is added, it will show up on the schedule outlined in the chosen color. This indicates the shift is in draft and needs to be published. (Middle image below)
3. When the shifts are published and available to employees when punching in, they will be solid/filled in with the chosen color. (Right image below)
Change a Shift Color (App)
1. To change a shift color, click on the shift you want to update. (Left image below)
2. Make your new selection using the Color dropdown and press Save when done. (Right image below)
3. The edited shift will show up on the schedule outlined in the new chosen color. This indicates the shift is in draft and needs to be published. (Left image below)
4. When the shift is published and available to the employee when they punch in, it will be solid/filled in with the chosen color (Right image below):
