Solved: Re: Duplicated shifts override approved time off?!

FSquirrel · ‎06-22-2022

Am I missing something? When I duplicate a week of scheduled shifts to a future week, approved time off is covered up! I need to be able to copy "regular" week's schedule then edit it based on many different factors the top one being when someone can't work! Is there a way to have approved time off create an alert or override the copied shifts or appear in addition to the copied shifts in a separate schedule block? I am mystified that this didn't come up in any help search and that Square wouldn't have thought of it to begin with!

TheRealChipA · ‎06-23-2022

@FSquirrel Unfortunately, you are NOT missing something.

I reported this issue through the Teams Management beta program a few months ago. Unless you are in the beta program, you can’t see my post. So, good for you for starting this one! Copying schedules from week to week (which I do a lot) will not alert you to this problem. At this point, all I can suggest is that you do what I do, which I admit is a big pain! I look at the new week’s schedule and make manual notes of the time off requests. Then I copy the schedule and immediately delete any copied shifts that conflict. That makes the time off request show up and will then not allow you to create a shift for that block.

Like I said. It’s a pain and totally unnecessary. But I wanted you to know you were not alone in this.

The only other suggestion I have is for you to go here to submit a feature request. I think I did this already, but I can’t remember. Sometimes I let my posts in the beta board be considered as my feature request. Here’s the link to submit that — https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Feature-Requests/ct-p/Beta-Feature-Requests

Best,

Chip A.
Square Expert & Innovator and member of the Square Champions group. (But NOT a Square employee, just a seller like you)

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TheRealChipA · ‎06-23-2022

@FSquirrel Unfortunately, you are NOT missing something.

I reported this issue through the Teams Management beta program a few months ago. Unless you are in the beta program, you can’t see my post. So, good for you for starting this one! Copying schedules from week to week (which I do a lot) will not alert you to this problem. At this point, all I can suggest is that you do what I do, which I admit is a big pain! I look at the new week’s schedule and make manual notes of the time off requests. Then I copy the schedule and immediately delete any copied shifts that conflict. That makes the time off request show up and will then not allow you to create a shift for that block.

Like I said. It’s a pain and totally unnecessary. But I wanted you to know you were not alone in this.

The only other suggestion I have is for you to go here to submit a feature request. I think I did this already, but I can’t remember. Sometimes I let my posts in the beta board be considered as my feature request. Here’s the link to submit that — https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Feature-Requests/ct-p/Beta-Feature-Requests

Best,

Chip A.
Square Expert & Innovator and member of the Square Champions group. (But NOT a Square employee, just a seller like you)

Was my post helpful? Take a moment to mark it as a solution. Marked solutions help other sellers find possible resolutions to similar problems. Also, if you find your solution elsewhere (say, through Support), it is helpful to come back to your post and tell us about it, then mark that as a Solution. Solutions are what this Community is all about!