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  Draft, Publish & Undo Feature

  I would love to be able to play around with scheduling ideas without notifying my employees until I decide to republish the schedule. I would also like to be able to undo any changes I have made since the last time the schedule was published.
  
  Currently, when I play with the schedule my employees are notified whenever they are removed from a shift. This is true even when using the Draft and Publish feature. This prevents me from freely testing out scheduling ideas without staff thinking they have been removed from a shift. I believe a draft should be a draft until it is published, and they should be notified they have been removed from a shift only when the schedule is republished.
  
  Along with this, there should be a "Revert to Published Schedule" feature were any changes we've made since last publishing are undone. This way if a scheduling idea doesn't work out I can quickly go back to how things were before I started mucking around with the schedule, and no one would be the wiser.
  
  Thank you for your consideration.

  

  Mark Trombino
  Posted on 21. 09. 2017.

  ShiftPlanning

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Comments

Jordan Leach
Posted on September 21, 2017 at 05:45 PM

+1! This feature would be heavenly! 

Trevor Kennell
Posted on September 29, 2017 at 09:05 PM

Absolutely agree!  I get too many calls from guides claiming to have been removed from shifts when the shifts have not really been set.   I have no objection to this after it is published, but while still in the planning stages adds a lot of work.

 

Cathy Wall
Posted on October 17, 2017 at 08:15 PM

There is a setting in the notifications area about notification when being removed from a shift. Because we move schedules a lot, our field people were getting too many notifications. I suggested to all of them that they turn off that notification, but our schedulers have to be careful about always sending a separate message to anyone that has been removed from a job they thought confirmed. Just an idea for anyone where it might help.

Trish Connery Walkup
Posted on October 27, 2017 at 02:31 PM

I have reported the issue of Staff getting notifications when removed from a shift (even if the change is not published) to Support on more than one occassion. I was told by Support that this couldn't possibly be happening, that there is no way staff would see they were removed from a shift unless the shift was published. I'm not sorry others are experiencing this glitch but I am glad to see my experience is validated and hopefully Humanity will pay attention and fix!

Ryan Fyfe
Posted on January 11, 2018 at 01:38 AM

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for your feedback, we're actively working to improve notifications and this fix will come alongside broader notification improvements coming very shortly!

 

Ryan

Dana Sexton
Posted on August 06, 2018 at 02:14 PM

Completely agree!

Josue Romero
Posted on September 13, 2018 at 07:10 PM

Also adding an option to only publish and notify the staff that are being affected by a change to the schedule.

Andrew Miller
Posted on October 01, 2018 at 08:55 PM

This would be lovely.  You might accomplish this by producing a scheduling template area or sandbox which people could play in.

We use Christmas Week as our scheduling 'template' for each semester, because our institution is always closed that week and we know nobody will touch it.

Aliah Git
Posted on January 24, 2019 at 07:05 PM

I have the same issue. I delete a shift and they are instantly notified! Even if I haven't published yet. This would be a great improvement.

Nikki Carstens
Posted on May 29, 2019 at 06:11 PM

I would like it if changes were not made visible until it has been republished.  

(Q Music) ‎
Posted on November 15, 2019 at 06:12 PM

This would be great! Also - wish I could publish just one individual set, or "save and publish" as opposed to only being able to publish everything at once unless I add like 3 filters. 

Aliah Git
Posted on November 19, 2019 at 02:20 PM

Any update here? This feature request is now two years old and still desperately needed.
 

Aliah Git
Posted on January 09, 2020 at 01:28 PM

Yes yes yes. Why can employees see changes to shifts if they have not yet been republished. Need the ability to hide or "unpublish" shifts out of view of employees!

Octavian Cudalbu
Posted on January 27, 2020 at 10:39 AM

I found an workaround for "unpublishing", by deleting the employee assignment of a shift, thus turning this shift in unpublished mode, then re-assign it to the same employee, in order to not make changes to the schedule. After that, the shift can be copied/moved. At the end, re-publish, otherwise schedule would not be visible for employees.

BUT, of course, Draft, Publish & Undo Feature is VERY needed, I already told that to the Humanity tech person who presented me the product. Already 78 votes, need for a re-posting?
 

Jacob Henner
Posted on September 24, 2020 at 05:28 PM

Along with the UNDO button for changes made in shiftplanning, it would be great to have the details of the changes made to the shift available and accessible either in the ''Shift History'' or in the ''Event Log''.

Paul Hollowell
Posted on December 09, 2020 at 10:46 PM

So agreed! Has anyone looked into other SAS products for scheduling? It feels like ShiftPlanning has become the step-child of Humanity, and, with their new acquisition, I imagine it will continue to get worse. I'm ready to jump ship.

donavan haidinger
Posted on December 29, 2020 at 05:02 PM

Warren Teitelman developed a Programmer's Assistant as part of BBN-LISP with an Undo function, by 1971. The Xerox PARC Bravo text editor had an Undo command in 1974.

Kate Halton
Posted on October 06, 2022 at 10:40 AM

Is this feature ever going to happen?  

Izzie Hauffe
Posted on October 06, 2022 at 10:40 AM

Any update on this feature request? I have put one in today 06/10/22 5 years later, this function is still causing problems for schedulers/managers. 

Angie Koellner
Posted on May 17, 2024 at 06:13 PM

The workaround I have used with success is to copy the schedule to some timeframe a year or two out and not publish it. This allows for you to manipulate it however you want without staff seeing it.  If it ends up working, you can copy the new schedule (and clear the old schedule) for the time frame you want to overwrite.

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