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title: "Add Shifts Window"
slug: "scheduling-creating-and-editing-schedules"
description: "Create Schedules screen — set up a new schedule record by naming it, assigning a location, and defining the operational week."
updated: 2026-09-21T17:32:45Z
published: 2026-09-22T05:00:03Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/scheduling-creating-and-editing-schedules"
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---

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# Add Shifts Window

## Starting Schedule for an Upcoming Week

The 'Add Shifts' window will appear when first viewing an upcoming week or when the last Shift is deleted for the currently-displayed week.

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|  | **Button/Field** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **1** | Scheduler Template | When checked, the selected Scheduler Template will be used to populate the Schedule. |
| **2** | Template Selector | Drop-down menu of saved Scheduler Templates. Shifts from the selected Scheduler Template will be populated to the Schedule. > This drop-down menu is only displayed when 'Scheduler Template' is checked. Learn more about [Scheduler Templates here](/doc/docs/scheduling-scheduler-templates-and-shift-templates). |
| **3** | Prior Week | When checked, the selected Prior Week will be used to populate the Schedule > If working on future Schedules, any week prior to the week that the User is working on can be used as a framework for scheduling. For example, if working 4 weeks ahead, the User can select any of the 3 future weeks prior to that 4th week being scheduled. |
| **4** | Date Selector | First day of the desired Prior Week. > This selector is only displayed when 'Prior Week' is checked |
| **5** | Exclude Unpublished Shifts | When checked, **only** 'Published' Shifts will be copied from the selected Prior Week. Any Shift that was on the Schedule for the selected week but not 'Published' will not be copied to the new Schedule. > This checkbox is only displayed when 'Prior Week' is checked |
| **6** | All Departments/Jobs | When checked, all Shifts from the selected 'Scheduler Template' or 'Prior Week' will be included when creating the new Schedule. When unchecked, the 'Select Departments/Jobs' menu will be displayed. Here, Users can manually select which Departments and Jobs to include. |
| **7** | Departments/Jobs Selector | Drop-down menu of all Departments and Jobs. Only Shifts associated with the Departments and Jobs selected will be used to populate the Schedule. > This menu is only displayed when 'All Departments/Jobs' is unchecked. |
| **8** | Include Shift Notes | When checked, all notes on shifts from the selected week or template will be copied to the corresponding shifts on the new schedule. |
| **9** | AI Shifts Button | Opens the ‘Generate schedule’ dialog to generate AI-suggested shifts. Learn more about [AI-generated shifts](/doc/docs/ai-generated-shifts-concept) and how to [generate AI shifts](/doc/docs/generate-ai-shifts). In Beta This feature is in [beta](/doc/docs/user-research). Contact your CSM to learn more. |
| **10** | Cancel Button | Creates a new schedule without a previous framework |
| **11** | Add Shifts Button | Populates the shifts from the selected prior week or schedule to the new Schedule |