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Create a Schedule and Make Encoding Easier
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Organize regular schedules or forecast projects in a long term basis. Create shifts to manage your
tasks, assign employees, and stay organized at a high level.

Organize your team by roles
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Go to :menuselection:`Configuration --> Roles --> Create`.
Optionally, go to the *Employees* application, select the respective employee, and under *Work
Information* select the *Default Planning Role*.

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   :alt: Roles in Odoo Planning Application

Make shifts recurrent
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While creating a shift, select *Repeat* and configure as needed, saving you from the need
of re-planning it.

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   :alt: Repeat shifts in Odoo Planning Application


.. note::
   Repeated shifts are generated for the next six months. A modification is possible in developer
   mode, from *Settings*.

.. tip::
   To duplicate a shift in the Gantt view, press CTRL + drag and drop.


Save shifts as templates
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If creating a shift on the fly and knowing that you will use that template in the future,
click on *Save as a Template*.

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   :alt: Save shift as a Template in Odoo Planning Application


.. tip::
   To create a template in advance, go to :menuselection:`Configuration --> Shifts Templates -->
   Create`.


Duplicate a planning from the previous week
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When in the Gantt view, either under *Schedule by Employee, Role or Project*, instead of re-planning
shifts that have been planned before, simply click on *Copy Previous Week*.

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   :alt: Shift recurrency in Odoo Planning Application


.. note::
   The integration with the *Time off* and *Employee* applications, show you grayed cells to the
   days when the employee does not work and is on vacation time, for example.