{"id":50002,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/switching-a-shift-group-between-manual-planning-and-automatic-rotation"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:12:32","slug":"switching-a-shift-group-between-manual-planning-and-automatic-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/switching-a-shift-group-between-manual-planning-and-automatic-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching a Shift Group Between Manual Planning and Automatic Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each shift group has planning settings that determine whether its workers follow automatic rotation or have their dates planned manually. The two modes are mutually exclusive in the editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change the mode when the scheduling method for a team has genuinely changed, not merely to correct one employee\u2019s individual day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Save the group and create its required shifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review existing planned days and affected worker assignments before changing the group-wide scheduling mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Manual Planning (Russian Rotation)<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Uses date-by-date assignment through Planner.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Rotating Group<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Uses a repeating shift sequence and interval.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Always Keep This Shift<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Worker-specific exception to both planning approaches.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Shifts and Groups and select the existing group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review Planning Settings and the current mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To move to manual planning, enable Manual Planning; automatic rotation cannot remain enabled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To move to automatic rotation, disable Manual Planning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure at least two shifts exist and enable Rotating Group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure the mode, interval and rotation sequence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open Planner and verify several dates for both ordinary and fixed-shift workers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group\u2019s saved planning mode changes the mechanism used to produce its schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Changing a group-wide option may affect many employees; test it with a representative schedule first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each shift group has planning settings that determine whether its workers follow automatic rotation or have their dates planned manually. The two modes are mutually exclusive in the editor.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shift-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50101,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50002\/revisions\/50101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}