{"id":50007,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-navigate-months-and-date-ranges-in-planner"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:44:18","slug":"how-to-navigate-months-and-date-ranges-in-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/how-to-navigate-months-and-date-ranges-in-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Navigate Months and Date Ranges in Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planner can display a selected From\/To period and includes previous-month, current-month and next-month controls. These affect the displayed schedule rather than employee records.<\/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\">Use the date controls to review past planning decisions, current staffing or upcoming rotation boundaries.<\/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>At least one shift group exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The relevant employees and shifts must have been configured to show meaningful assignments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>From \/ To<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Manual dates for the displayed planning range.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Show<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Reloads the selected range.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Previous \/ Next Month<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Moves the date window.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Today<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Returns the period to the current month.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Group Tabs<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Select which group to display.<\/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 Planner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the appropriate group tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the currently selected From and To dates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a custom interval, change these dates and select Show.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the previous-month arrow to inspect an earlier period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the next-month arrow to review a future period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Today to return to the current month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify the date rows and group before interpreting the schedule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a specific day\u2019s change, use the assignment controls rather than the date-navigation buttons.<\/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 timetable refreshes for the chosen group and date period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date navigation does not itself create a manual plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An empty group or unplanned manual schedule may not show the assignments you expected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planner can display a selected From\/To period and includes previous-month, current-month and next-month controls. These affect the displayed schedule rather than employee records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50205,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50007\/revisions\/50205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}