I get nearly all my information about who can work when etc. from 2 stacks of cards called Requests Off and Requests On. One card per employee in each . Its pretty self explanatory.
Requests Off: Here is where you indicate which shifts a particular person absolutely cannot work. You click the days and the appropriate shift (A... D). If someone can't work the 12th for shift A and B then you click 12 A B...etc. (next page)
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Currently I schedule 4 shifts per day. A, B, C, D... you decide which shift stands for what (e.g. A = 8 am to 8 pm etc). I can schedule up to 4 people per shift for a total of 16 people per day. Mind you, that when you ask me to do that much, I am pretty slooooooow. (About 15 to 20 minutes for a usual run ) and I get faster if you ask me to do less. Needless to say, if you've struggled for hours over scheduling, this will not seem like such a long time. Go have some coffee or something while I work and take your mind off it.