Feature Requests

36 votes

Rostering - Shift Tasks

The ability to add a list of tasks that employees can check off and add notes to and if not completed can be rolled over to another shift
Suggested by: Daniel (21 Sept, '22) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 7
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
30 votes

Rostering - Staff able to confirm shifts

Staff being able to confirm their shifts on app so management can see they have received and accepted a shift
Suggested by: Kristy (12 Jul, '23) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 8
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
21 votes

Rostering - Admin notified of any already rostered shifts that are within the dates of leave

Currently, if a staff member requests leave and they have shifts rostered within that time there is no notification that the admin needs to edit already rostered ...
Suggested by: Steve (15 Sept, '22) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
19 votes

Rostering - Copying rosters & staff on leave - make their shifts open shifts or quickly swap staff

So, I copy a roster from last week and then 1 staff with 10 shifts is on leave for that week, RosterElf could offer an option to transform all shits into open shifts ...
Suggested by: Anna (26 Oct, '22) Upvoted: 04 Apr Comments: 3
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
12 votes

Rostering - Notes System for Administrators creating roster

Have a notes system accessible from the dashboard that will also be visible when in the roster creating setting. For notes such as upcoming changes or reminders to ...
Suggested by: Naomi (31 Oct, '22) Upvoted: 26 Feb Comments: 5
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
9 votes

10 hour shift break warning

When rostering staff between shifts/days, can a minimum 10-hour shift break warning come up if this has not been met before you publish?
Suggested by: Annette Gannaway (12 Apr, '23) Upvoted: 12 Apr Comments: 1
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
9 votes

Weekly Templates (A week, B week) to be visible on Roster

We work on a fortnightly roster of week A / week B scheduling. I use the weekly templates. I would like to see if the week is A or B on the roster (ie, which ...
Suggested by: Shevaun (01 Mar, '23) Upvoted: 12 Apr Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
5 votes

Unscheduled shift

Allow employees to start unscheduled shifts. In a busy work environment it is hard to keep track of roster changes when they happen so quickly (i.e. staff call in ...
Suggested by: Shellie Morrison (21 Mar) Upvoted: 08 Apr Comments: 0
Planned For Development Roster
3 votes

Individual shift templates

As well as having the weekly roster template, it would be nice to have individual shift templates to drag and drop onto user/days in the weekly view.
Suggested by: Elesha (25 Mar, '23) Upvoted: 07 Mar Comments: 3
Not Planned Roster
3 votes

Ability to adjust shifts on the app retrospectively

The app seems to have issues when trying to adjust shift start or finish times (as an admin) if the shift has already happened. Can we please address this so changes ...
Suggested by: Joel Canning (31 May, '23) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 1
In Development Roster
3 votes

Add employee costs to the Rostering & Payroll report.

Can you add the employee costs to the Roster & Payroll report so we can export those costs to csv for budgeting? Would be good to add a % loading feature as well so ...
Suggested by: Keith (17 Nov, '22) Upvoted: 2 days ago Comments: 1
In Development Payroll Reporting Roster
3 votes

Ability to amend roster display 18hr parameter so we can see the entire rostered shifts on computer

I notice the Timeframe displayed on the roster is from Midnight through till 0600 the following day (18hr display) . I presume 18hrs is your parameter, Is it possible ...
Suggested by: Andrew Woodburn (12 Jan) Upvoted: 17 Jan Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
2 votes

Re-ordering the roster print out to match the roster

The staff in the roster are organised by Alphabetical order. In the roster printout, it's not the same. It would be good to have the same ordering.
Suggested by: Julie (02 Apr) Upvoted: 02 Apr Comments: 2
In Development Roster Web App Only
2 votes

Minimum Weekly Hours

Having the ability to swap the max weekly hours to minimum. With Part time staff we need to know when they've been rostered under their minimum hours so we can roster ...
Suggested by: Bec Jarvis (31 Jan) Upvoted: 02 Apr Comments: 2
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
2 votes

Multi-site templates/copy a roster

Having the ability to copy a roster or use a template for multiple sites at once. We have 14 sites and can be time consuming copying the roster for each site.
Suggested by: Annette (14 Feb) Upvoted: 16 Apr Comments: 1
Not Planned Roster
2 votes

Open Shift / Shift Swap Candidates showing in the roster screen.

Having the ability to show the candidates to be approved for open shifts and shift swaps on the roster screen within the open shift tile instead of jumping out of the ...
Suggested by: Jim C (28 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 06 Feb Comments: 1
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
2 votes

Ability to add documents to shifts

Need to ability to add PDF's as an attachment to individual events. Will say that I am not a customer yet but spoke to a lovely lady with an Irish accent (sorry, ...
Suggested by: Bruce (23 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 13 Mar Comments: 1
Not Planned Communication Roster
2 votes

Would it be possible to add in more differing colour options for staff positions?

Suggested by: Emily (19 Mar) Upvoted: 01 Apr Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
2 votes

Change default time of shift

Can we get the availability to set or change the default shift time? I have to change it every time and it's quite tedious.
Suggested by: Michael (03 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 05 Feb Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Printing Roster

I would like to print the roster directly from software rather than email delivery.
Suggested by: Tara (02 Apr) Upvoted: 02 Apr Comments: 1
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

To have different default break times for different staff members

To have different break times for different staff members. I want to apply a 30 min lunch break to apply to some employees if they work over 5 hours, But I want to ...
Suggested by: Mel (20 Mar) Upvoted: 20 Mar Comments: 1
Contacting Customer Roster
1 votes

Calendar function so we can list upcoming events when rostering

i would like a general calendar function so all events etc can be added in so the information is at hand while rostering
Suggested by: John C (16 Feb) Upvoted: 16 Feb Comments: 1
Under Consideration Roster Web and App Needed
1 votes

Using a template keeps the same order

When uploading a template, the shifts at the same time don't stay at the same position (it's shuffled). It would be great for those shifts to stay in the same ...
Suggested by: Annette (08 Apr) Upvoted: 08 Apr Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Shifts across multiple days show start and finish times on the different days/dates

When adding a shift past 24:00 in the daily view, have the end of that shift show in the next day, not on the day the shift was created.
Suggested by: Daniel Batson (14 Mar) Upvoted: 14 Mar Comments: 0
Not Planned Roster
1 votes

Fortnightly Recurrence in new Roster

Having the option to skip a week / set a fortnightly recurrence in the "repeat shift" function.
Suggested by: Caroline (08 Feb) Upvoted: 08 Feb Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Allow differing default breaks for different sites.

I've separated the kitchen and front of house (different sites) so I could allow default breaks to assign for the FOH staff. The kitchen will simply not log breaks as ...
Suggested by: Sebastian (02 Feb) Upvoted: 02 Feb Comments: 0
Not Planned Roster
1 votes

Less clicks for deleting singular shifts

When deleting a shift on a daily view, it's two clicks. When on weekly, it's currently 4. If you could reduce the amount on the weekly view/monthly view, that would ...
Suggested by: Bec Jarvis (02 Feb) Upvoted: 02 Feb Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Ability to Edit Roster Templates

Being able to edit the templates set rather than upload template, make changes then save as a new template and delete the old one. Too clunky and fiddly when a simple ...
Suggested by: Annie (01 Feb) Upvoted: 01 Feb Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Select All option for selecting staff via print button

I wondered is there a chance we can have the following feature with printing rosters? When I select ‘Select Site’ it gives me the option to ‘select all’. But when I ...
Suggested by: Bec Jarvis (31 Jan) Upvoted: 31 Jan Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Allow Edit on past shifts

Before the update, we were able to edit past shifts to cater for the changes. With the update, we cant edit past shifts anymore. This is very inconvenient, as we ...
Suggested by: Kevin (23 Jan) Upvoted: 23 Jan Comments: 0
Under Consideration Roster Web App Only
1 votes

Duplicate button for open shifts

It would be awesome to have a duplicate button in the modal for open shifts to duplicate the open shift multiple times for that day, rather than repeating for future days
Suggested by: Katy (19 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 19 Nov, '23 Comments: 0
Not Planned Roster
1 votes

Repeating Shifts options

As a HomeCare business, it is crucial to have shift repeating options mirroring typical calendar applications: daily (e.g., Monday, Tuesday), weekly (every 1, 2, 3 ...
Suggested by: Alex (10 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 10 Nov, '23 Comments: 0
Not Planned Roster
1 votes

Mass delete unavailable shifts

I usually use a weekly template that is pre-filled with all of my staff doing every possible shift. I see they've now added the options to filter by 'Shift With ...
Suggested by: Michael (01 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 01 Nov, '23 Comments: 0
Not Planned Availability Roster
1 votes

Mark members of staff (or roles) as 'Do not roster x with x ', triggering a warning !

We have staff members who do not work well together and I would like to be able to mark them as 'Do not roster x with x', and the system would come up with a warning ...
Suggested by: Cressida (30 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 30 Oct, '23 Comments: 0
Not Planned Roster