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This will save you time if you want to indicate your availability (or non-availability) for the same days and shifts for a weekly or monthly time frame.  \nFor example: If an employee is regularly not available to work weekends, instead of repeatedly recording the availability information for every Saturday and Sunday, employees can record an availability pattern.  \nWhen defining a pattern, it is possible to define a different availability status for each day in the pattern.  \ni Only one availability pattern can occur for a period of time. There cannot be any time overlap in shift patterns. If you want to make changes to a pattern within a specific time period, the pattern must be edited.  \nFrom your Employee Home Page:  \n1. Click the My Information tab and select Availability from the drop-down.  \nThe Availability screen appears.  \n2. Click the Availability menu and select Add/Edit Patterns from the drop-down.  \nThe Modify Availability Patterns screen appears.  \n3. Click New.  \nThe Modify Availability Patterns screen expands  \n4. Click the calendar icons to select the From Date and To Date for the pattern. i You can leave the To Date field blank if you don’t want to specify an end date.  \n5. Click a date on the calendar and then click Select.  \nRepeat this step for the To date calendar only if you are specifying an end date for the pattern.  \n6. Click the Pattern Type menu and select Weekly or Monthly from the drop-down.  \n7. If you selected Weekly, select the number of weeks in the pattern from the Selected Day(s) drop-down. If you selected Monthly, this step is not required.  \ni The weekly pattern can be up to 8 weeks in length.  \nYou can set availability up to one calendar year into the future.  \n8. If you selected Weekly, select a day or days from the Days of the Week grid.  \nIf you selected Monthly, select a day or days from the monthly calendar.  \ni You can select multiple days at one time if you want to set the same type of availability for all of them.  \nSimply press & hold the Ctrl button on your keyboard while you click each of the multiple days to select them.  \n9. Click the AV Status menu for each shift class, and then select the availability from the drop-down.  \n10. Select any additional days and their associated availability for all shifts, to record additional availability for days within this pattern.  \ni You do you not have to select availability for all days and shifts within the pattern.  \n11. Click Save.  \nThe availability pattern now displays under the Pattern Summary heading in the upper part of the window.  \n12. Click Close.  \nThe availability pattern now displays in the availability calendar.  \nAvailability Legend  \nAvailability is colour-coded on the calendar schedule. To display a legend that explains the colour-coding and shapes:  \n• Click the View menu and select Legend from the drop-down.  \ni The Legend displays to the right of the schedule, and provides an explanation for the colour-coding and shapes:  \n\n| Colour/Shape | Availability | Legend |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Green square | Available for all shifts on the day | |\n| Green triangle | Available for one or two shifts on the day |  |\n| Red square | Unavailable for all shifts on the day |  |\n| Red triangle | Unavailable for one or two shifts on the day |  |\n| Yellow | Availability / non-availability has not been indicated |  |\n\nAvailability Detail  \nTo display your availability details:  \n• Click the View menu and select Detail from the drop-down.  \ni The Availability Details table displays below the calendar. For each availability you set, it shows the:  \n• Dates,  \n• Availability status, and  \n• Shift class.  \n􀁦 Edit or Delete a Shift Pattern  \nTo edit or delete an existing shift availability pattern:  \n• Click the Availability menu and select Add/Edit Patterns from the drop-down  \n• Edit: Click  and fol","cbCair1VMdTGzRJk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair1VMdTGzRJk","pdf",403948,9,"English","# Set Your Availability Using a Shift Pattern\n## Create a Shift Availability Pattern\n## View the Availability Legend\n## View Availability Details\n## Edit or Delete a Shift Pattern","[{\"question\":\"What is an availability pattern in Workforce ESP Self Service?\",\"answer\":\"An availability pattern lets employees record availability or non-availability for the same days and shifts across a weekly or monthly period, saving repeated manual entry.\"},{\"question\":\"Are shift patterns allowed to overlap for the same time period?\",\"answer\":\"No. Only one availability pattern can exist for a period of time, and shift patterns cannot overlap. 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