Auto-fill

Auto-fill staffs the week's open coverage for you — it proposes assignments, shows you exactly what it would do, and saves nothing until you publish.

Where to find it

Auto-fill lives in the Schedule toolbar and is available to managers. Clicking it opens the "Auto-fill this week" dialog, which explains the deal up front: "We assign your team to open coverage — respecting days off, rest rules, and a fair spread of hours. Nothing is saved until you publish."

Preview before anything happens

Auto-fill always previews first. You'll see:

• A summary line — "Filling X of Y open shifts", or "No open coverage this week — nothing to fill." if the week is already covered.
• The proposed assignments, grouped by day: who, what time, which role.
• A "Still open (no one available)" list for the gaps it couldn't fill — those stay as open shifts for you to handle by hand.

Then you choose:

• Discard — nothing happens, the schedule is untouched.
• Publish N shifts — the proposed shifts are created.

What auto-fill respects

Auto-fill doesn't just throw bodies at gaps. It works around:

• Days off and time off — nobody is assigned on a day they're unavailable.
• Your scheduling rules — for example, max hours per week and required rest between shifts.
• Fairness — hours are spread across the team rather than piled onto whoever is listed first.

So if Liam already has a full week at Northside Inn, auto-fill looks elsewhere before adding more to his plate.

It needs coverage targets

Auto-fill staffs against your coverage targets — that's how it knows what "open" means. If you haven't set any, the dialog tells you: "Set up coverage targets first — that's what auto-fill staffs against." with a link to the Coverage page. See setting up coverage to get targets in place.

A good rhythm

Many teams copy last week as a base, adjust for absences, then run auto-fill to close the remaining gaps. Review the preview, publish, and you're done in minutes.