HS Scheduling: Communication on the Scheduling Tab

While working on the Scheduling tab, there are 3 communication tools available to track shift information or send messages to staff.

• Day Notes
• Message Employees
• Message All Scheduled Staff

Day Notes

Day Notes are a great way to keep track of daily occurrences or reminders about a shift! These notes will be visible to other managers on the Scheduling tab, scheduling reports, and on the Roster in the mobile app.

 To add a day note on the scheduler, follow these steps:

• Go to the Scheduling tab and toggle to the week in question. 
• There will be a comment bubble in the column header for each day. To create a day note, select the comment bubble for the day you would like to edit. 
• This will open a window where you can view any previous notes that have been created for that day. To create a new note, click Add Note. 
• Any day that already has a note saved will have a filled in comment bubble. Select it to view all notes.
• While viewing a day note, you will have the ability to edit (if you are the creator) or delete it. 

Day Notes can also be found in the following reports:

• The roster report on the Scheduling tab will have a Day Note option that can be checked off. Selecting this will show any day notes for the day you are on. 

• An option to show Day Notes can also be found on the Extended Schedule Report and the Roster Report on the Reporting tab. 

• They are also visible on the Roster in the mobile app.

Employee Message

While working in the scheduler, you may find that you need to send a HotSchedules message to a particular employee. This can be done without leaving the Scheduling tab.

• Select the name of any employee on the Scheduling tab.
• This will open a window with information about that employee. Select the button that says Send Message.

Message Scheduled Staff

There is also an option to send a HotSchedules message to  all of your scheduled staff members.

• Navigate to the Scheduling tab and open the Menu on this page.
• Select Message Scheduled Staff.
• This will open a window where you can specify the date, subject line, and body of your message. Employees that are scheduled for the date specified will be the ones that receive the message.