Welcome
This is a practice copy of a scheduler. You describe your program the way you'd explain it to a new chief, and it drafts a month for you to check.
- Your program: a name and a colour.
- Your people: paste the names.
- Your shifts: for example Days, Nights, Consults.
- Your rules: in plain English, like "Dr. Lastname never works nights".
- Draft a month: see the calendar and which rules held.
- Save & send: one file to send back.
About 15 minutes. It saves as you go in this browser, so you can close it and come back. Nothing is uploaded anywhere: there is no account, no internet connection and no email sent.
Use the schedule you have today, in any layout: dates down the side or across the top, one row per shift, a month calendar, one sheet per month, or an export from AMiON or QGenda. Pick a roster file at the same time if you have one. It is read here in your browser.
1. Your program
Just enough to put a name on the calendar.
2. Your people
Everyone who can be put on the schedule. One person per line. Initials are made for you; add your own after a comma if you already use them (Full Name, FN).
Or (.xlsx or .csv) with a column of names, and optionally a column of initials.
3. Your shifts
The jobs someone has to cover each day. In this practice version every shift is filled by one person every day of the month.
| Shift name | On call? |
|---|
Mark the overnight or call shift On call; then rules can just say "call". A shift that only runs on weekdays, or needs two people, can't be drafted here yet. Write it as a rule anyway and it's kept as a note.
4. Your rules
Write each rule on its own line, the way you'd say it out loud. Include the unwritten ones. Use "never" or "only" for must-rules and "prefers" or "should" for wishes. Click an example to add it.
5. Draft a month
The scheduler fills every shift, never breaks a must-rule, and keeps wishes where it can. Then try changing a name in the calendar to see a rule catch it.
6. Save & send
Save your setup as one small file and email it back. That file is everything needed to build your real scheduler.
Start over
Clears everything in this browser. A setup you saved stays in your Downloads.