Under Rotations, enter a Name for the Rotation (required).
Required User PermissionsUsers with the following on-call roles can create, edit, and delete on-call schedules:Admin
UserNote: Those who do not have an on-call seat cannot be added to a schedule.
Under Rotation Rules, select the Rotation Cycle type: Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, or Custom. The type indicates the frequency with which the user from Step 2 shifts repeats.
For custom rotations, enter the Shift Length (required) and then select the Shift Length Unit (required). Custom shift lengths can rotate on an hourly cadence, daily, or weekly.
Set Timezone
Select if the ‘Active time of each day’ is ‘All day’
Select if the ‘Active days of each week’ is ‘All week’
Select Handoff Time (required) and Handoff Day (required)
For custom rotations, select the Handoff Time (required)
To add additional Rotations, click + Add Rotation
To adjust the Rotation order, you can drag and drop Rotations.
Important: Next, you will need to connect the schedule to a service or team through an escalation policy. For schedules that are not added to an escalation policy, users on the schedule will not be notified of any alerts.
Create your escalation policy
Connect your schedule to a service or team through an escalation policy
The on-call schedules page provides an overview of every schedule where users can see at a glance who is currently on call, what escalation policy the schedule uses, and upcoming shifts. Users can filter all schedules (by user, team, and upcoming overrides), sort by (number of users, created date, and last updated date), and they can easily search schedules.The on-call schedules page can be found in the web app under On-Call —> Schedules.
To filter schedules by date, you have the following options:
Click Today to see all schedules that are set for today
Click the timeframe dropdown to see the schedule:
Day
Week
Month
Use the < and > buttons to move back and forth on the time period set above. For example, if you have selected a Week as your timeframe, you will be able to move back and forth by one week.
To view a timezone, select an option in the Timezone dropdown
Schedule Card Details:Schedule: view the Name of the of the schedule
Status: View which schedules are Live
On-call: View the User or Team that is on-call
Escalation Policies: View if there is an Escalation Policy as well as which oneShift Details:On-call: View the User or Team that is on-call
Shift date and time: View the Start and End date and time of a shift
Override: Ability to Create Override for a specific shift
You can review all changes made to a schedule, including when it was created, in each schedule’s audit log. This gives you confidence when collaborating on schedules with multiple stakeholders because you can verify when changes were made and at what point in time.To access your schedule’s audit log, begin editing the schedule, then select View Version History in the top right corner.