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Shift colors

You can differentiate your shifts by showing your Schedule in State, Site or Service colors

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Written by Celayix Support
Updated over a year ago

You can choose to assign a color based on the shift's State, Site or Service. You can use shift colors to differentiate shifts within your Schedule in Schedule Xpress.

Note: The words 'site' and 'service' may be labeled differently in your database. These can be configured in your Custom & References Labels.

Shift colors in Schedule Xpress

In this article, we'll look into the following on Shift colors in Schedule Xpress:

Choosing your Shift colors

Choosing which colors to display in your Schedule

Choosing your Shift colors

You can choose Shift colors to show by State, Site or Service. Let's break down how you can choose them for each.

State colors

State colors are only located in eTime Xpress. They can be found in Configuration > Company/Branch > Branch > Branch Colors. Inside here, you can assign background and foreground colors to shifts in the following states:

  • Scheduled Shift

  • Scheduled Overtime Shift

  • Worked Shift

  • Worked Overtime Shift

  • Locked Shift

  • Locked Overtime Shift

  • Open Shift

  • Tentative Shift

Choosing State colors in eTime Xpress

Site colors

Site colors can be assigned inside any of your sites in Manage sites. You can select from the color palette, located in a dropdown under Site color in the General info section.

Choosing Site colors in Manage sites in Schedule Xpress

You'll notice that the site colors will display to the left of the site names in Manage sites.

You can see all Site colors listed down the left-side in your Manage sites

Service colors

Service colors can be assigned inside any of your services in Manage services. You can select from the color palette, located in a dropdown under Service color in the General info section.

Choosing Service colors in Manage services in Schedule Xpress

You'll notice all service colors will display to the left of the service names in Manage services.

You can see all Service colors listed down the left-side in your Manage services

Choosing which colors to display in your Schedule

You can use the Selected layout Display options in your Schedule to choose whether to display in State colors, Site colors or Service colors.

You can use your Display options to choose which colors to use in Schedule Xpress

You'll notice that you can switch between State colors, Site colors or Service colors by marking the one you want to use in the Show shift colors by section. Be sure to Save to layout if you want to make a permanent save.

Note: You can only Save to layout if you're selecting for a custom-made filter. A Celayix-made filter (*) will only allow for a temporary change and will revert back to State colors.

Show shift colors by in Display options in Schedule Xpress

Your Schedule will display by your chosen colors.

Shift colors in Schedule Xpress

If you have any further questions on Shift colors, please Contact Support now!

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