REQUEST: Intervals to setup schedule

Tnomi,

I keep using your plugin almost every day and here is another suggestion:

If you think about most organizations, they have work intervals. For example: 10:00-18:00 or even small or multiple intervals like: 8:00-12:00 is the morning shift plus 12:00-18:00 is day shift and 18:00-23:00 is evening shift.

So, if you have more than 30 workers, then it is very hard to setup exact timings for each person using drop down lists.

May I suggest to create TWO types of schedule systems (optionally):

1) Same like you have now (let’s call it hourly type)

2) Interval type. Admin will be able to setup from 1 up to 5 time intervals in options page. Editing such intervals will be much more usable because you will be able to use checkboxes but not dropdowns (not <option>).

So, ADMIN will be able to choose the type of his schedule in option (Hourly or Interval). If he choose interval type, then he must setup at least 1 time interval (up to 5).

On the weekly schedule edit page he will be able to choose timings not from dropdowns, but simply clicking on the right checkboxes.

Let’s imagine I’m editing a weekly schedule for 30+ workers… In your case, I have to use two dropdowns for each persons day.

In intervals case I will check the right checkboxes for each persons day. Much faster and usable.

Intervals can intersect. There is nothing bad. You just always summarize their time. No matter if they intersect or not. 8:00-12:00 + 18:00-23:00 = 8:00-23:00

Well, it is cool to show all the intervals separate, but I do understand it is a different storage model. Maybe in the future… right now, just summarize them.

Hope you understood what I mean ).

Thank you.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/attendance-manager/