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title: Shift planning
description: Turn a rotating shift pattern into a single Calendite event with variants.
order: 1
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# Shift planning

Rotating shifts are the case ordinary calendars handle worst. In Calendite one **Work**
event holds the whole rota as *variants* instead of a pile of separate entries.

1. Create a **Work** event with the rule `WD` (every weekday).
2. Add an **Early** variant: `Mon Wed Fri`, starting 06:00.
3. Add a **Late** variant: `Tue Thu`, starting 14:00.

Variants replace the base schedule between them, so the same event shows the right time
on the right day. See the [rule reference](/docs/rules-reference.html) for the syntax.