This article explains how to enable and use shift confirmations in RosterElf. Shift confirmations allow you to require staff to confirm that they can work a scheduled shift before it starts. This helps reduce no-shows, improves accountability, and gives managers better visibility over which shifts are locked in. When confirmations are enabled, staff are prompted to accept or confirm their shifts within a set time frame.
Using shift confirmations is especially useful for businesses that manage changing rosters, casual staff, or last-minute updates. You can choose to apply confirmations to all shifts automatically or control them on a per-shift basis. You can also set a cut-off time, which defines how long staff have to confirm their shifts before the confirmation window closes. This ensures clarity for both managers and staff ahead of time.
In this guide, you will learn how to enable shift confirmations from the roster settings and how to apply confirmations to individual shifts when required. Each section follows a clear, step-by-step format so you can confidently configure confirmations to suit your business needs. Setting this up correctly helps improve attendance, communication, and overall roster reliability.
1. How to enable shift confirmations in rostering software
This section explains how to enable shift confirmations from the roster settings in RosterElf. Enabling confirmations allows you to decide whether all shifts require confirmation by default or whether confirmations are applied only to selected shifts. You can also set a confirmation cut-off time so staff know exactly when they must respond by.
Configuring these settings correctly helps prevent confusion and ensures your expectations are clear before shifts begin. It also reduces last-minute changes by giving managers early insight into unconfirmed shifts. Follow the steps below to enable shift confirmations and apply them to your account.
1.1 Turn on shift confirmations and set cut-off times
1.1.1 Open RosterElf.
1.1.2 Select Roster tab.
1.1.3 Click Settings.
1.1.4 Enable shift confirmations for all shifts or choose per shift.
1.1.5 Set the confirmation cut-off time.
1.1.6 Click Save.
2. Apply shift confirmations per shift in rostering software
This section explains how to apply shift confirmations on individual shifts when per-shift confirmations are enabled. This option gives you flexibility to require confirmations only for certain shifts, such as high-risk, short-staffed, or last-minute shifts. It is useful when not every shift needs confirmation.
Once enabled, you can choose which shifts require confirmation directly during shift creation. This ensures confirmations are only requested when needed, while still maintaining control and visibility. Follow the steps below to apply shift confirmations to individual shifts on your roster.
2.1 Add shift confirmations to individual shifts
2.1.1 Go to Roster.
2.1.2 Add a new shift.
2.1.3 Enter the shift details.
2.1.4 Tick Shift confirmation.
2.1.5 Click Save as draft or Publish.