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Step-by-step guide

Setting up a Continental schedule — every supplied screen, in order.

Continental here means the 2-2-2-2 forward rotation: two earlies, two lates, two nights, two rest days — an 8-day cycle.

22 real screenshots: choose the pattern, set the anchor date, select months, preview the cycle, apply it, and confirm the saved pattern.

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1. Tap Set up2. Tap Set Pattern3. Choose Continental4. Open the anchor date5. Choose the first anchor date6. Choose the second anchor date7. Select the months8. Review July and August9. Review August and September10. Review September and October11. Review October and November12. Review November and December13. Add the schedule14. Check July15. Check July continuation16. Check August17. Check September18. Check October19. Check November20. Check December21. Open the saved pattern22. Confirm Apply is available

Before you start

Follow the Continental flow one decision at a time

This walkthrough separates setup, preview, applied-calendar, and saved-pattern states. Intermediate preview screens stay clean; only the final Add to Calendar action is highlighted.

Shift Overview with Set up
1

Tap Set up

Shift Overview is the entry point for building a repeating shift pattern.

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Shift Templates with Set Pattern
2

Tap Set Pattern

Open the pattern library from Shift Templates.

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Pattern library with Continental highlighted
3

Choose Continental

Choose the Continental card: two mornings, two lates, two nights, then rest.

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Continental screen 4
4

Open the anchor date

Open the anchor-date field for the current Continental cycle.

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Continental screen 5
5

Choose the first anchor date

Tap the starting date in the picker.

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Continental screen 6
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Choose the second anchor date

Choose the final anchor date before returning to setup. The captured example settles on Wednesday 1 July 2026.

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Continental screen 7
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Select the months

Select the future months that should receive the pattern.

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Continental screen 8
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Review July and August

Review the first July and August preview pair.

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Continental screen 9
9

Review August and September

The next pair follows in the same preview.

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Continental screen 10
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Review September and October

September and October get the same check.

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Continental screen 11
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Review October and November

October and November next.

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Continental screen 12
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Review November and December

November and December close out the preview.

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Continental screen 13
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Add the schedule

Use Add to Calendar only after the preview matches your schedule.

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Continental screen 14
14

Check July

The first applied month now appears in Manage Shifts.

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Continental screen 15
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Check July continuation

Confirm the second July state as the view advances.

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Continental screen 17
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Check September

Confirm the pattern continues into September.

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Continental screen 20
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Check December

Confirm the final applied month in December.

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Continental screen 21
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Open the saved pattern

Open the saved Continental pattern card.

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Continental screen 22
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Confirm Apply is available

The expanded saved card shows its Apply action.

After the pattern is live

Every shift gets its alarm and leave time.

Once applied, the Shift Overview shows your next shift with its wake-up alarm and leave-home time already attached - for every shift in the Continental cycle, not just the first one.

ShiftFlowr shift overview with the Continental schedule applied, showing the next shift with alarm 06:00 and leave-home time

Build the Continental cycle once.

ShiftFlowr carries the Continental cycle into each selected month, with reminders and wake-up alarms attached to every shift.

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