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Step-by-step guide

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

Weekly Alternating is a 14-day weekday rotation: one week of Early shifts, one week of Late shifts, weekends off. 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 Weekly Alternating4. Open the cycle date5. Choose the first anchor date6. Choose the final anchor date7. Select the first months8. Select all months and preview9. Review July and August10. Review August and September11. Review September and October12. Review October and November13. Review November and December14. Finish the preview15. Add the schedule16. Check July17. Check August18. Check September19. Check October20. Check November21. Check December22. Open the saved pattern

Before you start

Follow the Weekly Alternating flow one decision at a time

This walkthrough separates anchor-date selection, month selection, 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
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Tap Set up

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

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Shift Templates with Set Pattern
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Tap Set Pattern

Open the pattern library from Shift Templates.

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Pattern library with Weekly Alternating highlighted
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Choose Weekly Alternating

Choose the Weekly Alternating card: week 1 earlies and week 2 lates in a 14-day cycle.

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Weekly Alternating screen 4
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Open the cycle date

Open the date field used to anchor the current Weekly Alternating cycle.

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Weekly Alternating screen 5
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Choose the first anchor date

Choose the date that represents the current cycle start in the date picker — the anchor for the 14-day cycle.

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Weekly Alternating screen 6
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Choose the final anchor date

Confirm the final anchor date — Wednesday 1 July 2026 in the captured example — before returning to the setup screen to select the first months.

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Weekly Alternating screen 7
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Select the first months

Select the first months that should receive the pattern.

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Weekly Alternating screen 8
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Select all months and preview

Select the remaining months, then tap Preview schedule.

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Weekly Alternating screen 9
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Review July and August

The first preview pair shows the alternating weeks already filled in.

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Weekly Alternating screen 10
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Review August and September

So do August and September.

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Weekly Alternating screen 11
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Review September and October

And September into October.

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Weekly Alternating screen 12
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Review October and November

October and November keep the same early and late weeks.

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Weekly Alternating screen 13
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Review November and December

December, further ahead.

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Weekly Alternating screen 14
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Finish the preview

Finish reviewing the generated months before committing the schedule with Add to Calendar.

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Weekly Alternating screen 15
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Add the schedule

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

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Weekly Alternating screen 16
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Check July

The first applied month now appears in Manage Shifts.

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Weekly Alternating screen 18
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Check September

Confirm the pattern continues into September.

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Weekly Alternating screen 19
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Check October

The pattern runs into October as well.

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Weekly Alternating screen 21
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Check December

Confirm the final applied month in December.

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Weekly Alternating screen 22
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Open the saved pattern

Open the saved Weekly Alternating pattern card, with reminders and wake-up alarms attached to every shift.

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 weekly alternating cycle, not just the first one.

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

Build the Weekly Alternating cycle once.

ShiftFlowr carries the 14-day cycle into each selected month, with reminders and wake-up alarms attached to every shift.

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