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Copying a Previous Week

How to copy shifts and assigned employees from a past week into the week you're building in Teamsly

If last week's schedule worked well, you can copy its shifts and assigned employees into the week you're building. There are two ways: Copy From Past Week pulls a recent week into the week you're viewing, and Tools → Copy Week lets you copy the week you're viewing and paste it into any other week.

Getting There

Click Schedule in the left navigation and go to the week you want to fill. Then click Copy From Past Week under Build this week on the left.

Copying From a Past Week

  1. Go to the week you want to fill. It's shown at the top of the panel under Copying into.

  2. Click Copy From Past Week.

  3. In Copy from, choose one of the last 5 weeks.

  4. Review the Summary: the number of shifts in the source week, shifts already in this week, and shifts that will be copied.

  5. If this week already has shifts, choose Add to existing shifts (keeps everything and skips exact duplicates) or Replace existing shifts (removes the week's current shifts first).

  6. Check any conflicts. Employees with time off, who are unavailable, or who already have an overlapping shift are flagged. They're still assigned, so review them after copying.

  7. Click Copy (number) shifts.

📋 Copied shifts stay unpublished until you publish the week. Employees don't see them or get notified until then.

Copying the Current Week Into Another Week

Use this to copy a week forward, for example from this week into a week next month.

  1. Go to the week you want to copy.

  2. Click Tools in the top right, then Copy Week. A bar with a Paste button appears at the top of the screen.

  3. Go to the week you want to copy into.

  4. Click Paste. If that week already has shifts, choose Add to existing or Replace existing.

Click the X on the bar to cancel.

What Gets Copied

  • Each shift lands on the same day of the week with the same times, role, notes, breaks, and attached forms.

  • Assigned employees are copied. If an employee is no longer active, their shift is added as an open shift instead.

  • Shifts linked to a Job are not copied. They're managed from the job.

  • If you've filtered by department, only those departments are copied or replaced.

  • When you replace, shifts that already have time cards are kept.

Copying a Week on Mobile

  1. Tap Schedule and use the arrows at the top to move to the week you want to fill.

  2. Tap the blue + button, then Copy From Past Week.

  3. Choose the week to Copy from.

  4. If the week already has shifts, choose to add to or replace them.

  5. Tap Copy shifts.

Common Questions

Can I copy from a week older than 5 weeks?

Copy From Past Week lists the last 5 weeks. To reuse an older week, go to it, use Tools → Copy Week, then paste it into the week you're building. If you reuse a week often, save it as a Schedule Template.

Will copying create duplicates if I run it twice?

No. With Add to existing shifts, exact duplicates are skipped.

Can I copy into a week that's already published?

Yes. The new shifts are unpublished until you publish again. If you choose Replace, the summary tells you how many of the removed shifts were published.

My team works a rotation. Should I copy or use templates?

Use templates. Save each week of the rotation as its own template and apply the right one each week. See Schedule Templates.

What to Read Next

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