Master Rosters provide a mechanism for the automatic generation (and, optionally, filling) of shifts, based on defined patterns.

Master Rosters are attached to vacancies, and a vacancy may have multiple Master Rosters.

The Days In Cycle value determines the length of the repeating cycle. The default is 7 for one week.

A Master Roster starts with a status of Design, which means that it can be freely edited and no live shifts are generated. After it is made Live, any changes are carefully marshalled and logged.

If the shifts generated by the Master Roster are to be filled automatically, a list of Preferred Candidates must be supplied and ranked in order of preference. The Use Only Preferred Candidates setting prevents the shift matchers from using candidates outside the Preferred list for shifts generated by this Master Roster.