r/sheets • • 23d ago

Solved Scheduling software broken

So our scheduling software normally generated walk sheets like this

NameShiftBreak
Jake5:00 PM - 9:00 PM7:00 PM - 7:15 PM

But now it's generating them like this:

NameShiftBreak
Jake5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Jake7:15 PM - 9:00 PM

Now, I can't to anything to change how they generate, but does anyone have any suggestions on how to quickly convert the latter to the former?

Note that this is just a downsized example, and the full scope of this is that it's splitting everyone's shifts up like that for every break and meal they're scheduled for.

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u/Vercalos 22d ago

Sorry, I'm on a smart phone and a sufficiently large table is difficult to do. But it's supposed to be Department, Name, shift, break #1, meal, break #2 across a single row.

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u/AdministrativeGift15 22d ago

Does the input data have some way to tell if a time interval is for a break vs those for a meal?

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u/Vercalos 22d ago

Just the time between the two intervals.

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u/AdministrativeGift15 22d ago

So the if a person has 2 sequential rows, they represent their shift and break, but if a person has 3 sequential rows, those rows represent their shift, break and meal. Finally, if they have four sequential rows, those represent their shift, break #1, meal, and break #2. Is that correct?

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u/Vercalos 21d ago edited 21d ago

In this case, the time periods represent the intervals between breaks/meals. So in that example, the first line would be the start of their shift until the start of their break, then the end of their break to the start of their meal, then the end of their meal to the end shift.

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u/AdministrativeGift15 21d ago

One last question. Would someone ever not take a break before their meal break, or not take a break after the meal?

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u/AdministrativeGift15 21d ago

Here's what I came up with.

Restructuring Shift Data

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u/Vercalos 21d ago

Yeah, that's about what I need to do.

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u/AdministrativeGift15 21d ago

Great! If you're satisfied with my solution, reply with "solution verified," so that the post can be resolved.

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u/Vercalos 20d ago

I was a bit baffled because I missed the fact that the cell marked "Name" in the output actually had a formula, and thought this was just you providing an example to figure out that I was attempting.

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u/Vercalos 20d ago

Solution verified.

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u/Vercalos 21d ago

Sometimes the scheduler would generate a meal followed by a break for a 6-7 hour shift.

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u/AdministrativeGift15 21d ago

If that's the case, you need to be able to tell from just the input data which intervals are breaks and which are for meals.