---
title: 'Tempus schedules'
summary: 'A recurring presence-status schedule for a department: a weekly time grid where each employee picks their status per slot. Not the same as a work shift.'
section: features
tags:
  - crud
  - tempus
  - scheduling
  - status
updated: '2026-06-17'
---

> A **Tempus schedule** is a recurring presence-status schedule for a department: a weekly time grid where each employee picks what they will be doing in each slot, expressed in [statuses](../telephony/tempus_statuses.md) rather than appointments.

Tempus schedules are not [work shifts](tempus_work_shifts.md). Work shifts say how many hours you are expected to work this week. A schedule says which status each person is showing on the team calendar during those hours. The two coexist.

## Overview

Schedules are per department, and a department can have several (core hours, an on-call rotation, a training week). Each renders as a calendar where rows are employees and columns are slots within the daily window, and each cell shows the status that employee chose. Cell choices are a visibility surface only and do not become time-tracking entries.

## What it does

A schedule covers a weekly window of days and a daily time range (default Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00). Two settings shape its behavior:

- **Status filters** is a whitelist of statuses cells can hold. Left empty, employees can pick any status including sensitive ones like Sick leave, so restrict it to what fits the schedule.
- **Default status** pre-fills empty cells, typically Available.

Employees click cells to change their status, managers can edit any cell, and the calendar refreshes in near real-time so colleagues see updates immediately.

> [!CAUTION]
> Deactivating a schedule hides it but does not delete the cell data. Reactivating it shows the old, possibly stale values from before deactivation.

## See also

- [Statuses](../telephony/tempus_statuses.md), [Sub-statuses](../telephony/tempus_sub_statuses.md) - the values picked in each cell.
- [Departments](tempus_departments.md) - the scope of a schedule.
- [Work shifts](tempus_work_shifts.md) - the expected hours concept (different from this status calendar).
- [Time points](tempus_time_points.md) - the actual time-tracking entries (also different).