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Scheduling Tool
Hi TayRob16 ... what about using Microsoft Teams Shifts 👉 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-shifts-f8efe6e4-ddb3-4d23-b81b-bb812296b821
If your org is already heavy on Teams, look at Shifts in Microsoft Teams, it is literally built for frontline worker scheduling to create schedules, assign shifts, requests, etc.
There’s a very usable mobile app (Shifts inside Teams mobile) and you can import/export schedules and timesheets via Excel, so you can still feed your Fabric pipeline and reporting.Pros:
#1. No need to develop a Power App from scratch– Shifts already has one, optimized for phones.
#2. Managers get all the “nice” stuff: swap requests, time off, notifications.
#3. Still nicely integrated with Excel and the broader Microsoft stack.
But of course you will ned to map your current “47 spreadsheets” logic into Shifts’ model (teams, groups, locations), but in my mind is ORDERS OF MAGNITUD BETTER than develop a power app from scratch.
Think about it, hope this helps ... kudos if you find my suggestion useful! I'd appreciate, for other fabric & automation topics, check on my blog https://www.techtacofriday.com/ cheers and best of lucks!
Super UserHi TayRob16 ... what about using Microsoft Teams Shifts 👉 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-shifts-f8efe6e4-ddb3-4d23-b81b-bb812296b821
If your org is already heavy on Teams, look at Shifts in Microsoft Teams, it is literally built for frontline worker scheduling to create schedules, assign shifts, requests, etc.
There’s a very usable mobile app (Shifts inside Teams mobile) and you can import/export schedules and timesheets via Excel, so you can still feed your Fabric pipeline and reporting.
Pros:
#1. No need to develop a Power App from scratch– Shifts already has one, optimized for phones.
#2. Managers get all the “nice” stuff: swap requests, time off, notifications.
#3. Still nicely integrated with Excel and the broader Microsoft stack.
But of course you will ned to map your current “47 spreadsheets” logic into Shifts’ model (teams, groups, locations), but in my mind is ORDERS OF MAGNITUD BETTER than develop a power app from scratch.
Think about it, hope this helps ... kudos if you find my suggestion useful! I'd appreciate, for other fabric & automation topics, check on my blog https://www.techtacofriday.com/ cheers and best of lucks!
Unfortunately, only our managers have access to Teams. We don't have all of the employees on the platform. We don't need to use this tool for requests and things like that.
I have looked into Shifts, but as far as I could tell I needed to have the names of the employees actually on our Teams platform to be able to use them. I also didn't see any spot to add how many hours managers were allowed to schedule that day, but I might have missed that.
Thank you for your answer!