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# Rotation

## Rotation Templates

Rotation Template is a feature that allows you to create an employee's schedule in a perfect world. You can set up to an 8 week rotation. Each day in a rotation doesn't have a date, instead it has a day offset. To add a rotation template, you go to Autopilot > Rotation and then click the "Add Rotation" button. 

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Once a New Rotation is added, you can Name the Rotation, Select the Employee Assigned to that Rotation and then set up to an 8 week rotation Schedule. 

{% hint style="info" %}
This feature allows you to create hybrid schedules with some employees or shifts having a set Rotation schedules and scheduling other Employees or Shifts using our Autoscheduler. Therefore, you need to manually lay down the rotations onto the empty schedule before running the autoscheduler.
{% endhint %}

To Add one or more Rotations to the Schedule, go to **Autopilot > Roster > Add Rotations**, and then select the Rotation Template and then a Start Date. After your click "Add Rotation", all selected Rotations will be added all at once to the Schedule and pinned.

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## Rotation Workflows

Rotation Workflows is a feature that allows you to create a sequence of employee assignments to shift in a perfect world. You can loop the workflow assignment as well. This feature is ideal for teams that rotate extended rotations over several days. For example, a hospitalist group of 5 people that rotate through the consult service. To add a rotation template, you go to **Autopilot > Rotation Workflows** and then click the "Add  Workflow" button. 

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To add the Rotation Workflow to the schedule, go to **Autopilot > Roster > Add Rotations**, and then select the Rotation Template and then a Start Date. After your click "Add Rotation", all selected Rotations will be added all at once to the Schedule and pinned.

## Rotation Pattern Rule

The Rotation Pattern Rule is a feature used by the Autoscheduler to enforce wanted shift patterns beyond the standard limit of the Wanted Shift Pattern rule of up to 4 shift types in a row. To use this feature, you need to have the Rotation Pattern Rule turned on in **Autopilot > Rules > Global Rules**. 

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