Workforce Scheduling & Shift Roster for Business Central

Recursos Principais

Drag-and-drop shift builder rendered as a custom AL page with reusable weekly/rotating roster templates you can clone per location or department

Availability- and leave-aware scheduling: event subscribers on the BC absence and HR tables flag or block shifts that collide with approved time-off

Open-shift bidding — publish uncovered shifts for eligible staff to claim, with planner approval before assignment is committed

Shift-swap workflow with a manager approval step, full audit trail, and automatic reassignment on approval

Coverage and labor-cost forecasting: projected hours and wage cost per location vs. demand, using employee pay-rate fields

Mobile schedule notifications via a Power Automate flow triggered off the extension's API (v2) pages

Custom API (v2) and OData endpoints exposing rosters, assignments and coverage for Power BI and Power Platform consumption

Table and page extensions on Employee/Resource so skills, certifications and default locations drive eligibility rules

Job Queue entries for nightly coverage recalculation and forecast refresh without blocking interactive users

Dedicated permission sets separating Planner, Manager (approvals) and Employee (self-service) access

Optional Dataverse integration so schedules surface in a Power Apps canvas app or model-driven self-service portal

Conflict detection for double-booking, max-hours and minimum-rest rules configured to your local labor policies

Feito sob encomenda, pronto para você

Sem configuração por conta própria — um app funcional criado, instalado e com suporte da ECOSIRE.

Você faz o pedido

Comece com um preço único de desenvolvimento. Definimos o escopo com você no início.

Nós criamos e instalamos

A ECOSIRE cria, configura e instala no seu Dynamics 365 Business Central.

No ar + suporte

Você entra no ar em cerca de 2–4 semanas, com um período de suporte pós-lançamento.

Sobre este Produto

Most Business Central teams plan shifts in spreadsheets that drift out of sync with the actual HR data sitting in BC. Workforce Scheduling & Shift Roster closes that gap by bringing the roster inside Dynamics 365 Business Central as a native AL extension, reading directly from the Employee, Resource, and absence tables you already maintain.

This is a build-to-order product. ECOSIRE builds the extension to fit your shift patterns, installs it as a per-tenant extension on your Business Central environment (cloud SaaS or on-prem), and supports it after go-live. It is not an instant Microsoft AppSource download — you get a scoped build, a real installation on your tenant, and a named engineer behind it.

The core is a drag-and-drop shift builder rendered through a custom AL page, backed by new ledger-style tables for shifts, templates, and assignments. Event subscribers keep the roster honest: when an employee files leave or an availability record changes, the affected shifts flag immediately. Open shifts can be published for bidding, and swaps route through an approval flow. A coverage and labor-cost view forecasts hours and wage cost per location against demand, using employee pay-rate data.

Scheduling data is exposed through custom API (v2) / OData pages so rosters flow to Power BI, the Power Platform, or a mobile flow that pushes shift notifications. Background recalculation runs on the Job Queue. Dedicated permission sets keep planners, managers, and staff scoped correctly. Everything is your data, in your tenant — no third-party scheduling silo, no re-keying, no export-import dance between BC and a separate roster tool.

O que você ganha

A per-tenant Business Central AL extension (.app) built to your shift patterns, installed on your sandbox then production environment

Source AL project (tables, page, API and table/page extensions, event subscribers, codeunits) handed over to you

Configured permission sets for Planner, Manager and Employee roles, assigned to your security groups

Job Queue setup for scheduled coverage and labor-cost recalculation

Power Automate flow and/or Power BI sample report wired to the extension's API pages for mobile notifications and dashboards

Admin and end-user documentation plus a live handover/training session, and a defined post-go-live support window

Para quem é isso

Retail Operations Manager

Runs rotating shifts across multiple store locations and needs coverage planned against footfall and labor budget without leaving Business Central or re-keying staff data.

Hospitality Floor / Rota Manager

Builds weekly rotas for variable-demand venues, handles last-minute swaps and open shifts, and needs staff notified on their phones the moment a roster publishes.

Healthcare Workforce / Ward Scheduler

Schedules clinical staff around certifications, leave and minimum-rest rules, where a double-booking or an unfilled shift is a compliance and safety risk, not just an inconvenience.

Como Workforce Scheduling & Shift Roster for Business Central se compara

Critério	ECOSIRE	Construção personalizada	Concorrente
Drag-and-drop shift roster inside Business Central UI	Incluído	Suporte parcial	Suporte parcial
Reads BC employee, availability and leave data natively (no re-keying)	Incluído	Incluído	Suporte parcial
Open-shift bidding and approved swap workflow	Incluído	Suporte parcial	Incluído
Coverage and labor-cost forecasting against BC pay rates	Incluído	Suporte parcial	Suporte parcial
Built, installed per-tenant and supported for you (no AppSource self-serve)	Incluído	Suporte parcial	Não incluído
Tailored to your exact shift patterns and labor rules	Incluído	Incluído	Não incluído
AL source code handed over to you	Incluído	Incluído	Não incluído
Power BI / Power Platform / mobile notification integration via API pages	Incluído	Suporte parcial	Suporte parcial

Perguntas frequentes sobre Workforce Scheduling & Shift Roster for Business Central

How long until the extension is built and live on our Business Central environment?

Typical lead time is 2 to 4 weeks from a confirmed scope. We start with a short requirements pass on your shift patterns, leave rules and pay structure, build the AL extension, install and validate it on your sandbox, then deploy to production with you. Heavier customization (complex labor-law rules, deep Dataverse/Power Apps portals) can extend that — we give you a firm date once scope is locked, not a vague promise.

Is this the same as installing an app from Microsoft AppSource?

No. This is a build-to-order, per-tenant extension. ECOSIRE develops it specifically for your tenant and shift model and installs it directly on your Business Central environment. There is no instant AppSource download. The upside is that it fits your processes exactly and you receive the AL source code; the trade-off is the short build lead time above.

What happens with ongoing support and Business Central updates?

Your purchase includes a defined post-go-live support window for fixes and questions. Because it is a per-tenant extension, it follows your environment's update cadence; we test it against Business Central's major-release schedule and adjust event subscribers or APIs if Microsoft deprecates something. Ongoing maintenance, enhancements and future-version compatibility are available as a separate support retainer.

Does it work with Business Central online (SaaS) and on-premises?

Yes. The extension is written in AL against the supported extension model, so it deploys to Business Central online (cloud SaaS) as a per-tenant extension and to supported on-premises versions. We confirm your exact version and localization during scoping, since available HR/absence tables and API surfaces vary slightly by version and country.

Can the schedule data feed Power BI, Power Apps, or send mobile notifications?

Yes. The extension exposes rosters, assignments and coverage through custom API (v2) / OData pages. From there we can wire a Power BI report, a Power Apps canvas app for staff self-service, and a Power Automate flow that pushes shift notifications to employees by email, Teams or mobile push. These integrations are scoped with you so you only pay for the channels you need.