# Availability

Availability is the model of time in structured ways that can be applied to resources such as personnel and equipment. Usually represented as Shifts, any number of Availability templates can be created and stored as a library for ease of assignment to a resource.

To Create an Availability template, click on the Plus icon and enter the Name and Description:

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Once you have created a template, you need to construct the times for each day using the graphical drag and drop Calendar Screen:

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The above example has 2 shifts configured in the same template with a break in between the start and end of each shift.

Meal breaks and other scheduled stoppages can be modelled in the template. No production will be possible for the assigned resource in the zones where there is not available time.

**Tip 1**: To delete an availability zone, click on the Blue Area and press the delete button on your keyboard.

**Tip 2**: If you cannot click and drag a shift time to exactly 12am midnight, then click and drag the entire block of time after creating it. You will be able to drag the zone all the way to the midnight position

**Tip 3**: If you cannot create the exact detail for shift start and end times (e.g. you have specific start time such as 7:03am) then you can create exact shift times using the data template import wizard.
