The central section shows the shift codes for the work assigned to each staff member on each day. Colour coding indicates which assignments are good and which are not, in addition to showing which further shifts staff can be assigned to.

The right hand pane shows information about the number of hours assigned to each staff member along with the minimum and maximum allowed.

The bottom section shows a summary of how many staff are assigned to each task for each day. Colour coding in this section is used to highlight where the number of assigned staff is either above or below the required maximum or minimum.

The assignments highlighted in red indicate that a serious problem has been detected which the user should investigate. Orange indicates less severe problems. Green highlighting indicate good assignments, generally where a staff member has been assigned a shift that they have specifically requested.

Detailed information about any problems can be viewed at the bottom of the screen by clicking on the assignment of interest above.

The information bar on the right hand side is not shown in this screenshot.

Note the padlocks shown in the top right hand corners of cells indicates that some assignments have been locked so that the software won't try to make changes when it is optimising the roster.

Information is shown for each duty to indicate this staff members suitability to be assigned to it - the list is automatically sorted so that the most suitabile duties are at the top and in descending order of overall suitability.

Assignments can also be made directly in the main roster screen by typing the first letter of the short code.

As per the "Staff by Date" view, colour coding indicates which assignments are good and which have problems

When a staff member is selected, their name is automatically highlighted elsewhere in the roster.

Information is shown for each staff member to indicate whether they can be assigned to this duty - the list is automatically sorted so that the best candidates are at the top in descending order of overall suitability.

Individual staff rosters can be printed, saved as a PDF file, or automatically emailed directly as a PDF attachment to staff email addresses previously entered into the software.

If you have a large number of staff, the search facility at the top allows you to search on partial name or Employee ID.

As of version 2 of FlexiRoster, Existing staff can also be edited within the roster, without needing to save your work in progress and exiting out.

Min/Max Hours per rostering period, Contact Details, Qualifications, Availability, Leave, Requests, Groups - e.g. for General Preferences, Rules - can be tailored to each staff member, Online Access, Notes.

Rules can also be used to shape individual rosters according to staff preferences, so that staff who prefer afternoon shifts are given them in preference to those that prefer morning shifts for examples.

Each individual rule can be automatically modified depending on the Employee Type and which Employee Groups a staff member belongs to. Staff can be allowed to select a subset of which Employee Groups they wish to belong to within the online portal, thus empowering them to assert some control over how they are rostered.