How to fill open security shifts

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  • Length 29 sec
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How do you fill an open shift in ForceVera?

Open Schedules and look for the red Open shift cells. Click one, click Edit, tick an available guard under Assign Guards and click Save. As of November 2026, the cells stay yellow until the guard accepts in the app, and the guard gets a push notification.

Step by step

  1. Open Schedules and look for the red Open shift cells.
  2. Click one to see its details, then click Edit.
  3. Under Assign Guards, tick a guard marked available.
  4. Click Save. The cells turn yellow until the guard accepts.

Video transcript

Unfilled posts show up in ForceVera before they become missed shifts.

Open Schedules and look for the red Open shift cells.

Click one to see its details, then click Edit.

Under Assign Guards, tick a guard marked available, and click Save.

The cells turn yellow, as an unconfirmed shift, until the guard accepts it in the app.

They're sent a push notification about it.

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