With Schedule Sets, you'll be able to create a bid for 1-6 weeks' worth of schedule. When rotations are used, the system will calculate the best start week distributions to cover the forecast provided during the bid to provide the optimal schedule for the BU while achieving Service Goals.
Following the bid, we will treat the Schedule set as a "custom rotation" for future Schedule generations, so extending the bid period beyond 6 weeks won't be necessary. If you have created a schedule based on a 6-week schedule, the following will occur:
Equally, if you were to generate schedules in smaller windows, the schedule would follow the same pattern, marking the 18th May as week 1 and rotating through the weeks until it repeats the pattern on the 7th week in the series.
Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2026 12:36
From: Meaghan Coleman
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Hi @Paul Wood, this looks great! I've been eagerly awaiting the ability to use work plan rotations in the bid! I haven't dug into this yet in the system, but wondering if you can tell me if work plan rotations can be selected under the schedule set bids so that you can bid on a rotation for 6 weeks at a time?
Also, is there any consideration for extending the schedule set bid timeline to longer than 6 weeks so that a rotation can be in effect after a bid until the next time you run through a bid? (We generally do this quarterly).
Thanks!
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Meaghan Coleman
Manager, Operational Support
Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2026 11:04
From: Paul Wood
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Schedule Bidding/Bids will now be the feature set name and rebranding in the navigation menu and supporting docs of Work Plan Bids.
Under Schedule Bids, we'll now have 2 flavours of bid:
- Work Plan bids will continue to offer employees the chance to bid on their preferred Work Plan, general scheduling constraints.
- *New* Schedule Set bids will offer employees the chance to bid on full Schedules from 1-6 weeks in length. Each Schedule set will become a custom rotation with known work days and shift start, end, break and meal times.
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Paul Wood
WFM Product Manager
Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2026 10:02
From: Mike Morris
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Thanks Paul, I see the idea on the roadmap for the updates to shift bidding but nothing about schedule sets... Is schedule sets just a replacement terminolgy for Work Plan Rotations?
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Mike Morris
Manager - BCD
Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2026 09:03
From: Paul Wood
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Hi Mike,
Schedule sets are due for release early next month (June 2026). Details can be found on the ideas portal roadmap or the idea Shift bidding and Auto recommending a schedule based on Forecast
Schedule as detailed in the post and video above Schedule Sets is an overall enhancement to Work Plan Bids, which will provide the additional option to offer full schedules of 1-6 weeks as part of a bid. These Schedule Set will then be rotated until the employee's next bid or Work Plan change.
Paul
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Paul Wood
WFM Product Manager
Original Message:
Sent: 05-13-2026 07:54
From: Mike Morris
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Hi @Paul Wood,
I am not sure if I missed the Schedule Sets bit on the Road Map, but do you have any more information about Schedule Sets and when that is due for release or is schedule sets just the new rebranded name of Work Plan Rotations?
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Mike Morris
Manager - BCD
Original Message:
Sent: 05-08-2026 09:00
From: Paul Wood
Subject: Feature Update: Preparing for schedule Bids
Coming soon Work Plan Bid Schedule Bid Enhancements
Due for release in June are the latest enhancements to our Schedule Bidding features. These are the functional and UI changes you can expect to see in the coming release:
Rebranding of Work Plan Bids
From this release forward, we are renaming Work Plan Bids to Schedule Bids. Schedule Bids will become the umbrella term that covers 2 different Employee bid flows Work Plans and Schedule Sets.
- Work Plan bids will continue to offer employees the chance to bid on their preferred Work Plan, general scheduling constraints.
- *New* Schedule Set bids will offer employees the chance to bid on full Schedules from 1-6 weeks in length. Each Schedule set will become a custom rotation with known work days and shift start, end, break and meal times.
Enhanced Work Plan and Suggested Shift Details View
Building on the success of Team Schedules, we have adopted the updated shift visualisations, helping Admins and Employees to more easily see and understand the shifts on offer for the bid.
Addition of Work Plan Rotations
When creating a Bid Group, you will now have the option to select Work Plans or Work Plan Rotations as the basis for generating the shifts within the Schedule Sets.
When selecting Work Plan Rotations, the Admin can define how many employees should work each rotation and the Schedule Bid Staffing Calculations will work out where employees should start the rotation and which shifts to use from the Rotation's Work Plans to create the optimal schedule based on the forecast selected.
Side by Side Override Comparisons
Admins can now view the allocated Work Plan or Schedule Set details alongside the selected override options so that they can compare the shifts, scheduled activities, and different weeks.
For a full run-through of what you can expect, please take a look at the following Video:
Paul
#ScheduleGeneration
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Paul Wood
WFM Product Manager
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