--- title: "Your home screen and schedule" description: "Your home screen and schedule: what is on today, what is coming, and how to read the calendar." url: https://employee.help.ensembleanalytics.co.uk/en/articles/2-your-home-screen-and-schedule collection: "Getting Started" updated: 2026-11-04 language: en --- # Your home screen and schedule Your home screen and schedule: what is on today, what is coming, and how to read the calendar. Check today's work, your upcoming days, your calendar and the details of each shift in the Athena employee app. ## Before you start - The app is installed and you are signed in. See **Getting started with the Athena employee app**. ## Check your day on Home 1. Tap **Home** in the bar at the bottom of the screen. 2. Read the card headed **Today** and today's date. It lists the day's entries: a shift, a rota day or leave. For what each entry shows, see the Reference tables. 3. Read **Upcoming** for your next days. Each day shows a shift, a rota day, leave or **No activity**. 4. Tap **View all** to open **Schedule** in list view. 5. Read **Work cycle** for your progress through the current cycle. For what the card shows, see the Reference tables. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/wDawAag3JUOnqavZQkqd4CFW2VeNErci8IG38ydf9HSOglucTgDdmvFAmjnlCHMMvkfCAJEJY9V.gif) ## Check your calendar on Schedule 1. Tap **Schedule**. A month calendar shows your shifts and leave. 2. Use the toggle at the top left to switch between **Calendar view** and **List view**. 3. Tap a day. Its entries open below the calendar. A shift shows its times, its shift type, its status, and the gang, location, vessel and supervisor where they are set. 4. Tap the **Today** pill at the top right to return to the current day. 5. Tap the **i** button next to the view toggle to open the **Calendar legend**. It explains every colour and icon. The **Schedule** toolbar can also show a **Make yourself available** button, an alarm clock icon to the left of the **Today** pill. See **Making yourself available for a shift**. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/MSzFF0c238Rp4GPML8gPD8OUdbGOaXsTInfxu8Sm8pd9X7MHmiLDHWMZNZnQUokYnA5ObdL9gFq.gif) ## Open a shift's details 1. On **Schedule**, tap a shift in the day's entries or in list view. **Shift Details** opens. 2. Read the top row: the date, the status and the shift type. 3. Read the times. **Planned shift** shows the start and end you were sent. For a worked shift, **Actual shift** shows the times you worked. 4. For a worked shift, read **Hours**, **Overtime** and **Break**. 5. Read **Jobs**. Each job shows your skill and the type of work, the time, and the gang, location and vessel where they are set. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/pXxof1Eu7Tmq6vF7UK0VCewLC0iQP70tK745Acnyv3ob0MDZU7yRPz8sIYmQ4A6fwtLoZNGB4Ki.gif) ## Result **Home** shows your day and your next days. **Schedule** shows your shifts and leave for the month. **Shift Details** shows the planned and worked times and each job on the shift. ## Edge cases - The app shows a shift once your planner has published it. Changes to a shift appear once they are published. - A cancelled shift no longer appears. - If you have nothing on today, the **Today** card reads **No activity**. - A day on the calendar with nothing on it reads "No shifts scheduled". - A shift with no jobs reads "No jobs assigned to this shift." - A recorded no-show shows the status **Absent**. - Cards on **Home** do not open when you tap them. Open a shift from **Schedule**. ## Common questions **Home shows "Something went wrong. Please try again later." What do I do?** Tap **Retry**. The screen tries to load again. **The calendar shows "Couldn't load calendar". What do I do?** Tap **Retry**. **Why is a shift missing, or showing old times?** The app shows each shift as your planner last published it. A shift that has not been published does not appear, and changes appear once they are published. Ask your planner if you expect a shift that is not shown. **Why are there no actual times on a shift?** Actual times, hours, overtime and breaks show only once the shift has been worked and recorded. **Why can I not see my overtime, or open my leave?** Overtime figures and leave are available only where they are enabled for your company. See **Getting started with the Athena employee app**. ## Reference ### Entries in Today and Upcoming

Entry

Shows

Shift

The start and end times, the shift type, the status and the number of jobs

Rota day

The rota times and shift type, and Available or Unavailable

Leave

The leave type, for example Holiday or Sick, and the status of the request

### Work cycle card

Item

Shows

Dates and days left

The cycle dates and the days left. Where Timesheets is enabled, tap the days left to open Timesheets

Hours worked

The hours worked so far against the cycle maximum, with a progress bar and the hours remaining

upcoming shifts

The number of shifts still to come in the cycle that have been published to you as confirmed

completed shifts

The number of shifts worked in the cycle

hrs overtime

Your overtime in the cycle. Shown only where overtime figures are enabled for your company

### Calendar legend

Section

Rows

Shifts

Shift duration in hours; Each shift type group has its own colour; Rota day without an assigned shift

Leave

Leave day (the icon shows the leave type); Approved leave; Pending leave; Waitlisted leave; Declined leave; Cancelled leave

Icons

Confirmed shift; Worked shift; Pending shift; Cancelled shift; Overtime; Absent (no-show) shift