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alias: user-guide-add-shift-logbook-entry
description: "Create a new logbook entry with details like title, category, severity, and description"
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# Add Shift Logbook Entry

:lock: ShiftLogbook.**AddEntry**

## Overview

This operation is used to create a new Entry in the **Shift Logbook**.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Shift Logbook** exists, it is *Active* and its system state is *Open*.
* The current date/time of the system falls within the **Shift Logbook** defined Shift (lookup by *Area*, *CalendarDay* and *ShiftDefinitionShift*).

!!! note
	**Note**:Per design, the system is not checking that the current date and time is within the *Calendar Day - ShiftDefinitionShift* of the **Shift Logbook**; this is to allow the user to add entries after the Shift has finished.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

1. Once the **Shift Logbook** is selected, click **Add Entry**.
2. Add a title for the entry.
3. Select a *Category* (values are taken from the lookup table *ShiftLogbookEntryCategory*) and a *Severity* (values are taken from the generic table *ShiftLogbookEntrySeverity*) for the entry. Optionally, select a **Resource** relating to the **Area** and to this specific entry.
4. Enter a description for the entry - it is possible to use Rich-Text Format (RTF) by selecting the text and right-clicking on it.
5. Press **Add** to complete the operation.

![add_entry][add_entry]

[add_entry]: images/add_entry.png