---
alias: user-guide-shift-logbook-index
description: "This documentation details a system for recording and transferring shift-specific information within a manufacturing environment"
---

# Shift Logbook

:lock: ShiftLogbook.**Show**

!!! info
	Shift Logbook is part of Labor Management, which is a Critical Manufacturing optional module.

## Overview

A **Shift Logbook** is a mechanism to capture and pass-down shift relevant information. A **Shift Logbook** is organized by Area and, if configured for the **Area**, a **Shift Logbook** is created automatically for every *Shift*. A **Shift Logbook** consists of multiple entries. After the *Shift* is over, the supervisor of the next *Shift* is expected to sign-off the previous **Shift Logbook**. After the **Shift Logbook** is signed-off, it is terminated in the system.

**Shift Logbooks**, apart from appearing in Business Data, appear in Manufacturing under the respective Area within the fabExplorer. There are several configuration options that determine how the **Shift Logbooks** are presented in fabExplorer:

* `/Cmf/System/Configuration/ShiftLogbook/DisplaySortingOrder` - can be Ascending or Descending, it determines the Shift Logbooks sorting order in fabExplorer
* `/Cmf/System/Configuration/ShiftLogbook/MaxLogbookEntrySize` - defines the maximum size of each shift logbook entry size, in megabytes.
* `/Cmf/System/Configuration/ShiftLogbook/NumberOfShiftLogbooksToDisplay` - a number that defines the last number of Shift Logbooks to be shown

## Tying Everything Together

```mermaid
graph LR
    N1[Calendar Day] -.- Main[Shift Logbook] -.- A1[Team]
    A2[Shift Definition] --- Main
    Main === L1[Shift Logbook Entry]

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
class Main mermaid_entity
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,A11,A12,A13,A14 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/shift-logbook"
click A1 "../../business-data/team"
click A2 "../../business-data/shift-definition"
```

## Sequence Of Steps

The necessary steps for correctly configuring and using a **Shift Logbook** are the following:

1. Create a **Calendar**.
2. Create the **Shift Definition**.
3. Generate Calendar Days.
4. Update the Calendar Day and assign a **Shift Definition** for the Calendar Day.
5. Create an **Area**, and make sure to enable **Shift Logbooks** for the **Area**.
6. Configure the generic table *ShiftLogbookEntrySeverity*.
7. Add an entry to the **Shift Logbook**.

!!! info
	For more information, see the [Shift Logbook](../../../tutorials/modules/labor-management/shiftlogbook.md) tutorial.

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