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# 📅 What are day types in haddock HR?

**Day types** in **haddock HR** are a super useful tool that lets you customize and organize your **planning calendar**. 🗓️✨ That way, you never lose track of what kind of shift you are working with!

### 1️⃣ **Where can you find them?**

**Day types** are located under **Calendar** in the **main menu** of haddock HR. You just need to go there and start configuring them! 🛠️

### 2️⃣ **What are they for?**

**Day types** are used to link to your **planning calendar** and to **employee absences**. The most common and standard types are the days of the week:

- Monday (Lu)
- Tuesday (Ma)
- Wednesday (Mi)
- Thursday (Ju)
- Friday (Vi)
- Saturday (Sa)
- Sunday (Fe) (for holidays)

But the real magic of **haddock HR** is that you can **create custom day types** to adapt them to the specific needs of your business. You can name them whatever you want! ✨🎨

### 3️⃣ **What else can you do with them?**

- **Color** day types: so that when you see them in planning or in the absence calendar, they stand out with a nice color! 🌈
- **Set staffing needs**: each day type can have its own **staffing requirements** configuration. For example, if you need more people on holidays, you can assign more staff to those days. 🧑‍💼👩‍💼

### 4️⃣ **How does all this help you?**

Having day types helps you plan your shifts better, because you can **easily view** staffing needs by shift type. In addition, holidays or any other special type of day will be much easier to manage. 🙌📊

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## 🔧 **In short**:

**Day types** in **haddock HR** are like the superpower of organization. 🌟 They let you customize your calendar, assign colors, and configure staffing needs. An essential tool to keep everything under control! 🧑‍💻🔝