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title: "How can the technician's time off be shown on the schedule?"
slug: "how-can-the-technician-s-time-off-be-shown-on-the-schedule"
updated: 2026-10-15T00:31:44Z
published: 2026-10-15T00:31:44Z
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# How can the technician's time off be shown on the schedule?

## Introduction

Use Technician Shifts to mark PTO on the schedule and improve job booking efficiency.

## Problem

You want to know how to mark when a technician is taking PTO in ServiceTitan.

## Solution

### Workflow Summary

Use [Technician Shifts](/construction/docs/use-technician-shifts-1) to ensure technicians' PTO is visible on the Dispatch Board, aiding in efficient job booking.

### Show a technician's time off on the schedule

1. Go to the navigation bar and click **Schedule**.
2. Click the **Technician Shifts** tab**.**
3. Click **Create Shift**.
4. Click **Time Off**.
5. Enter details.
6. Enter time off for a single technician or multiple technicians. This will display a *Time Off* block for those hours or days.
7. When finished, click **Add to schedule**.

The main scheduling and dispatching view in ServiceTitan showing all jobs, technicians, and appointment times in a grid or map layout.

**What it does:** Gives dispatchers a real-time view of the day's work to manually assign, drag-and-drop, or adjust job assignments.

**Also called:** Schedule board, Dispatch view

**Tags:** Core

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