Cover & resourcing — Arrange cover

Go to Skills → Find cover and pick who is absent and the day. You’ll see three things: the sessions that need covering that day (pulled from the published timetable), the cover arranged so far, and a list of suggested cover ranked by matching skills — anyone holding the absent person’s primary skill floats to the top, then others by shared skills (★ marks the primary skill).

Click Assign as cover next to a person to hand them that day’s sessions. This is a one-day arrangement — the timetable itself is untouched. The cover sees the sessions on their staff-app schedule for that date with a “Cover” badge (and a notification if they use the app), while the absent person’s schedule drops them. Use undo next to an arrangement to reverse it.

Suggestions rank on skills only, so check the person is actually free that day before assigning.