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# Alternates

> How to set up a Plan B for your events.

**Alternates** are backup workers that you can treat like on-call staff.  This allows you to add workers that fill in anyone who bails out of a shift. This is a completely automated process, you only need to set the number of alternates you want to have.

## Adding Alternates

You can add an alternate to a shift in the same way that you a worker directly to a shift through **Direct Assignment**.  Increase Alternates to how many you would like.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

Add the workers you want as an alternate directly, by clicking *Click to Fill.* On the next page, select the 2 workers by clicking their names and Add Selected.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

The alternates will then appear as below.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

## 4 Ways an Alternate is moved to a shift:

## **1. Worker bails out**

When a worker bails out, Roosted will automatically replace them with an alternate with that skillset. So, in the picture below, if Adam bails out Booker would replace him.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

## **2. Admin removes a worker with a penalty:**

When you remove a worker by bailout, Roosted will automatically replace them with an alternate. In the below case, if an admin has removed Adam with a Bailout, Booker will take his place.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

## 3. Converting an Alternate to an open spot.

You can convert an Alternate to an open spot. In the example below, we have 1 open spot and 2 alternates.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

If you want to convert Annabelle to the open spot, you can click the box with the worker name & click convert.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

This will then convert Annabelle from an alternate to fill out the open spot & will appear like below.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

## **4. Manually moving the alternate to a worker**

Use a basic remove on the original worker and the alternate, and assign the worker that used to be the alternate to the skillset.  So in the picture below you could remove Brice as a worker, remove Adam as an alternate and then add Adam as a worker to the shift to Click To Fill.

<img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/roostedinc/images/guides/placeholder.png" alt="" />

And that is how you use Alternates through Roosted! 😎