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# Switch how the schedule is shown

Open View Options at the top of the desktop Scheduling page to change how visits are shown. Under Views you can pick Day, Day (Map), Day (Schedule), Week, or Month.

* **Day** lays one day's technician schedules out on a time-based calendar.
* **Day (Map)** plots one day's visits at their properties and can show where technicians are. On mobile, it also plots filtered backlog visits that have a property address; open a pin and look for **Unscheduled** to distinguish backlog work from the selected day's scheduled visits.
* **Day (Schedule)** shows the selected day as one visit-based list. On desktop, each sortable row includes the arrival window above the scheduled time, the customer and property, visit types, and assigned technicians. On mobile, visits appear in chronological order.
* **Week** places visits at their scheduled times on a seven-day hour grid.
* **Month** shows a full month grid with visit time and property labels inside each day.

Day (Schedule) follows the technicians selected under View Options. A multi-technician visit appears once, and it remains in Day (Schedule) when at least one of its technicians is visible. On desktop, select a column heading to sort the rows. To move a visit with drag and drop on desktop, switch to Day, Day (Map), or Week.

On a mobile browser, use the compact calendar-view selector to switch among the same five views. Week is a seven-day hour grid with a current-time line that updates while the view stays open; tap a date heading to open Day. Month is a complete calendar grid with visit labels, including a **Continued** entry on every day an overnight visit overlaps; tap a date or **+N more** to open that day's Day view. Swipe a Week or Month calendar to move to the next or previous period, use the arrows for the same navigation, or tap **Today** to return to the current date. Multi-technician visits appear once in Day (Schedule), Week, and Month.

In the calendar views that support them, Technician View can give each technician a separate row or combine everyone onto one shared grid, and Visit Card switches cards between Detailed and Summary.

The date range you're viewing drives what loads, and it's also the window Essential uses by default when you ask about the schedule.

> **Where to find it:** Scheduling page, the View Options control on desktop or the calendar-view selector on a mobile browser

## Related guides

* [Drag and drop to schedule, move, reassign, and handle conflicts](/customers-and-work/scheduling/drag-and-drop-to-schedule-move-reassign-and-handle-conflicts.md)
* [See and manage your schedule](/customers-and-work/scheduling/see-and-manage-your-schedule.md)
* [See technicians on the map with live GPS](/customers-and-work/scheduling/see-technicians-on-the-map-with-live-gps.md)
* [Add work orders (visit types) and contacts with reminders to a visit](/customers-and-work/scheduling/add-work-orders-visit-types-and-contacts-with-reminders-to-a-visit.md)
* [Create a new visit](/customers-and-work/scheduling/create-a-new-visit.md)


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