To initiate an online swap, log in to view the online schedules. On the main toolbar, click the swap icon . Logging in to swap a shift works in the same way as logging in to submit work preferences. If you have set up a personal password, you can click the swap icon, enter your password, and a swap calendar appears.

If you don't have a personal password, you need to ask amion.com to email you a login link. After requesting the password, check your email and double click the login link.

The swap calendar displays all your shifts. Click the shift that a colleague is going to cover for you. You can only select shifts from the current date onward.

Next, choose the person who agreed to take the shift. A calendar with your colleague's assignments appears. Choose the shift that you will cover in return.

A summary of the swap comes up to double-check before submitting the request. If the shifts and dates are correct, click Submit swap request.

When you submit the swap, amion.com emails your colleague and asks him/her to confirm the trade. The switch will appear in the schedule only after your colleague OKs the change.

When a swap is confirmed, amion.com emails you to say that your colleague accepted the trade. It also emails the scheduler so that there is a record of all the trades submitted online.

If you are the scheduler, please see Online swaps - instructions for schedulers.