On-call schedule examples

On-call schedule examples provide practical configurations to help you set up and manage your on-call rotations effectively in Grafana IRM. These examples illustrate a few possible scheduling patterns.

Weekly rotation with 12-hour daily shifts

This example demonstrates a schedule with two rotations, each covering a 12-hour period daily. User groups are assigned to these 12-hour shifts for a week at a time. After completing their week, the rotation moves to the next user group. Once all groups have completed their week, the cycle restarts with the first group.

The configuration of these 12-hour shifts involves setting the start time, shift length, and weekday mask parameters. This pattern repeats weekly, alternating among the specified user groups.

Bi-daily rotation during workdays

In this example, user groups rotate every two days on specified weekdays, with each group covering daily shifts.

The schedule follows a daily pattern based on the weekday mask settings, alternating user groups every two days. If no specific weekdays are selected, the pattern continues every two days, switching user groups with each shift event (refer to the next example for more details).

Bi-daily rotation with 36-hour shifts

This example illustrates the impact of modifying parameters from the previous example on the rotation pattern. By turning off the weekday mask, shifts occur every two days, enabling extended shifts like 36-hour periods.