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Approving a schedule and Boneyard

Schedules can be Working (editable) or Approved (locked for production use). Only one approved schedule per project is treated as the official schedule for call sheets and reports. Old or unused schedules can be archived in the Boneyard.

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Why “Approved” exists

Approved is the handoff point from planning to production.
  • Working schedule: Use this while you are planning. You can add day breaks, reorder strips, split scenes, and change times.
  • Approved schedule: Use this when you are ready to lock a version for the team. Call sheets, DPR, Day Bible, and schedule-based reports use this approved version.
  • One official version: If multiple schedules exist, the approved one is the one Spell Slate uses as the official schedule.

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How to approve

  1. Open Production → Schedule and open the schedule you want to use.
  2. When the stripboard is ready (day breaks, order, times), click Approve in the schedule action bar.
  3. The status badge changes from Working to Approved.
  4. That schedule now becomes the schedule used for call sheets and related reports.
If you need to reopen it for changes, click Unapprove, make edits, then approve again.

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Boneyard

Archived schedules appear in Boneyard. Use it when you want to hide an old schedule (e.g. a previous version or a schedule you are not using) without deleting it. From the Boneyard you can restore a schedule back to the main list or delete it. Production → Schedule; Boneyard is usually in the same area as the schedule list (e.g. a tab or link like “Boneyard” or “Archived”). More: Schedule, Stripboard and shoot days.