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# Approving and boneyard

# 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**.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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](/schedule), [Stripboard and shoot days](/stripboard-and-days).