# Mark available

![Mark available](/files/help/employee-availability-2.mp4 "Choose Available on days you can work.")

An employee marks available days on **Availability** in the employee portal. Available means you can work that day. Publishing a schedule does not create pay.

1. Open **Availability**. On Home, the schedule card also opens **Availability**.
2. Use **Today**, **Previous month**, and **Next month** if you need a different month.
3. Select one or more days that are still open. Past days are disabled.
4. In **Mark this day** or **Mark these days**, choose **Available**.

**Shift you prefer** on that dialog applies when you mark a day as preferred. Choosing **Available** does not pick a shift. Days save on their own. Choose **Submit** when a scheduler should treat the month as submitted.

## What you should see

The day shows as Available. The month chip can say In progress. After **Submit**, the confirmation says Availability submitted and the chip says Submitted.

A scheduler reviewing the month sees the count in the Available column. See [Review who is available](/hrms/attendance/availability-inbox).

## If something looks wrong

Past days stay disabled, so the mark dialog does not open. A past month says This month has already passed. **Copy last month** and **Submit** stay unavailable.

A locked month says: This month is locked. Ask a scheduler to reopen it if you need to make a change.

If the save does not go through, the message is Failed to save availability. On a day you already marked, the dialog can offer **Clear this day** or **Clear these days**.