> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.incident.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What's included in On-call

> Find the on-call feature you need, and the page that explains it.

On-call covers the whole path from an alert firing to the right person picking up their phone.

Setting it up for the first time? Start with [Getting started with On-call](/on-call/getting-started), which walks through teams, schedules, escalation paths and alert routes.

## Build and run schedules

| Feature                                              | What it does                                                                                                 |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Schedules](/on-call/building-schedules)             | Rotations, handover times, working hours, follow-the-sun coverage and shadow rotations.                      |
| [Import and duplicate](/on-call/importing-schedules) | Bring schedules across from PagerDuty and Opsgenie, or copy one you already have.                            |
| [Coverage gap detection](/on-call/coverage-policies) | Spots the windows where nobody is on call, and chases someone to fill them. Available on Pro and Enterprise. |
| [Terraform management](/admin/terraform)             | Manage schedules and escalation paths as code, and export the config from the dashboard.                     |

## Holidays and time off

| Feature                                                                                                       | What it does                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Public holidays](/on-call/public-holidays)                                                                   | Subscribe a schedule to one or more countries' public holidays, with suggestions based on its timezone.                      |
| [Holiday calendar feeds](/on-call/calendar-feeds)                                                             | Import personal time off from any calendar or HRIS with an iCal feed, including Personio, CharlieHR and Rippling.            |
| [Direct HRIS integrations](/on-call/direct-hris-integrations)                                                 | Connect Workday, HiBob or BambooHR directly, and choose which time off policies show on a schedule. Available on Enterprise. |
| [Vacation conflict detection](/on-call/acting-on-holidays#detect-on-call-and-vacation-overlaps-with-a-policy) | Spots time off that clashes with a shift, and tells the person before they go away. Available on Pro and Enterprise.         |

## Cover a shift

| Feature                                       | What it does                                                                              |
| --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Overrides](/on-call/overrides#overrides)     | Hand a whole shift or part of one to someone else, from the dashboard, mobile or the API. |
| [Cover requests](/on-call/overrides#cover-me) | Ask your schedule for cover, and we create the override as soon as someone accepts.       |
| [Shift swaps](/on-call/shift-swaps)           | Trade a shift for one of a teammate's, directly or as part of a cover request.            |

## Reach the right person

| Feature                                                 | What it does                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Escalation paths](/on-call/escalation-paths)           | Multi-level paths with retries, working hours conditions and priority branching.                                                |
| [Round robin](/on-call/round-robin)                     | Spread pages evenly across a rotation rather than always starting with the same person.                                         |
| [Out of hours delays](/on-call/out-of-hours)            | Hold an out of hours escalation until working hours begin, so a low priority page wakes nobody.                                 |
| [Notification preferences](/on-call/notifications)      | Phone call, SMS, mobile push, WhatsApp and email, set separately for high and low urgency.                                      |
| [Notification policies](/on-call/notification-policies) | Require a minimum set of contact methods, and enforce it so responders can't remove the rules. Available on Pro and Enterprise. |

## Live call routing

| Feature                                                                   | What it does                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Call routes](/on-call/live-call-routing)                                 | A phone number that rings whoever is on call, level by level. Available on Pro and Enterprise.                     |
| [Phone trees](/on-call/live-call-routing#route-callers-with-a-phone-tree) | Let callers press a key to choose which team they reach, so one number can serve several. Available on Enterprise. |
| [Voicemail](/on-call/live-call-routing#send-calls-to-voicemail)           | Take a message when nobody answers, with a recording and transcript on the alert.                                  |

## See on-call outside the dashboard

| Feature                                                                | What it does                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Slack user group sync](/on-call/sync-slack-groups)                    | Keep a Slack user group in step with a schedule, so mentioning it reaches whoever is on call.     |
| [Shift calendar feeds](/on-call/shift-calendar-feeds)                  | Subscribe to your own shifts, or a whole schedule, from Google Calendar, Outlook or any iCal app. |
| [Schedule change notifications](/on-call/slack-schedule-notifications) | Post a Slack message at each handover saying who is coming on and off duty.                       |
| [Mobile app](/on-call/mobile-notifications)                            | Take a page, check schedules and arrange cover from iOS or Android.                               |

## Report and review

| Feature                                                   | What it does                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [On-call pay reports](/on-call/pay-report)                | Turn shifts into a compensation report with daily or hourly rates, holiday premiums and a payroll CSV. Enterprise adds different pay rules per group, and paying once for overlapping shifts. |
| [Readiness insights](/on-call/on-call-readiness-insights) | See who is reachable, by which method, and how that's trending.                                                                                                                               |
| [Who's on call right now](/on-call/determining-on-call)   | Work out who a page will reach, and why.                                                                                                                                                      |

Responders in Mainland China use a separate setup with different notification methods. See [On-call in China](/on-call/china-on-call).

Plans and their limits are on our [pricing page](https://incident.io/pricing).
