# Deployment

> Post a person at a client site in a role, from a start date, with a pay rate and a bill rate. This drives the daily report's "Deployed" count, payroll and billing.

Sidebar → **Deployment** (route `/deployment`). A **deployment** says who works where, as what, from when, and at what rate. It is the link between a person and a site.

**Who can do this:** Admin, Ops Manager, HR Manager (`deployments.manage`); supervisors can view.

## Where deployments come from

- **[Approve & Deploy](/docs/approve-and-deploy)** on an HR-approved worker: sets the pay rate from the approved salary, rosters the shift, registers the face, and handles the client NDA — the recommended way for new hires.
- Onboarding step 6 ([Onboarding](/docs/onboarding#6-deployment)).
- Bulk onboarding, **Deploy employee** / **Deploy all verified** ([Employees](/docs/employees#import-many-people-at-once-bulk-onboarding)).
- This page: **Add deployment**, e.g. to move someone to another site.

If an admin switches on **No deployment without HR approval** ([HR approval settings](/docs/hr-approval#settings-admins-once)), every route above refuses a worker HR has not approved.

## Add or edit a deployment

![Deployment: Add deployment, or Edit on a row](/docs-images/guide/deployment-list.webp)

| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Employee | Yes | |
| Company, Branch | | Defaults from the employee in onboarding |
| Client | Yes | |
| Site | Yes | |
| Service Line | | |
| Role Title | | e.g. *Security Guard*. **Must match the designation in the approved headcount** for the daily report to count it. |
| Start Date | Yes | The person counts as deployed from this date. Defaults to the day it's created. |
| End Date | | Set it when the posting ends. |
| Status | | **planned**, **active**, **completed**, **cancelled**. Planned and active both count as deployed between the start and end dates. |
| Pay Rate | | Per day, paid to the person. Payroll uses it. |
| Bill Rate | | Per day, charged to the client. Billing uses it. |

![Add deployment: (1) role title, spelled as in the approved headcount, (2) pay rate, (3) bill rate, (4) Save](/docs-images/guide/deployment-add.webp)

## Common tasks

- **Move someone to another site:** set an **End Date** on the old deployment (status **completed**), then add a new one at the new site.
- **Change a rate:** edit the deployment. Payroll and billing pick up the new rate the next time you press Generate.
- **A person shows as "Cover from another post" on the daily report:** they were present at a site where they have no deployment, or their deployment's role title differs from the approved designation.

## How it connects

- [Roster assignments](/docs/shifts-and-roster) should name the deployment. That link is what gives each day of attendance a pay rate and a bill rate.
- The [daily report](/docs/daily-report) counts **Deployed** per site and designation.
- [Payroll Prep](/docs/payroll-and-billing) uses the **pay rate**; [Billing Prep](/docs/payroll-and-billing) uses the **bill rate**.