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Clock In Clock Out in SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking – Overview and How-To Guide

Hello SAP SuccessFactors Time Management Community,

let me introduce the new Clock In Clock Out feature of SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking we have build for you in the H2 2021 release. This blog post will help you to understand how the solution works and what steps need to be done to set it up.

Table of content:

  1. Overview
  2. Main Entities In Clock In Clock Out
  3. Supported Sources to Record a Time Event 
  4. Main Processes in Clock In Clock Out 
  5. Setup Clock In Clock Out
  6. View and Maintain Time Events
  7. Check Tool for Clock In Clock Out 
  8. Additional Features
  9. Conclusion 

1. Overview

The new Clock In Clock Out feature in SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking is a powerful and easy-to-use application that enables customers to track employees’ times, recorded via a clock terminal or our web/mobile quick punch action. 

The feature is seamlessly integrated with the existing Time Sheet processes. With this, we close the last gap to cover all relevant steps from the physical punch at the terminal to the payment of the employee. 

Of course, role-based permissions and workflows are supported in Clock In Clock Out as well as you already know it from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Time Management.

Note: The Clock In Clock Out solution is not available in all data centers yet. To check whether your datacenter already has Clock In Clock Out enabled please check our SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Time Management community page for the Clock In Clock Out data center rollout plan.

Clock In Clock Out is only available in our SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking solution. For the basic time sheet solution this is not available. 

2. Main Entities in Clock In Clock Out 

First, I would like to describe the main entities used in the context of Clock In Clock Out and for what they are used.  

Time Event 

A Time Event is a data record, which holds:  

  • the identifier of an employee/employment - who did it 
  • the point in time – when did it happen 
  • attributes describing the event – what happened 

The attributes, which describe the Time Event, usually hold some sort of location identifier, sometimes called the ‘terminal id‘ and the purpose of the Time Event, the Time Event Type. Without any other attributes, such a Time Event merely describes the fact ‘I was here’.  

Those Time Events are typically captured via a physical terminal or by a web or mobile punch application.

Time Event Pair 

A Time Event Pair is a data record created out of two Time Events that are recorded for an employee in sequence, for example for a clock-in at 8 am and a clock-out at 4 pm. The Time Event Pair does not have only the timestamp when something happens, but it holds: 

  • the identifier for an employee/employment - who did it 
  • the period – how long was the activity 
  • several attributes describing the pair – what happened in this period 

 Time Event Type 

For time management purposes, the Time Event usually holds at least one more attribute to specify what happened: the Time Event Type. Typical Time Event Types are for example:  

  • Coming to work – clock in 
  • Leaving work – clock out 
  • Going away but still working – short business trip 
  • Going for a break – break 

Many systems work with exactly this set of Time Event Types. Some use less Time Event Types, say, only clock-in and clock-out, others use more Time Event Types depending on the business use cases. Some Time Event Types are irrelevant from a time valuation point of view, like Time Events when entering a specific building. As you know from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Time Management, you can configure this also depending on your business needs. 

A Time Event Type can be defined as Start (start an activity for the company) or Stop (end an activity for the company) type. More details can be found in the Pairing Engine section. 

Clock In Clock Out Group 

A Clock In Clock Out group combines a set of Time Event Types. The Clock In Clock Out Group can be assigned to the employees Job Information and is used for: 

  • specifying an employee as a Clock In Clock Out employee 
  • defining which Time Event Types the employee is allowed to record 

You could for example define a Clock In Clock Out Group ‘Basic Puncher’ which has only the clock-in and clock-out Time Event Type and a group ‘Consultant Puncher’ which has the Time Event Types clock-inlunchbusiness trip and clock-out. 

The following diagram visualizes all main entities of Clock In Clock Out and their relation to each other. 

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Overview Main Entities in Clock In Clock Out

3. Supported Sources to Record a Time Event 

There are several ways to record a Time Event in Clock In Clock Out. Based on the source, a Time Event is categorized with a specific entry type to show from where it was created.  

  • Physical Terminal

    The most common source to capture a Time Event is via a physical terminal by swiping a card. We have been working with a few partners to confirm our setup. But our service is vendor agnostic and can be used by any clock terminal vendor if they can work with our APIs. Time Events recorded via terminal are stored with Entry Type = Terminal 

  • Clock Time Punch via Web or Mobile

    Clock In Clock Out already includes an easy-to-use and employee-centric designed clock time quick action on the latest homepage (homepage 4) for Web and Mobile. With this, an employee can record Time Events with few clicks. Time Events recorded via clock time punch are stored with Entry Type = Web or Mobile 

  • Time Sheet UI

    Time Events can also be maintained in the Time Sheet UI. In this UI, the employee can enter a specific date and time for the new Time Event. This can be helpful to record, for example, missing punches. Time Events recorded via the Time Sheet UI are stored with Entry Type = Manual 

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  • Manage Clock In Clock Out UI 

    The Manage Clock In Clock Out UI is designed for the admin use case. In this UI, an admin can maintain Time Events with all supported fields for who they have permissions for. Time Events recorded via the Manage Clock In Clock Out UI are stored also with Entry Type = Manual 

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  • Third Party/Custom Application

    Clock In Clock Out offers a simple public REST API which can be used to push Time Events in single or bulk mode to the Clock In Clock Out application. Details about this API can be found in the SAP Help Portal. This Rest API is also used for the terminal integration, therefore Time Events recorded via the REST API are stored with Entry Type = Terminal as well. The structure of the API body looks like this:

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API Example of a Time Event

As you can see, it is also possible to specify the Id of the terminal at which the punch happened and the external code of the Time Type to be used in Time Sheet for this punch. Both attributes are optional. 

4. Main Processes in Clock In Clock Out 

As we have now learned what the main entities in Clock In Clock Out are and for what they are used, we can step a little further and look at the main processes of Clock In Clock Out. 

Validation Engine 

The validation engine is executed directly after a new Time Event was recorded. It validates the Time Event for its structural and semantical correctness based on the defined master data (Time Event Type, Clock In Clock Out Groups etc.). The following business validations are executed, for example: 

  • Employees do exist and is assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group 
  • Recorded Time Event Type exists and is present in the assigned Clock In Clock Out Group 

In case an invalid Time Event is created, the system shows a detailed validation error, and the save will be prevented. But when a Time Event is recorded via a physical Terminal, only structural validation will prevent the save. If a business validation fails, the Time Event is saved with a validation error and needs human interaction by a time admin for example. Those mistaken Time Events are highlighted by the validation status and the detailed error in the Time Admin and even in the employees Time Sheet. 

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Display of Validation Error in Manage Clock In Clock Out UI

Pairing Engine 

For time valuation, we need to transform Time Events with specific Time Event Types into Time Event Pairs with a specific Time Type. Since we usually need two Time Events (like clock-in and clock-out) to combine them into one Time Event Pair, this process is called pairing.  

 In principle, the pairing arranges individual Time Events on a timeline.  

Consequently, all Time Events fall into two major categories: during a period, a person is either: 

  • attendant (start something for the company) or 
  • non-attendant (end something for the company) 

In standard configurations, there will usually exist several Start Time Events (clock-in, break, short business trip etc.) but only one Stop Time Event (clock-out). This, of course, corresponds to the fact that different Start Time Events can be mapped to different Time Types of the following period, but every Stop Time Event always corresponds to merely the ‘not there’-information.  

For the automated pairing, the Event attribute in the Time Event Type is important. A Time Event Type can be defined as Start (start an activity for the company) or Stop (end an activity for the company) type.  

With the two basic categories, we can lay down the pairing rules for incoming Time Events:  

  • Start following Stop: the standard clock-in event. A new period of attendance starts => no pairing  
  • Start following Start: the person is still at work, but the nature of the attendance has changed. This implies the end of the earlier attendance => pairing of earlier attendance period  
  • Stop following Start: the standard clock-out event. The earlier attendance period ends => pairing of ended attendance period  
  • Stop following Stop: this cannot be used for pairing, and needs human intervention (shown as mistaken Time Event in Clock In Clock Out UIs) 

In simple words, the Clock In Clock Out solution in SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking will always create a Time Event Pair if a valid Time Event is recorded at most 24 hours after a valid Time Event of type Start for the same employee/employment.  

Those automatically created Time Event Pairs will be published to SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking and converted to an External Time Data which will result in a Time Sheet entry.  

Re-Pairing Engine 

There might be situations where a Time Event must be created in the past (missing punch) or an already paired Time Event must be deleted (wrong punch). If this happens, the Time Event Pairs must be re-created, and the latest pairing information must be sent to SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking again. 

This could result in: 

  • Creating new Time Event Pairs 
  • Updating existing Time Event Pairs 
  • Deleting existing Time Event Pairs 

The following example shows this. Let us assume the following data already exists for Employee A. 

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Initial State Before Re-Pairing

The employee clocked in at 8 in the morning and clocked out at 4 in the evening. But Time Events have been successfully paired and 10 hours of working time have been recorded in SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking. 

On the next day, the employee realized that he was for a break from 2 pm until 4 pm but had forgotten to record this break.  

Due to the manual correction scenario Clock In Clock Out provides in the Manage Clock In Clock Out and Time Sheet UI this missing punch can be added easily.  

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Insert Missing Time Event

The Clock In Clock Out application detects such scenarios that require re-pairing and makes sure that always consistent data will be stored for the employee. 

In the example above the system will update the end time of the Time Event Pair 1 from 4 pm to 2 pm and create a new Time Event Pair from 2 pm to 4 pm. This information is immediately sent to SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking and the External Time Data 1 is also updated with the new end time and a new External Time Data created with time type Break from 2 pm to 4 pm. 

If for example, the Break was recorded by mistake and it will be deleted manually, the system detects again that a re-pairing is needed and will do the following. 

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Delete Time Event

 The system will automatically update the Time Event Pair 1 and External Time Data 1 to end time 4 pm again and it will delete the Time Event Pair 2 and External Time Data 2. 

With these automated processes it is always guaranteed that the data in the employee’s Time Sheet corresponds with the Clock In Clock Out data. 

Time Type Derivation 

To derive the correct Time Type for the External Time Data, the MDF object Clock In Clock Out Time Type Derivation Configuration can be used. With this configuration object, the Time Event Type of the “opening” Time Event of the Time Event Pair defines the Time Type to be used.  

For example, you can define that the Time Type “Working Time” should be used each time a Time Event Pair is received that was paired with an opening Time Event using the Time Event Type Clock In.  

Or you could define that the Time Type “Break” should be used in case a Time Event Pair is received which was paired with an opening Time Event using the Time Event Type Break.  

See section Time Type Derivation for more details. 

The Time Type Derivation logic would find the to be used Time Type in the following order: 

  1. Time Type Code specified by the terminal 
  2. Time Type derived based on Clock In Clock Out Time Type Derivation Configuration object 
  3. Default Import Attendance Time Type defined in the Time Profile of the employee 

The next screenshot highlights each step in the end 2 end process from the creation of a time Event (for example via a punch at the terminal) to the generation of the Time Valuation Results. 

End 2 End Process Steps

In the following diagram the pairing engine and time type derivation is illustrated based on a daily work scenario. 

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Pairing in Clock In Clock Out by a Typical Working Day

In this example, the employee has punched four times on the working day using Clock In (Start), Break (Start) and Clock Out (Stop). This results in: 

  • 4 Time Events 
  • 3 Time Event Pairs 
  • 3 External Time Data 
  • 3 Time Sheet Entries 

5. Setup Clock In Clock Out 

Clock In Clock Out is part of the SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking solution. Once you have bought it, the feature must be enabled in provisioning. 

Maintain Master Data 

To be able to create master data for Clock In Clock Out, the following permissions must be assigned to the admin: 

Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Manage Roles for Clock In Clock Out -> Administrator Permissions 

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Permissions Required for Master Data Setup

Once this is done, you can navigate to Admin Center -> Configure Clock In Clock Out. 

Create Time Event Types 

On the first tab, you can maintain the Time Event Types. Here you need to enter the Code, the Event, and the Status. The Title and Description are optional fields. 

In the following example, the typical Clock In Time Event Type is created. 

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Create Time Event Types

Note: The code of the Time Event Type must be used by the terminal and the 3rd party integration using the REST API in field typeCode. See example in section Supported Sources to Record a Time Event. 

Create Clock In Clock Out Groups 

On the second tab, you can maintain the Clock In Clock Out Groups. Here you need to enter the Code and assign the Time Event Types. The Title is an optional field. 

A Clock In Clock Out Group is used to identify an employee as Clock In Clock Out employee and define what types of Time Events those employees are allowed to record, for example Clock In, Break or Clock Out. 

In the following example, a Clock In Clock Out Group is created in which the Clock In, Break and Clock Out is allowed. 

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Create Clock In Clock Out Groups

Maintain Clock In Clock Out Settings 

In the settings page you can configure the behavior and switch on/off features of Clock In Clock Out. 

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Clock In Clock Out Settings

  • Time Events Pairing

    With this flag enabled, the pairing engine will create a Time Event Pair when two Time Events with the same Start Time Event Type are recorded after each other. If, for example, an employee records a clock in at 8:00 am and another clock in at 10:00 am, the system will pair those Time Events and a Time Sheet entry with 2 hours working time is created. If this feature is disabled, the Time Event will not pair and the first Time Event is highlighted with an error. 

  • Overdue Time Events

    In most of the cases a Time Event will remain unpaired for more than 12 hours. To highlight those “long” unpaired Time Events, this setting can be used. Note: This setting has only an effect on Time Events recorded with a Start Time Event Type. Unpaired StopTime Events are immediately highlighted with an error. 

  • Workflow Processes

    With this flag enabled, workflows defined on MDF object Manual Time Event are executed whenever a Time Event is manual created or deleted. See more details in section Define Workflows for Time Events.

  • Time Events CreationWith this setting you can define whether the field reason and comment should be shown on the manual creation popup for Time Events in the Time Sheet and Manage Clock In Clock Out UI and if so, whether those fields should be mandatory or not. See more details in section Define Reasons for Manual Time Event Creation.

Assign Employees to Clock In Clock Out Groups 

Only employees who are assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group can record Time Events. 

For this, a new field “time-event-group-id” is available in the Job Information which needs to be enabled in Admin Center -> Manage Business Configuration 

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Enable Field Clock In Clock Out Group in Job Information

As a second step, this field needs to be made accessible via permissions in Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Employee Central Effective Dated Entities -> Job information 

Once this is done you can assign employees to Clock In Clock Out Groups via New Hire, MSS or Import. 

Note: Only employees which have a Time Recording Variant = Clock Times and a Time Recording Profile with Time Recording Method = Positive can be assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group. 

You can use the Admin Center –> Time Management Configuration Search to see all employees assigned to a specific Clock In Clock Out group on a specific date. 

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Time Management Configuration Search

Synchronize Clock In Clock Out Employees 

Employees that are assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group must be replicated to the Clock In Clock Out application. This is done event-based each time the Clock In Clock Out Group is added, removed, or changed on an employee’s Job Information. 

Even though this event-based replication process is reliable there can be situations which require a fresh full replication of those employees.  

This can be triggered with the MDF object Clock In Clock Out Employee Full Synchronization Details. 

To enable access, the corresponding permission to the object via Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Time Management Object Permission needs to be granted. 

With the field Trigger Full Synchronization, the full sync can be triggered. After the sync has finished, the details can be found in the read-only fields. 

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Clock In Clock Out Employee Full Synchronization Details

To be able to find such employee inconsistencies between Employee Central and Clock In Clock Out there are Check Tool checks available which can also be used to fix those automatically. See section Check Tool for Clock In Clock Out for more details. 

Define Time Type Derivation Logic 

This step is optional and if not configured all External Time Data created from Clock In Clock Out are using the Default Import Attendance Time Type defined in the Time Profile of the employee. 

The Time Type Derivation Logic can be defined in MDF object Clock In Clock Out Time Type Derivation Configuration 

To enable access, the corresponding object permission via Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Time Management Object Permissions needs to be granted. 

In the following example, all Time Event Pairs that are created due to an opening Clock In Event will be mapped to the Time Type Working Time. All Time Event Pairs created due to an opening Break Time Event will be mapped to Time Type Break Time Type. All others will use the Default Import Attendance Time Type defined in the Time Profile of the employee.

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Time Type Derivation Example

Define Workflows for Time Events 

Typically, Time Events are recorded via a physical terminal or via a web or mobile based punch application. In such scenarios the employee cannot specify the date and time, the Time Event is recorded at the time at which the employee swiped the card or pushed the punch button. For such scenarios, a Time Event workflow is not needed. 

But there might be scenarios an employee or admin must create a Time Event manually due to a missing punch or a wrong Time Event must be deleted. For such manual interactions, Clock In Clock Out supplies a powerful workflow configuration, so that those Time Events will only be processed after the approval happens. 

The following diagram illustrates the possible approval status and actions on Time Events. 

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Workflow Status for Time Events

All Time Events that are created with Entry Type TerminalWeb or Mobile will not trigger a workflow and will be saved directly with Approval Status = Approved. 

Note: Time Events with approval status other than Approved cannot be deleted. A Time Event in with approval Status Pending Deletion can only be deleted when the corresponding workflow is approved. 

The following steps need to be taken to configure a workflow for Time Events: 

  1. Enable Workflow Processes in Admin Center -> Configure Clock In Clock Out -> Settings 
  2. Create a Workflow in Admin Center -> Manage Organization, Pay and Job Structures 
  3. Create a Business Rule for Metadata Framework with purpose = Workflow for object Manual Time Event. In this rule the workflow to be triggered from the previous step will be set. See examples of such a workflow rule below. 
  4. Assign this rule in Admin Center -> Configure Object Definition -> Manual Time Event at the Save Step

In the business rule you can decide whether, and if so, which workflow should be triggered by the If-Condition on Time Event fields.  

Below are some examples of such a workflow rule: 

Trigger the same workflow for any manual creation and deletion of Time Events.

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Workflow Rule 1

Trigger different workflows for any manual creation of Time Events and deletion of Time Events which were created via terminal.

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Workflow Rule 2

Trigger a workflow only for deletion of Time Events that are successfully validated and were created on or before the previous working day of the employee.

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Workflow Rule 3

As you can see, the workflows for Time Events are highly configurable and powerful. 

Grant Permissions for Viewing and Maintaining Time Events in Clock In Clock Out 

The Time Event is fully secured by role-based permissions, and it supports the definition of a target criteria. With this you can define the employees who can view, edit, create and delete Time Events for which employees.  

The permissions are granted in Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Manage Roles for Clock In Clock Out -> Administrator Permissions 

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Time Event Permissions

As you can see, you can define fine granular permissions for the deletion of Time Events based on the entry type. So, you can have only some administrators which are allowed to delete Time Events that are coming from a terminal, but employees could be able to delete own Time Events which were created manually.

As the next step, you can assign this role to either: 

  • All Employees 
  • All Managers 
  • Specific Employees defined in a Dynamic Group 

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Granting for Time Event Permission Role

In the last step you need to define the target population of the employees for whom the employees can view, create or delete the Time Events. This depends on the choice of the previous steps 

  • Assigned to All Employees => only Self is supported  
  • Assigned to All Managers => only Direct Reports is supported 
  • Assigned to Dynamic Groups => Everyone or specific Dynamic Groups 

The supported target populations for Time Events will be enhanced in future releases. 

Once you have assigned employees to such a Time Event permission, they will be able to view, delete or create those, for example in the Time Sheet or Manage Clock In Clock Out UI. 

Note: On the new Time Sheet UI you can only view and create Time Events for your own even if you have other employees defined in the target criteria. (In case you proxy, you can view or create Time Events for the proxied user if allowed) 

To allow access to the Manage Clock In Clock Out UI you need to grant the permission Manage Clock In Clock Out in Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Manage Roles for Clock In Clock Out -> Administrator Permissions. 

To allow access to the Clock Time quick action on the new homepage (homepage 4) you need to grant the permission Clock Time in Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Manage Roles for Clock In Clock Out -> User Permissions.

Note: For the Clock Time quick action, the employee does not need to have the permission Create Manual Time Events. Once the permission to access the Clock Time quick action is granted, the employee is allowed to record Time Events for its own automatically. Only the View Time Events permission is respected in this UI.

Define Reasons for Manual Time Event Creation 

Sometimes it requires a comment and the choice of a reason to describe why a Time Event was created manually. 

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Reason and Comment on Create Time Event Popup

If this is needed, you can enable those fields in the Settings page of Clock In Clock Out application as described above. 

The possible reasons must be defined in MDF object Reason for Manual Time Event 

To enable access, the corresponding object permission via Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Time Management Object Permissions needs to be granted. 

Here you can specify the code and the translated name of such a reason. This could be, for example, Terminal Broken or Missing Punch.

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Reason for Manual Time Event Example

Those reasons can also be used in the workflow rule to trigger different workflows based on the selected reason. 

Configure Terminals for Clock In Clock Out 

This configuration step is not done by SAP. For this, you need to follow the guide provided by the terminal vendors which already support the integration with Clock In Clock Out. 

But the following examples might help you in replicating the employee data from SuccessFactors to your (terminal) system.  

Those are only examples, and the real implementation might vary based on the business requirement of the customer. 

Replicate Employee Data

The terminal needs as minimum the following data in the payload of the Time Event REST API: 

  • Employee’s assignment Id (userId) 
  • The code of the Time Event Type 
  • The timestamp when the punch happened 

To be able to derive the correct user Id it must be replicated from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to your (terminal) system. 

This user Id can be stored in the physical card but usually there is a mapping between the card Id and the user Id stored in the terminal system. 

As only employees that are assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group can record Time Events, it is not necessary to replicate all employees. Only employees who have a Clock In Clock Out Group assigned need to be replicated. 

For this, the OData API on EmpJob entity can be used which is explained by a few examples. 

Get Employee Data that is valid today 

OData call:

<SERVER>/odata/v2/EmpJob?$expand=emplStatusNav&$filter=(timeEventTypeGroupId ne null and effectiveLatestChange eq 'Y' and emplStatusNav/externalCode eq 'A')&$select=userId,timeEventTypeGroupId 

This will return the user Id and the Clock In Clock Out Group code of all active employees that are assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group valid today. One result item could look like this: 

<userId>employeeA</userId> 

<timeEventTypeGroupId>G1</timeEventTypeGroupId> 

 

In case today is the 01/01/2021 and an employee is assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group from 01/01/2000 – 12/31/2020, this record would not be returned. 

Get Employee Data that is valid from a certain date 

This can be used to replicate the first initial load of all employees assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group from a specified start date until end of time. 

OData call:

<SERVER>/odata/v2/EmpJob?$expand=emplStatusNav&$filter=(timeEventTypeGroupId ne null and effectiveLatestChange eq 'Y' and emplStatusNav/externalCode eq 'A')&$select=userId,startDate,endDate,timeEventTypeGroupId&fromDate=2005-01-01 

This will return the user Id, the Clock In Clock Out Group code and the start and end date of the Job Information record of all active employees that are assigned to a Clock In Clock Out Group from 01/01/2005 until 12/31/9999. The result could look like this:  

<userId>employeeA</userId> 

<timeEventTypeGroupId>G1</timeEventTypeGroupId> 

<startDate m:type=”Edm.DateTime”>2014-01-01T00:00:00</startDate> 

<endDate m:type=”Edm.DateTime”>9999-12-31T00:00:00</endDate> 

 

<userId>employeeB</userId> 

<timeEventTypeGroupId>G2</timeEventTypeGroupId> 

<startDate m:type=”Edm.DateTime”>2000-01-01T00:00:00</startDate> 

<endDate m:type=”Edm.DateTime”>2020-12-31T00:00:00</endDate> 

 

As you can see, this will also return the record of the employeeB which is assigned to group G2 only until 12/31/2020.

Those OData calls (especially the first one) need to be executed regularly to also replicate data that was changed after the last synchronization, for example new hires, terminations, or changes in the Clock In Clock Out Group assignment of employees.  

Replicate Employee Balance

In case you want to replicate the balance of an employee, the OData APIon entity EmpTimeAccountBalance can be used. See details: https://api.sap.com/api/ECTimeOff/tryout

The following example will return the balance of -12 hours for the employee with userId (assignmentId) 106002 and Time Account Type WTDIFF on the 23rd of August 2021.

OData call:

<SERVER>/odata/v2/EmpTimeAccountBalance?$filter=userId eq '106002' and timeAccountType eq 'WTDIFF'&balanceAsOfDate=2021-09-23

Response:

<m:properties>

<d:timeAccount>a8940d57b9184a81a65268ff582d6dbe</d:timeAccount>

<d:balance m:type=”Edm.Decimal”>-12</d:balance>

<d:timeAccountType>WTDIFF</d:timeAccountType>

<d:userId>106002</d:userId>

<d:accountClosed m:type=”Edm.Boolean”>false</d:accountClosed>

<d:timeUnit>HOURS</d:timeUnit>

</m:properties>

Note: If you do not specify a balanceAsOfDate, the balance as of today is returned. 

 

That’s it! Now you have configured Clock In Clock Out and it can be used. 

 

6. View and Maintain Time Events 

You can view and maintain Time Events based on granted permissions in the Clock Time quick action or the Time Sheet UI (used by employees) and Manage Clock In Clock Out UI (used by admins). 

Manage Clock In Clock Out UI 

The Manage Clock In Clock Out UI is built for (Time) Admins that need to have an overview of Time Events of multiple employees. In this UI you can filter the Time Events and see all relevant data such as Terminal ID, Approval Status, Validation Status and so on. 

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Manage Clock In Clock Out UI

You can also create and delete Time Events if the corresponding permission is granted. 

Note: Time Events created in the Manage Clock In Clock Out UI are saved with Entry Type = Manual and will trigger a workflow if configured. 

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Create Time Event in Manage Clock In Clock Out UI

Clock Time Punch 

The easiest way for an employee to use Clock In Clock Out within SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking is the quick action Clock Time on the new Homepage 4. Here you can create and view own Time Events.

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Clock Time Quick Action on Homepage 4

 

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Clock Time Popup on Homepage 4

Time Sheet UI 

As an employee, the new Time Sheet UI can also be used to view, create or delete your own Time Events. This UI respects the defined permissions, and employees can only view, create or delete their own Time Events once the corresponding permission is assigned. 

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Time Sheet UI

 

Create Time Event in Time Sheet UI

Note: Time Events created in the Time Sheet UI are saved with Entry Type = Manual and will trigger a workflow if configured. 

 

7. Check Tool for Clock In Clock Out 

A new application Clock In Clock Out has been added to the check tool. In this you find 3 checks which report any issue of the master data and employee synchronization between Clock In Clock Out and SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking. 

All checks are executed automatically daily, so you will always find the latest results.  

To enable access, the following permission via Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Check Tool -> Access Check Tool needs to be granted.

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Check Tool for Clock In Clock Out

Additionally, all 3 checks supply a quick fix which automatically fixes the found inconsistencies. 

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Quick Fix for Check Tool Error

To allow the execution of a quick fix, the following permission via Admin Center -> Manage Permission Roles -> Check Tool -> Allow Check Tool Quick Fix needs to be granted. 

8. Additional Features 

The following features are supported by Clock In Clock Out as well. Detailed information can be found in the official documentation.  

  • Clock In Clock Out change audit logging 
  • Clock In Clock Out data purge 
  • Clock In Clock Out data purge during master data purge 
  • Clock In Clock Out audit data purge 
  • Restricting creation of Time Events in purged period 
  • Support DRTM legal hold on Clock In Clock Out data during data purge 
  • Alerts notifying the admin that Time Event Pairs from Clock In Clock Out could not be saved as External Time Data in SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

9. Conclusion

That’s it. I hope you like the new Clock In Clock Out feature and this blog post was useful to you and you have learned about the basic concepts and how it can be configured.

If you have any questions or feedback, leave me a comment or ask them in the SAP community or the SAP SuccessFactors community.

 

Best Regards,

Steffen Dubetz

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      Author's profile photo Hannan Khanji
      Hannan Khanji

      Thanks for great article.

      I have one question regarding Mobile Punch , Can we restrict punching within GeoFence ?

      Submitting Punches from mobile without any location restriction will basically not add much value.

      Just my two cents.

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hello Hannan,

      thanks for your question.

      We are planning to add the geo location to the mobile punches in coming releases. With this the manager/admin can see from where to punch was done and react accordingly in case it is done from a not allowed location.

      But we do not have the restriction based on geofencing on our roadmap.

      Best Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Hannan,

      To build upon what Steffen said: we know this is highly data privacy sensitive.

      So we plan to develop a model in which customers can configure in which regions/countries/parts of their business they want to roll this out in.

      And the employee will at any point in time be able to block it.

      Hope this helps?

      Cheers,

      Frans

      Author's profile photo Steffen Retz
      Steffen Retz

      Hi,

      thanks for sharing this news.

      I have also one question: Is there something on the roadmap regarding the automatic recognition of shift patterns based on the time an employee clocks in?

      In onPremise systems we used this feature to assign work schedules based on clock in/ clock out information.

       

      Best regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Steffen,

      this is also in our backlog indeed. There is no concrete roadmap date set for it. But definitely a feature which we need to develop.

      Cheers,

      Frans

      Author's profile photo Leandro Davila
      Leandro Davila

      Hello colleagues, regarding the deletion of clock-in/clock-out. Is the record deleted physically from the database? Is it possible to inform a reason for the deletion?

       

      Many thanks

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Leandro,

      The record is deleted physically from the database but your could choose to enable Audit Logging so that this could be tracked.

      We plan to enhance the solution with adding the reason and comment in the future releases.

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Leandro Davila
      Leandro Davila

      Many thanks for the feedback. The Brazilian legislation demands e logical deletion (like change status to inactive) filling a reason for that.

      Author's profile photo Parthiban Sukumar
      Parthiban Sukumar

      That's a nice blog team !!! 🙂

      Author's profile photo VijeyAananth SR
      VijeyAananth SR

      Very well Said ! Great article team 🙂

      Author's profile photo Vishwas Nanjundaswamy
      Vishwas Nanjundaswamy

      Hi Steffan,

      Thanks for the blog. It is very well explained and clears most of question we had in our mind regarding Clock In and Clock Out Feature.

      Can partners enable it in Demo Instances? As it is still in early adoption.

      Regards,

      Vishwas

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Vishwas,

      Yes there are partner demo systems available. You can find more information here: https://jam2.sapjam.com/groups/pjsbEySN5S1QxSiY6F0GRH/overview_page/r8d7h0UW1z431KsnaREHDL

      Hope this helps?

      Frans

      Author's profile photo Julio Suarez
      Julio Suarez

      Great Blog and excellent news regarding the next features to come. Thanks to share!!!

      Author's profile photo Bing Wang
      Bing Wang

      Hi Steffen,

      Thanks for your blog which is very well explained. I have a technical question around the object "Clock In Clock Out Employee Full Synchronization Details" and would like to ask for your suggestions.

      In my demo system I have configured all the items for Clock-in and Clock out, including assign the "Clock In Clock Out Group" to the test employees. However, when I tried to "Trigger Full Synchronization" through this object, the "Number of Employees Synchronized" was always 0, and I have tried the check tools and Quick Fix features as well, but it didn't work.

      Could you please advise me where may I find the possible technical issues?

      Thanks for your feedback.

      Kind Regards,

      Bing

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hello Bing,

      the Full Sync is only syncing employees which have a valid Clock In Clock Out Group assigned in the Job Information. Could you confirm that such employees are available in your system?

       

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Bing Wang
      Bing Wang

      Hi Steffen,

      Thanks for your reply, yes, I have assigned my configured Clock In Clock Out Group to 2 test employees in the Job Info as the picture. However, the number of Employee Synchronized was always 0. The check tool shows me 2 errors when syncing this 2 employees, but I have no idea where the issue coming from.

      Thanks for your feedback.

       

      Kind Regards,

      Bing

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Bing,

      please check the error details in the Sync object.

      If the issue cannot be solved please create an incident for this, so the team can investigate.

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Seema Narayanan
      Seema Narayanan

      Hi Bing,

      Do  both these 2 employees show up in the Check Tool Emp Synchronization issues list?

      As already mentioned by Steffen, please create an incident with details of the sync errors so that we can then analyze this.

      Regards,

      Seema

      Author's profile photo Bing Wang
      Bing Wang

      Hello Seema,

      Yes, both employees show up in the check tool Emp Synchronization issues list.

      Would it be possible to schedule a meeting for us to check the issues together as this is quite urgent?

      Thanks a lot for your feedback.

      Kind Regards,

      Bing

       

      Author's profile photo Seema Narayanan
      Seema Narayanan

      Hi Bing,

      Sure we can have a call.

      Please raise a ticket with details of the issue you are facing and we can take it from there to set up a call.

      Thanks and Warm Regards,

      Seema

       

       

      Author's profile photo Bing Wang
      Bing Wang

      Hi Seema,

       

      Thanks for your replay, my colleague has created the incident ticket in KBA and enclosed my contact info as well as the link below:

      https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#incident/pointer/002075129400001357922022

      It would be really appreciated if the call could be scheduled with me directly.

      Thank you in advance!

      Best Regards,

      Bing

       

       

      Author's profile photo Seema Narayanan
      Seema Narayanan

      Hi Bing,

      Thanks for creating the ticket.

      I have checked this issue in the system and sent you a mail.

      Warm Regards,

      Seema

       

       

      Author's profile photo Bing Wang
      Bing Wang

      Hi Steffen,

      Thanks for your blog again. I just wanna quick check whether all the time events can be exported and reported or not? I have checked the objects through "Manage Data" and it seems like only "Manual Time Event" can ben viewed.

      Thanks for your feedback.

      Kind Regards,

      Bing

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Bing,

      it is yet not possible to export or report on Time Events from the system.

      This might be planned for future releases.

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Sahir Nidagundi
      Sahir Nidagundi

      Thanks Steffen Dubetz for this useful post.

      Following the steps mentioned by you, I have managed to trigger a clock time event using the API.

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      However the clock time does not show up in the Manage Clock in Clock Out application nor does it show up in the timesheet.

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      Clock time does not show up

      Could you please advise what could be the issue here?

      Thanks in advance.

      Kind regards,

      Sahir.

       

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Sahir,

      the Time Event you posted is for year 2020 but the filter in the Manage CICO UI is set to year 2022.

      Could you check again when setting a correct filter in the UI?

      Thanks,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Sahir Nidagundi
      Sahir Nidagundi

      Thanks a ton Steffen.

      You are spot on!

      I had copied the timeevent API payload from a sample.

      Thanks for your support.

      With regards,

      Sahir.

      Author's profile photo Tanin Khongsiln
      Tanin Khongsiln

      Thank you for your great contents. I'm implementing the SuccessFactors Time Tracking and need help as below questions:

      1. After assign work schedule, time admin uploads clockin/out into system. It can calculate overtime correctly. If manager assign temporary work schedule for employee. After uploading clock in/out, system doesn't recognize temporary WS assigment and incorrect calculation for overtime.

      2. Employee take 0.5 day vacation leave (morning time) in advance. When time admin uploding, clock in/out in overlapping with existing vacation time, it will not recognize collision and not delimit leave. --> So missing clock in.

      Could you please advise for the above issues? I gonna Golive this 1st of June but can't solve these problems.

      Regards,

      Tanin K.

      Author's profile photo Suraj Tiwari
      Suraj Tiwari

      Dears,

      Can i change Clock in or Clock out ( overtime  entry ) by business rule ?  if yes where can i attach this rule and base object to be used to create this rule.

      If this is possible by Valuation  which  type of  valuation and group to be created to add fix/added 1 hour to overtime entry.

       

      Thanks,

      Suraj T.

      Author's profile photo Shubham Totala
      Shubham Totala

      Hello Steffen,

       

      While trying to send data via API I'm getting below error,

      I have given all the permissions to this user but I'm getting permission error.

      Do you have any idea about it?

       

      Thanks,

      Shubham

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Shubham,

      the external Rest API to push Time Events to the system is only allowed with a technical user for external terminal integration. Please find the details here: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_TIME_TRACKING/a2a03e747cb44e4497b392579c89d439/acd4be1d1d214c2888552001aefc242d.html

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Sanjay Talari
      Sanjay Talari

      Hi Steffen,

      Thanks for the blog. It is very informative.

      Just wanted to check is it possible to send the clock in/ clock out data to external system using REST API?

      Thank you,

      Sanjay

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Sanjay,

      a query of Time Events is yet not possible but we plan for an API in future releases.

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Naga Anusha Nagalla
      Naga Anusha Nagalla

      Hello Steffen Dubetz,

       

      A small doubt, When employee login with his own Credentials in system and it should take automatically Clock In? Is there any solution or Any third party can use?

      kindly please let me know. Thank you

      Regards

      Ravi Kumar

      Author's profile photo Steffen Dubetz
      Steffen Dubetz
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Ravi Kumar,

       

      it is not possible to automatically record a clock in when someone is logging in the first time the day to the system. But for this we have a simple punch quick action on the new homepage which can be used maybe.

      Regards,

      Steffen

      Author's profile photo Suraj Tiwari
      Suraj Tiwari

      Hi Steefen,

      I have a requirment to have different workflow in case employee apply for more than one time for Work from home ( Selected as Manual Event Reason ) while creating Clock in clock out entry.

       

      I checked the object and parameters available do not give any function where i can accumulate based on Manual Time Event Reason and trigger diff. WF.

      Is it something can be acheived  ?

       

      Thanks,

      Suraj T.

      Author's profile photo Sanjay Wadhwani
      Sanjay Wadhwani

      Thanks for the blog and detailed explanation.

       

      Regards

      Sanjay

      Author's profile photo Shankar Sasikumar
      Shankar Sasikumar

      Is there a separate license required for SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking?

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Sasikumar,

      Yes. SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking has a separate license. You will require to purchase this license to get Time Tracking features like Clock In Clock Out, Cross Midnight, Single Record Approval, etc.

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Shankar Sasikumar
      Shankar Sasikumar

      Hi Neetha Devaraj - please let me know SAP product SKU ID  SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking - for commercial license

       

      Would you also know if we can purchase this license in Demo environment?

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Shankar, please work with your SAP account contact for the SKU number. The formal name is SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking. They can help you with a good explanation and a demo if needed.

      Also, yes for Partners Time Tracking is included in the licensed demo environments.

      Cheers, Frans

      Author's profile photo Prasit Watthana
      Prasit Watthana

      Hi Steffen,

      I have configured following your step which everything has been alright. But when press Clock Time in mobile app it's not work also time event has not been send to Time Sheet and show message following picture below, but Clock Time on quick action (web) can work.

      Could you please advise for the above issues?

      Thank you.

       

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Prasit Watthana,

      Can you please raise a defect for the issue you are seeing via a support ticket? Also, can you please let us know in what location you have punched?

      Thanks and Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Prasit Watthana
      Prasit Watthana

      Hi Neetha,

      Thank you for your feedback. Additional information following below.

      1.Instance is sale demo.

      2.Employee is Lauren Rivera (lrivera)

      Location is Cleveland (1710-2013) and TimeZone is America/Chicago (GMT-06:00)

      3.My Mobile for testing is iPhone ios version 16.2 and Time Zone is Bangkok.

      Thank you

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Prasit Watthana,

      Can you please check if you have set some other date on your mobile date settings? This error only shows when the date is 24 hours from UTC time. Also, it would be good if you can register a SNOW ticket for more investigation.

      Please provide the instance details and share screenshots in the ticket.

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Prasit Watthana
      Prasit Watthana

      Hi Neetha,

      Thank for your suggest, I have changed some setting in Mobile. Menu Language & Region change value from Thailand to United State that it's same in employee profile and come back to Clock Time in Mobile App which it can work fine and time event exists in Time sheet.

      Regards

      Prasit Watthana

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Prasit Watthana,

      Can you please help file a ticket to customer support to investigate the issue? Please include the employee id/user id, date and time of punch, settings on your mobile earlier and what changed.

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Daniel Rodriguez
      Daniel Rodriguez
      Is it necessary to have a CPI license to use the APIs? Or In case we don't have it
      , can we load ClockIn/ClockOut time events through some template from the integration center?
      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Daniel,

      Currently, there is no support in Integration center to push the time events. It is also not necessary to have a CPI license. You could use any 3rd party to integrate with the REST API provided by SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking.

      I would still recommend that via CPI, it would be easier to build your integration and you could evaluate to see if this works for you.

      Regards

      Neetha

       

      Author's profile photo Daniel Rodriguez
      Daniel Rodriguez

      Hi Neeta,

       

      Thank you for your answer and your recommendation. I'll discuss it with the end user. For budget reasons, he didn't want to pay for the CPI license and that is why we are looking for alternatives.

       

      Best Regards

      Daniel R

      Author's profile photo Mirelle Cervantes
      Mirelle Cervantes

      Hello, I would like to know if in Time Management it is possible to create a single time event type, to carry out paring times, for example
      9:00 am -> p01 clock in
      1:00 pm > p01 (for lunch)
      2:00 pm > p01 (back lunch)
      4:00 pm > p01 clock out

      Or is it a bad practice since, as time is fragmented, if the lunch check-out were to be missing, the system would not be able to identify the check-out, right?

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Mirelle Cervantes,

      You can create a single time event type but they will continuously pair as they will not know what is Clock In, Clock Out or even lunch. Hence, this is not recommended. Also, we pair the start time event types and since there is no stop, this will continue to pair for multiple days.

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Mirelle Cervantes
      Mirelle Cervantes

      Thank you very much for answering Neetha, the main problem we have is that the external time tracking service does not have the ability to distinguish when it is a clock in and clock out and therefore it will send us only p01, anyway.

      So, the question is, from the timetable/schedule, can we derive that p01 in clock in/clock out?

      Author's profile photo Ahmed Dafaalla
      Ahmed Dafaalla

      Can Time Tracking be used to limit access of employee groups to certain physical terminals?

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Ahmed, what is the expectation exactly? That an employee clock in should not be processed when they clock in at e.g. Terminal XYZ?

      Author's profile photo Jürgen Klipfel
      Jürgen Klipfel

      Hi Ahmed, if I get you right you would want to have certain persons to clock at certain clocks, right? As a clock provider we can do this on our side, that means we can restrict certain persons or person groups to certain clocks. If such a person clocks on a not allowed clock the punch will be rejected.

      Does this help?

      Author's profile photo Mirelle Cervantes
      Mirelle Cervantes

      Hello, is there a way that the token that is generated to call the API does not expire in 24 hours, since its expiration requires a manual process of regenerating the assertion and requesting the token again, is there a way to automate this Process to make the posting of time events from the external terminal to the instance dynamic and in real time all the time, without having to regenerate the assertion and request the token every 24 hours?

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Mirelle,

      The token generated always has an expiration. Hence, it is required to automate this process. If there is an error on token expiry, you regenerate the token should be the logic. The token generally is possible to send requests for 11 hrs.

      There are various ways to do this and some certified patners are listed here

      Regards

      Neetha

      Author's profile photo Daniel Rodriguez
      Daniel Rodriguez

      We are implementing Time tracking but we have next situation. The terminals that we are using doesn't have the ability to send me the time events with different ids in order to distinguish which is clockIn or clockOut, Has TimeTracking someway to handle this? I remember that Time Evaluation on PT module can handle this situation, the external terminal send time event  with id P01 (clock in/clock out time event) and time evaluation can convert it in separate events Clock in or clock Out depending of the workschedule assigned to employee.

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Daniel, for this to function we can export all time events to the clock terminal provider, and we're planning an APi which allows clock terminal providers to delete time events. This will allow terminal vendors to come to an Auto-Clock scenario in which they can determine what is the clock in and what is the clock out. And then they can transfer these. So the logic would have to be on the clock terminal provider end. Cheers, Frans

      Author's profile photo Mirelle Cervantes
      Mirelle Cervantes

      Hello, very good blog, I would like to know if it is possible through the integration center to send absences based on time collectors of the clock in and clock out (the difference between the planned time vs the registered one), I ask since I did some tests but it seems that integration center does not accept the start and end time, otherwise it sends the absence with a duration equal to the planned time.

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Mirelle, there are ways, but I do not really understand your use case yet. In any case I think the partner form is better suited for such consulting questions. Cheers, Frans

      Author's profile photo Praveen Kumar
      Praveen Kumar

      Hi expertizes,

       

      I need help for ATTENDANCE REGULAZIRATION in Time Sheet UI with specific reason. Please give lime light and help me out to do so. I tried by creating business rule, but the problem there is START TIME is not showing as "NULL". so the vaue is coming in negative.

      Waiting for genuine solutions.

      Thanks

       

      Author's profile photo Neetha Devaraj
      Neetha Devaraj

      Hi Praveen,

      Can you provide a use case of what you are trying to do. Please also provide an example of the use case and the expected result. This will help in providing suggestions.

      Regards

      Neetha

       

      Author's profile photo Hector Pluma
      Hector Pluma
      Good evening! 
      
      I have a situation: It happens is that I try to enter an absence on a day with a recorded check, so there is an alert indicating that there is an overlap.
      
      I understand that there will be overlap in these cases and it works analogously when there is an absence and a recorded check is made in the same period.
      
      
      Apart from deleting the first record to enter the new one, is there any way to correct this?
      
      
      Thank you for your attention
      
      Greetings!

       

      Author's profile photo Frans Smolders
      Frans Smolders

      Hi Hector, at the moment indeed the employee needs to manually adjust the absence. We do envision automating this in the future via automatically delimiting the absence. Cheers, Frans