Guide for the Attendance Restrictions in Enerpize
The fingerprint is considered the most common method to prove employees’ attendance at the workplace. However, what if the nature of the employee’s work, such as a site engineer or sales representative, does not require their presence at the workplace? In such cases, attendance restrictions are used, allowing the employee to prove that they are present at their remote workplace at the specified time.
In this topic, we closely explore attendance restrictions and how to apply them using the Enerpize attendance app.
What are the Attendance Restrictions and what are they used for?
The “attendance markers” or “attendance restrictions,” as they can be referred to in Enerpize, encompass three means through which an employee’s presence is proven when their job tasks require being outside the company premises. These methods include:
- IP address.
- Geographic location.
- Capturing a photo of the employee.
Enerpize’s system allows you to assign one or more of these restrictions, or all of them, depending on the nature of the work. Consequently, the three restrictions can be enforced on the employee mandatorily, and they won’t be able to complete the login process without fulfilling all three restrictions.
Alternatively, you can make one of the restrictions mandatory while leaving the others optional. In this case, the employee must execute the mandatory restriction during login, or else the process won’t be completed. We’ll explore how to implement this and link the restrictions to employee profiles in the following lines.
How to add a New Attendance Restriction
To create an attendance restriction for an employee, click on “Attendance” from the main menu, then “Settings,” and click on the “Attendance Restrictions” card as shown in the following image:
Now, click on the “New Attendance Restriction” button to start filling in the restriction details as follows:
- Name: Add a distinctive name, for example, “Sales Representative Attendance Restriction.”
- Status: Set the status to “Active” for the restriction to be recognized during operations.
Afterward, specify the type of attendance restriction and whether it is mandatory or optional, as follows:
- Type of Attendance Restriction: Choose the type of restriction based on the nature of the work.
- Validation: Specify whether the entry is “Required” or “Optional.”
Complete the remaining details for the attendance restriction, such as its description, restrictions, and any additional settings required. Finally, click on the “Save” button to create the new attendance restriction.
Assigning the "IP Address" as an Attendance Restriction
To apply this restriction, the IP addresses of the allowed networks for the employee to log in through must be linked to your account on Enerpize. Once the employee logs in through these networks, the system records their attendance.
- Validation: Specify whether this restriction is required or optional.
- Allowed IPs: In this field, add the IP addresses of the networks through which the employee can log in to the system and prove their attendance.
Assigning the "Geographical Location" as an Attendance Restriction
Assigning "Capturing an Employee Photo" as an Attendance Restriction
Assigning the Attendance Restriction to the Employee's Profile
This QR code will be used by the employee later when logging into the Attendance App from Enerpize (Enerpize ESS Attendance App).