Indigo Attendance
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Critical Indigo Attendance guides
Adding your employees to AttendanceBefore using Indigo’s Scheduler, Clocking Data, and Attendance reporting features, your employees need to be enabled in Attendance
Setting up Target AttendanceHow to set up Target Attendance Profiles to use Target Attendance
How to use Target Attendance ProfilesUsing Target Attendance Profiles
Daily AttendanceSetting up and Using Daily Attendance Profiles
[Administrators] View, add, edit and remove Clocking RemarksManage your employees' remarks for a comprehensive clocking data experience
Scheduler and Clocking WidgetsUse the Employee Portal to view your scheduled shifts, clock in and out, and leave clocking remarks
Attendance Setup
Setting up Indigo Attendance
[Administrators] Assign Clocking widget permissions to Employee Portal usersConfigure the Permission Sets for the Clocking widget in the Employee Portal, and enable Clocking Remarks
Allow other Indigo Attendance users to mark Attendance Exceptions as resolvedYou can allow fellow Indigo Attendance administrators or users to mark attendance exceptions as resolved.
How tolerances work for Shift PresetsLearn what tolerances for Attendance Shift Presets do and how they affect attendance exceptions and clocking records in your system.
Creating a new Shift PresetHow to create a new shift in Indigo Attendance
Shift Presets - TimingsA detailed description of different types of Timings found in Shift Presets
Location-based Clocking Validation and Notification System
Rewards and Penalties
All about Rewards and Penalties in Indigo Attendance
Allocate rewards and penalties manually for single shifts in your Scheduler
How to assign multiple rewards or penalties to a shift in the Shift Preset pageYou can assign multiple rewards or penalties to a shift at one time by editing existing shift presets
How to assign rewards or penalties to employee groups or shift presetsLearn how to set rewards or penalties to certain occupations, cost centres, or organisations; employee groups; or shift presets
How to create a penalty presetSet penalty presets to automatically deduct time, leave balance or allowance from employees when certain conditions are met
How to create a Reward presetSet reward presets to automatically allocate time, leave balance or allowance to employees when certain conditions are met
Understanding different conditions for Penalty PresetsLearn the different conditions for penalty presets that can trigger automatic allocations
Understanding different conditions for reward presetsLearn how to set the appropriate conditions to automatically allocate allowances or leave balances for your employees
Understanding different rules for penalty presetsLearn the different allocation rules for penalties to be applied for absences, late arrivals, or early departures
Understanding different rules for Reward PresetsLearn the different allocation rules for rewards so that your employees can receive extra pay or leave
Unscheduled work reward and penalty presetsYou can configure rewards and penalties to automatically allocate to unscheduled attendances in your system.
Creating and managing your schedule
Guides about using Indigo's Scheduler
How to use the Scheduler in AttendanceBecome familiar with the layout of the Scheduler page before creating your company's workweek schedules
Adjusting custom schedule values for a shift in your SchedulerYou can make quick changes to a shift's hourly rate, its cost centre and occupation in the Scheduler
Allocating multiple shifts in the same day for an employeeCreating double shifts for employees is done by inserting a second shift underneath the first shift
Introduction to Schedule PublishingFind out about the Schedule Publishing feature and how to switch it on
How to use Schedule PublishingLearn how to publish and unpublish shifts in the Scheduler using the Schedule Publishing feature
Block Scheduler to avoid shift changesLearn how to block dates on your Scheduler to prevent shifts from being modified prior to allocating attendance exceptions
Control which Indigo users can see employees' hourly pay in the SchedulerYou can permit certain Indigo Time & Attendance users to see the hourly basic pay of employees in the Scheduler
Copy, cut, paste or replace individual shifts in your SchedulerLearn how to make quick adjustments to your company's workweek schedule by editing individual shifts
Differentiating salary and hourly paid employees in your SchedulerIndigo makes it easy to see which of your employees in your Scheduler are hourly paid
How to assign shifts in your SchedulerBuild your company's workweek schedule by adding shifts in Indigo's Attendance Scheduler
How to autogenerate attendance based on the SchedulerGenerating correct attendance via the Scheduler Attendance Calculation without importing or creating clockings
How to print a scheduleLearn how to print your schedule in Indigo Attendance and how to include options to show analysed hours, cost centres, and occupations
Importing schedule records to your SchedulerYou can allocate shifts in your Scheduler via Excel spreadsheet imports
How do I import approved leave data into the Scheduler?Avoid creating understaffed rosters or schedule conflicts by importing approved leave data into your Scheduler.
Making detailed adjustments to an individual shiftMake complete changes to a particular shift, such as attendance tolerances, rewards and penalties, and more, in your Scheduler
Making quick edits and adding remarks to an individual shiftLearn how to make one-off changes to a shift's hours, cost centre, and attendance and break times without affecting the shift preset
Resolving issues in your SchedulerYou will be notified of scheduling conflicts which can be fixed in your Scheduler
Using occupation ranking to organise your SchedulerSort your Scheduler by order of high- to low-level occupations, or vice-versa, with the occupation ranking option
Access a Shift's Attendance Exceptions within the Scheduler
Scheduler costings and shift values
Learn about Scheduler costs and shift values
Assigning Budgeting permissions to other usersIndigo admins can allow other users to enable cost centre budgeting and calculations in the Scheduler.
Calculating costs in your schedulerIndigo Attendance calculates the values of allocated shifts to inform you of labour costs in your schedule.
Creating a cost centre budget for your SchedulerThe budgeting feature allows you to create cost centre budgeting parameters based on hours or costs
Enabling costings in your schedulerTo be able to see costings of shifts in your scheduler, you first need to enable the costings settings in Indigo Attendance
Generating a costs detailed reportLearn how to run a report that breaks down the total amount hours and costs per cost centre rostered in your Scheduler.
Generating a labour planning reportYou can generate a report which details the amount of scheduled hours per department or employee
Scheduler budgeting in Attendance; enabling the featureThe budgeting feature in Indigo helps you allocate shifts per cost centre within predetermined costs and hours
Showing cost values of an individual shiftAfter calculating costs in the scheduler, you can see detailed values for each allocated shift.
Attendance Exceptions and Allocations
Articles about shift exceptions and allocations
Adding multiple allocations to an attendance exception in AttendanceLearn how to apply multiple allocations to an attendance exception
Deleting Attendance ExceptionsLearn how to delete attendance exceptions which do not require specific allocations
Different allocation types for absencesLearn how to apply a variety of allocation types for an absence
Different allocation types for excess timeLearn how to apply a variety of allocation types for an absence
Exceptions tags glossaryExceptions tags indicate the kind of attendance exceptions found in your clocking data. Learn what each of them mean in this article
Generating an allocation return reportCreate attendance allocation reports to be used for reviewing and approving absence penalties and overtime rewards internally
How to allocate absences in AttendanceLearn how to set allocations for an employee who was absent, late, or missed time
How to allocate excess time in AttendanceLearn how to set allocations for an employee who clocked out beyond the end of their assigned shift
How do I approve Attendance Exceptions Allocations?Approval of Attendance Exceptions Allocations
How to Generate an Allocations ReportAn allocations report shows all allocated punches in your system in one report.
How to recalculate allocations in AttendanceIf your clocking system is synced with Attendance, using the recalculate allocation option will update new attendance exceptions
Intermediate punches in AttendanceIndigo can create automatic punches for employees who do not clock out and in for back-to-back shifts allocated to them in the Scheduler
Process Attendance Exceptions in BatchesHow to reallocate, delete, and correct Daily Attendance Exceptions in Bulk
Sending attendance data to Indigo PayrollAfter making allocations to attendance exceptions, you can send attendance data to Indigo Payroll for payroll calculations
The Attendance Exceptions screen in AttendanceGet to know the layout of the Attendance Exceptions screen where you can resolve attendance issues before sending attendance data to Payroll
The Attendance Reconciliation reportThis report lets you reconcile employee attendance for a particular period based on the allocations made in your system.
The layout of the Attendance Allocation windows in AttendanceGet to know where to review and resolve attendance exceptions in Attendance
Device Manager
Read about Indigo's Clocking Device Manager feature
Introduction to Device ManagerLearn about Indigo's Device Manager
Import and Configure Employees to Device ManagerLearn all about adding employees to Device Manager, assigning them to Work Zones, and recording their Biometrics 👨☝️🖐️💳 🔑 📷
Customise your devices through Device ManagerLearn how to update your clocking devices' wallpaper and screensavers with your company logos
Using SpeedFace V3L, V4L, V5L or Pro Face X DevicesLearn how to use the SpeedFace V3L, V4L, V5L or Pro Face X devices for clocking in and out and recording biometrics
Using the SilkBio-101TC and UA150Learn how to interact with your SilkBio-101TC and UA150 devices
Using the G3 Pro DeviceLearn how to interact with your G3 Pro clocking device
Using the MultiBio and UFace 402 DevicesLearn how to interact with your MultiBio and UFace 402 devices
How to set up an Administrator in Device ManagerFully set up an Admin user on your devices to control access and enable employees to register their biometrics
Permissions for Device ManagerLearn which permissions are needed to work your magic 🔮 in Device Manager
Clocking data and clocking reports
All reports related to clocking
All about the Clocking Map ViewFind out everything you need to know about the Clocking Map View feature in Attendance
All about the Presence Feature
Time Tracking by ProjectKeep track of how much time is worked on a project by using Indigo's time tracking features
How does Indigo allocate missing punches?Why did the missing punch get allocated to the previous day rather than the day the missing punch occurred?
How to add new clocking records for an employeeYou can insert omitted or new clocking records into your clocking data without having to import new files
How to import new clocking dataUpdate your Scheduler and attendance records by manually importing clocking data from your company’s clocking device
How to manually adjust clocking data for an employeeLearn how to adjust or delete clocking data for an employee in the Allocations window
How to Reprocess Night ShiftsLearn how to reprocess clocking data to properly register your scheduled night shift presets
How to set up a new clocking deviceLearn how to add and configure a new clocking device to your Indigo system
How to use the Clocking Data page in AttendanceUnderstand the layout of the Clocking Data screen, where you can import and analyse your company’s day-to-day clocking records
How to view and amend clocking issues in your clocking dataYou can see when employee’s missed time during a shift, or make corrections to clocking records in the Clockings Data page