Notice: The Attendance app will be updated automatically when new features are released. If you are unable to use the new features, you can manually update the app to the latest version. For more information, see Update Attendance app.
2024.11 What's New
Duplicate shifts
If you need multiple shifts with only minor differences, you can create one shift, duplicate it, and then adjust the settings as needed. For more information, see Admin | Configure shift settings.
2024.10 What's New
Missed punch notification to members
After the administrator enables Missed Punch Notification in the Attendance admin console, members will receive a notification sent by the Attendance bot for the current or previous workday that they miss the clock-in/out. The notification message shows the total number of missed clock-in/out records for the current month, and members can request to make up for those records. For more information, see Submit an Attendance correction request.
Customize report rules for the Attendance app on mobile devices
Administrators can set rules in the Attendance admin console to specify the report fields and time ranges that members can see in their Attendance app. For more information, see Admin | Set mobile attendance reports.
2024.08 What's New
Off days shifts and deduction of breaks from overtime hours
When setting shifts for an attendance group, administrators can apply the shift to workdays or off days. Additionally, it's also possible to deduct breaks from overtime for more accurate calculations. For more information, see Admin | Configure shift settings.
2024.07 What's New
Details in reports of summary records
When administrators view reports of the Summary record type, such as the default monthly reports, they can click the number in the summary cells for details.
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Sync data in summary record reports to timesheets
Administrators can now click Generate Attendance Confirmation in reports of the Summary record type (such as the default monthly reports) to sync the data from the reports to the timesheet.
Note: The Generate Attendance Confirmation option is only available for reports of "Summary record".
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Require clock-in and clock-out for overtime
When the overtime rule sets clocked-in hours within approved overtime hours for Overtime hours calculation, the administrators can require the attendance group to clock in and out for overtime by selecting Record attendance at the start and end of overtime under Overtime records in the attendance group settings.
- If this option is selected, and the member's requested overtime period and work period are not continuous, they need to clock in or out at the start and end of both work time and overtime, four times in total. For example, the work period is from 9:00 to 18:00, and the overtime request is from 19:00 to 21:00.
- If this option is not selected, the member's requested overtime period follows the work period, they need to clock in at the start of work time and clock out at the end of overtime, twice in total. For example, the work period is from 9:00 to 18:00, and the overtime request is from 18:00 to 20:00.
Note: This setting only applies to fixed shift and scheduled shift attendance groups.
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2024.04 What's New
Set applied range for overtime rules with conflict detection
In Attendance Admin console, the administrator can use personnel information such as department, member, or region as conditions or condition sets to configure the applied range of overtime rules, while the system automatically detects conflicts in the settings and reminds you if there are members appearing in different overtime rules.
Note:
- Each overtime rule can set up to 10 condition sets, and each condition set can add up to 10 conditions.
- The rule applies when a member meets all the conditions in any condition set.
- It's mandatory to have at least one "contains" condition. The "does not contain" conditions serves as a secondary setting that only filters the result of the "contains" conditions.
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2024.03 What's New
Shift search in the schedule
Administrators can search for available shifts when they schedule the shifts for members in the Attendance admin console.
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Custom process and voluntary change of shifts in shift swap
Administrators can now create approvals with the Shift swap widget group, which allows members to request a shift change when submitting an approval.
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2024.02 What's New
Personal overtime statistics in the mobile app
Once enabled by the Attendance administrator, the members can view the details of overtime on the Personal report page in the Attendance app.
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Setting multiple break periods
Attendance administrators can add up to 10 break periods when they create shifts. The break periods will not be counted as working hours.
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2023.12 What's New
Download Excel schedule when errors occur
When the administrator imports shift schedules through an Excel file, if there are errors in the file, the administrator can re-download the file to fix the errors and reupload it.
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2023.11 What's New
Set clock-in requirements based on member information
The administrator can configure which members need to clock in/out based on personnel information in the Admin Console such as member type, department, region.
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Create an attendance group for relocating members or new members
An attendance group can be configured so that new members and members whose location has changed will be automatically added to the group.
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2023.09 What's New
Modifying abnormal clock-in/out records of free shift members
Previously, administrators could only modify abnormal clock-in records generated by members on fixed or scheduled shifts. Now, they can also modify the abnormal records generated by members on free shifts, such as late in, early out or no record.
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"No record" will also be hidden when clock-in/out times are hidden
If the administrator unselects Display the clock-in and clock-out times of the employee in an attendance group's setting, "no record" results will also be hidden.
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When offsite clock in/out requires approval, the period is extended by default
If offsite clock in/out requires approval, members will now have an extra two hours before and after their shift in which they can clock in/out.
For example, if a member has applied to work offsite work from 9:00-18:00, they can clock in/out from 7:00-20:00.
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Ensure minimum working hours for members on flexible shifts
Administrators can set a minimum required number of working hours for attendance groups on a flexible shift.
If a member doesn't clock the required number of hours, it will be noted in their attendance record.
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Members can make bulk corrections
Approval administrators can now allow members to correct several attendance records at once through Approvals which use correction widgets.
If bulk correction is allowed, members can submit up to 30 corrections at once, spanning up to 90 days.
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Set out-of-office clock-in rules
Administrators can decide whether members on fixed and scheduled shifts should clock in/out when they're working outside their normal workplace, on business trips or both.
If this function is turned on, members can either record their attendance at the start and end of their shift, or when they leave the office and when they return.
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Set clock-in rules for partial leave days
Administrators can choose whether members must clock-in/out on days on which they've taken part of the day off work.
Admins can customize rules for this scenario including thresholds for early out, late in and no record.
Note: By default, this functionality supports clocking in during mid-work leave. If the company does not require clocking in for mid-work leave, please contact Support to disable this functionality.
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2023.08 What's New
Schedule shifts on a weekly basis
When administrators create members' shift schedules on the desktop app, they can now set schedules on a weekly basis.
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2023.07 What's New
Members must now clock-in after breastfeeding breaks
If members return to work following their breastfeeding break, they'll now have to clock-in as usual. Previously, the Attendance app would show "No need to clock in" in this scenario.
Note: This feature does not require configuration and takes effect automatically.
Create holiday schedules
Administrators can now create custom holiday schedules in Attendance Admin.
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Set punctuality rules for flexible shifts
Administrators now can configure rules for members on flexible shift schedules clocking-in late or clocking-out early.
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2023.06 What's New
Admins can now schedule up to 300 shifts at once
Administrators can now schedule up to 300 shifts at once, meeting the needs of large organizations.
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The option to allow members to choose their own shifts has been moved to the attendance group settings page
The option to allow members of a scheduled shift attendance group to choose their own shift if one isn't already scheduled has been moved from the Schedule page to the attendance group's Details. Admins can now choose from three options for scheduled shifts: Members cannot clock in or out, Members can clock in and out after selecting a shift, Members can clock in and out without selecting any shift.
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2023.05 What's New
View attendance data for the next 3 days
On the Attendance Admin > Attendance Statistics > Monthly page, administrators can now see information for the upcoming 3 days.
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Attendance report adds "Termination date" field
In Attendance Admin Console > Attendance Reports, a new Termination date field has been added.
Note: The "Resignation Date" in Lark Admin Console shall prevail.
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System field changes apply to all admins
In Attendance Admin > Attendance Reports > Field Management page, if an administrator configures a system field, it will apply to all attendance administrators.
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Attendance groups automatically schedule statutory holidays
When creating a new attendance group, if the time zone chosen for the attendance group corresponds to one of the system's preset lists of statutory holidays, it will automatically schedule those days off. For instance, groups whose time zone is set to New York time will have US holidays off by default.
Note: Scheduled shift attendance groups must set statutory holidays.
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Optimization of attendance group conflict scenarios
When setting up or editing an attendance group, if you try to add members who are already in another group, you can select them all and move them to the new group with just a few clicks.
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📢 Set attendance rules for members' first and last days of work
Administrators can set clock in/out rules for members' first and last days of work on fixed or scheduled shift attendance groups' Attendance Settings pages. The Employee doesn't need to clock in/out on their first day of work and Employee doesn't need to clock in/out on their last day of work options are available to offer greater flexibility.
Note:
- Administrators can set this feature for multiple attendance groups at once in the Attendance Admin.
- First and last days: go to Lark Admin to check a member's first/last day information.
- Multiple clock in/out shift:
- When only Employee doesn't need to clock in on their first day of work is enabled, it will only apply to the first clock-in of the day (the same applies to the last day scenario).
- When both Employee doesn't need to clock in on their first day of work and Employee doesn't need to clock out on their first day of work are enabled, it will apply to all clock ins and clock outs of the day (the same applies to the last day scenario).
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📢 Optimized display of attendance group settings on mobile app
On the mobile app, the Attendance Group Settings > More settings page has been optimized to categorize different settings based on rules, making the page's organization more intuitive.
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📢 Set which members do not need to track time
Attendance group administrators and supervisors can designate Members (time tracking optional) on the Attendance Group Edit page.
Attendance will be recorded for these individuals on work days by default, without them having to clock in or out. Their salaries and their leave and overtime durations will be calculated based on the attendance group's set working hours (including breaks). If they clock in/out, no abnormal attendance records will be generated.
Note:
Members who do not need to clock in/out will not receive any attendance-related bot notifications.
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Associated features:
- Members for whom time tracking is optional can still initiate requests for leave and overtime, and can manually clock in/out in the Attendance app
- Initiate requests: Members who do not need to clock in/out can request leave or overtime in their Attendance app > Requests. The system will calculate their leave and overtime durations based on their attendance group's shift and break times.
- Manual clock in/out: If there is a need to record clock in/out times in special scenarios, members who do not usually need to track time can manually clock in/out on their Attendance app > Rules > Proceed anyway.
Note: If the overtime rule for members who do not need to clock in/out is set to "Calculate based on clock in/out time within requested period" or "Calculate based on clock in/out time without the need to request":
- Members who do not need to track time will still need to manually clock in/out, otherwise their overtime duration will not be calculated.
- Or, administrators can change the overtime rule to "Calculate based on request", then manual clock in/out will no longer be required, and overtime will be calculated based on the request.
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- View which members do not need to track time in reports
Administrators can go to the daily/monthly report page in Attendance Admin, and check the Type field in Custom column. The Type column in the report will indicate whether a member needs to track time or not. Results for members who do not need to track time will always be "Normal", regardless of whether they have manually clocked in/out or not.
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- When the current attendance group already has members who do not need to clock in/out
If an existing attendance group already has members who don't need to clock in/out, it's recommended that administrators designate those members as Members (time tracking optional) as soon as possible. If they aren't transferred, the system will regard them as needing to clock in/out, which could affect their salary calculation.
In this case, there will be a View previously set members who do not need to clock in/out option available. Administrators can click it, select members, and click Confirm to add these members to the current Members (time tracking optional) group. These members will then follow the rules set for Members (time tracking optional).
📢 Attendance can now be recorded first and then approved in offsite attendance scenarios
In the Attendance Admin > Attendance Settings, if administrators have enabled Offsite attendance requires approval, they can choose to allow members to record their attendance first and then for approval to be processed. This helps avoid members' clock-in/out being affected by delayed approval.
Note: After enabling Record attendance then approve, members will be able to clock in/out first, thereby generating a pending clock in/out record, and then submit their offsite attendance or business travel request. The clock in/out will only take effect after the request is approved.
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📢 The Attendance app's logo has been updated
In order to improve your experience with Attendance, we've upgraded the logo for the Attendance app, and we're continuously working to make Attendance exactly what you need at work.
Note: Some organizations may retain their old logo, but rest assured that all features in the upgraded version are still available in their app.
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2023.04 What's New
Modify shift names
In Attendance Admin > Attendance Settings > Shift Settings, after a shift has been created, you can now subsequently modify the shift name.
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2023.02 What's New
📢 Leave management upgrade
New annual leave templates have been added to support the distinction between statutory leave, such as for public holidays, and contractual leave. The rules for leave issuance and usage have also been optimized, such as configuring the scope of application by country/region and employee type, with support for limiting the duration of a single period of leave and the time at which requests are submitted. The calculation, display, and adjustment of employee's leave balances has also been optimized.
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📢 Overtime management upgrade
New settings for overtime management, including the ability to set overtime quotas, how overtime hours are rounded, how much compensatory leave is given for overtime, and the times at which overtime requests can be submitted. Accurate overtime hours for employees are also automatically calculated.
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2023.01 What's New
📢 Timesheet verification
Lark Attendance makes it easy for organizations to verify employee attendance. Administrators can send timesheet verification requests to employees for them to complete. These verifications are also easy to review and are an effective tool to protect the rights and interests of both employees and organizations.
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📢 Set branch conditions to automate attendance correction requests
As an administrator, you can edit the approval process for Clock-in/out Correction in Approval Admin and set two different branch conditions (Number of corrections in a month and Correction duration) to automate the approval of attendance correction requests.
Examples:
- Organization A: If the employee has submitted no more than 3 correction requests during the current month, the request will be automatically approved. If more have been submitted, manual approval is required.
- Organization B: Correction requests which are submitted within 24 hours only require approval by the department supervisor. Requests submitted after this time must also be approved by a senior manager.
Glossary:
- Clock-in/out Correction: Default or custom approval process for attendance corrections.
- Number of corrections in a month: The number of approved or pending attendance correction requests submitted during the current calendar month (or during the current period, if a custom period has been defined).
- Correction duration: Number of days between the date requiring correction and the date on which the request was submitted.
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📢 Optimization and upgrades for shift management
Multiple shift cycles can be configured to help companies conveniently move their employees between different schedules. The improved shift page interface makes this even easier.
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📢 Statutory holiday settings for attendance groups
When editing attendance groups, admins can now configure statutory holidays for attendence groups on a Scheduled Shift. The system has preset statutory holiday calendars for certain countries and territories. A holiday marker will be shown on the corresponding date in the schedule once these have been configured.
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Customized half-day splitting rules for shifts
This feature is only available with Lark's Business and Enterprise plans. To inquire about purchasing, please contact Support or a Customer Success Manager.
In Attendance Settings > Shift Settings, administrators can customize half-day rules for shifts, allowing them to choose various ways in which the day can be split into two, such as at the midpoint of the shift including breaks, the shift midpoint not including breaks, or at a set time.
Note: On the Lark Standard plan, the half-day rule is set at the midpoint of a full-day shift length (including breaks). Custom rules are not supported.
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📢 Easily address problems when adding members or departments to an attendance group
When choosing which departments or members are participating in an attendance group, various issues can arise, such as members or departments already being part of other groups. Lark offers a few ways to easily remedy these problems, enhancing the flexibility of attendance management. They include:
- If individual members or whole departments are already in other attendance groups: The system will automatically show which members or departments are in conflict. Administrators can select which ones need to be moved to the current attendance group. Members or departments that are not selected will stay in their original attendance group.
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- If some of a department's members are already in one attendance group, when the department gets added to a second group: Administrators can view detailed information, and select which of the members need to be moved to the second attendance group.
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- If an employee joins a department which is affiliated with multiple attendance groups: The system will notify the attendance group owners, and they can set which attendance group the employee should join (only 1 of the owners needs to take action; if no one takes any action, the member will not be added to any attendance group).
2022.12 What's New
📢 Administrators can now edit employee clock in/out times based on a custom time range and reason
Upgrade improvements: Administrators can now edit employee clock in/out times. Not only can administrators edit the clock in/out time, but they can also leave a remark stating the reason for the change. There is also the option to restore the original clock in/out time. These options make it easier for administrators to manage employee attendance and make changes easier to track and recheck.
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📢 Clock in/out times can be displayed in the Attendance mobile app
In Attendance Admin, administrators can set whether to Display the clock-in and clock-out times of the employee under the Attendance interface display. If this option is checked, administrators can choose to display these times On the Clocked in/out page or On the Attendance records page. Once configured, employees will be able to see their clock in/out times on the corresponding pages. These options not only give organizations more flexibility in managing their employee's attendance, but they can also help avoid potential conflicts.
Note: Administrators can also use bulk settings to set these options for multiple attendance groups.
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📢 Attendance app homepage and reports page improvements
The clock in/out buttons have been simplified to make the attendance process smoother.
- Offsite clock in/out button is now seperate
- Abnormal records are now displayed with the same colour
- Seperate page to show a successful clock in/out
- New field shows the number of days in attendance
- Manage option for abnormal fields added
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2022.11 What's New
📢 Urgent clock-in/out reminders for employees
Administrators can turn on clock-in/out reminders for employees in the Notification Settings portal, and can select methods including clock-in/out bot reminders, in-app buzzes, SMS buzzes, or phone buzzes, to effectively remind employees to clock in/out.
Note: Employees can modify settings by themselves, and employee-modified settings shall take precedence.
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2022.10 What's New
📢 Automatic clock-in for late arrivals and updating clock-out
Express attendance allows employees to customize and configure rules for unusual situations.
- After turning on Express clock in, employees can customize the Automatically clock in when you're late setting. When turned on, employees will be automatically clocked in when they're late. If turned off, they will instead receive a reminder message.
- After turning on Express clock out, employees can customize the Automatically update clock-out time setting. After this is turned on, when the Lark or Attendance app is refreshed, it will automatically update the clock-out card until the shift is completed.
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2022.09 What's New
📢 Easy designation of attendance owner
If an organization has not yet set an attendance owner, the organization administrator can conveniently designate one following the instructions on the page. Employees can also apply to be the attendance owner on the page, making it easy to quickly handle management tasks.
📢 Attendance management using the desktop app
The Attendance desktop app now offers support for attendance management. Administrators can use the Lark desktop app to access the Attendance app via Workplace or search, and then access the Attendance Admin to conveniently manage attendance, view data, and perform other tasks, which greatly improves management efficiency.
Note: If an administrator wishes to use the functionality of the Attendance app on their desktop, it can be opened by clicking Attendance App in the upper-right corner.
2022.09 What's New
📢 Manage attendance groups and shifts on mobile app
Administrators can now manage attendance groups and shifts using the Attendance app for mobile. To manage attendance groups or shifts, go to the Settings page in the Attendance mobile app.
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📢 Attendance Admin now supports editing attendance rules by zone
When editing attendance groups in Attendance Admin, you can make global changes in modules such as Basic Info and Shift. This feature effectively increases editing efficiency, saves time, and increases stability when using the console.
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📢 Configure clock in and clock out requirements for partial day leave
Attendance Admin now features a new option for requiring members who take partial day leave to clock in or clock out. When the period during which employees apply for leave includes office hours, they will have to clock out and clock in when leave or return to the office, otherwise an unauthorized clock out or late arrival record will be logged. This prevents employees from returning to their desk late after applying for partial day leave.
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📢 Improved clock in and clock out experience for shifts spanning two days
Employees previously had to manually change the clock in date and then clock in again for working shifts that spanned two days. Now, employees working a shift that spans two days can clock in and out without having to manually change the date and can directly clock out from the workday that began on the previous day.
📢 Clock in and out without being in an attendance group
Employees previously could only clock in or out after joining an attendance group. We have now improved this function so that employees can now clock in and out without joining an attendance group. This is particularly useful for new staff who may not have been added to an attendance group. Attendance records can be viewed in the attendance reports.
Note: When a member is added to an attendance group, any existing attendance records for the current day will be saved and the group attendance rules will be automatically applied.
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📢 Add all members of your organization to an attendance group
When configuring the members of an attendance group, you can now select all members of your organization. New members will be automatically added to this attendance group. This function is particularly useful for small- and medium-sized organizations that only require one attendance group.
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2022.05 What's New
📢 Correction request now linked with default correction approval
In the Approval admin console, if you turn off correction request in App Settings > Request, the default correction approval will also be turned off. If you turn on correction request, then the default correction approval will be turned on as well.
Note: Customized correction approvals set by the correction widgets will not be affected.
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2022.04 What's New
📢 View all clock in/out records on the Attendance app
On the Attendance app's statistics page, you can see all clock in/out records before and after the change, such as manual clock in/out updates, shift changes, and modifications by administrators. This feature allows you to independently verify your clock in/out information. This reduces pressure on administrators to manually verify attendance on Attendance Admin.
Note: If an administrator hides the clock in/out time, the updated clock in/out record will also be synced to hide the clock in/out time.
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📢 Pre-shift overtime now available
When setting overtime rules, administrators can set the calculation method to "When the overtime hours are within the attendance record, time between clock-in and clock-out counts as overtime". Then you can set rules for pre-shift overtime, which means if an employee's overtime hours before their shift starts meet a minimum requirement, it will be counted as pre-shift overtime. (Effective overtime must meet both the pre-shift requirement, post-shift requirement and the daily minimum requirement.)
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📢 New lactation break template: automated approval process for breaks taken at the same time every day
Find the Lactation break template by going to Attendance Admin > Leave Management. Administrators can set the owner and the applicable scope for this type of leave. When needed, employees can select lactation break as the leave type and fill in any required field. Once approved, this approval will be valid for the entire duration. This template makes it easy for employees to take lactation breaks when needed as they don't need to submit requests repeatedly; it streamlines the approval process for the organization.
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2022.03 What's New
📢 Set repeated cycle for special days to create big/small shift
For fixed shift and flexible shift, when administrators add an attendance-required date or no-attendance-required date, you can set the shift cycle to Bi-weekly, and set the start/end date of the cycle to create big/small shift.
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📢 Search and export data on terminated employees
When viewing daily reports and monthly reports in Attendance Admin > Attendance Reports, you can filter for terminated employees to view and export their attendance data. The administrator can only search for terminated personnel within their area of management. Information on the terminated employee's former department and attendance group will also be displayed. Attendance data from any point in time for the terminated employee can be viewed.
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2022.02 What's New
📢 Optimized attendance report field settings portal and added customizable fields
Go to Attendance Admin > Attendance Reports and select the Daily or Monthly tab. Customize reports and fields by clicking on Report Settings in the upper-right corner.
You can select the fields you want to include in the report. Based on your management needs, you can also customize the display rules for fields labeled as Can Edit. For example, for Daily Attendance Result, you can choose whether to show clock-in/out time and attendance results for weekends and non-scheduled days.
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📢 Non-workday attendance requires approval is now supported
In Attendance Admin > Attendance Settings, a new option Non-workday attendance requires approval has been added. Once turned on, employees will need to have an approved overtime, out-of-office or business trip request before they can clock in/out on non-workdays.
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📢 Specify correction type; corrections can be requested for regular and no-attendance-required records
When the administrator is setting attendance rules in Attendance Admin > Group Settings, under Correction rules, the administrator can specify the types of attendance records employees can request corrections for. After specifying, employees can only request corrections for selected types of records. This allows employees who forgot to clock-in over time hours to make corrections later on.
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📢 Optimized guide for alternative browsers to access the Attendance Admin
In order to properly access features in the Attendance Admin, please use browsers supported by Lark Admin.
2022.01 What's New
📢 Added "Attendance by taking photos"
In Attendance Admin > Group Settings, administrators can enable Attendance by taking photos when creating or editing an attendance group. Once the feature is enabled, employees must take a photo to clock in/out. All photos taken will be watermarked with the clock in/out time, location, and employee information. The feature helps organizations further verify their employee's clock in/out environment. For example, employees can take photos to record the offsite work environment they've visited. To learn more, visit 👉 Attendance rules | Set up "Attendance by taking photos"
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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📢 Offsite attendance supports flexible and advanced attendance rules
In Attendance Admin > Group Settings, when administrators create or edit an attendance group, administrators can set Offsite attendance rules, including Offsite attendance requires approval/Offsite attendance requires note/Offsite attendance requires photo/Allow employees to hide the detailed address. To learn more, visit 👉Attendance rules | Set up offsite attendance
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2021.12 What's New
📢 Modifications of approved leave or business trip documents are supported
If an organization uses Lark Approval, administrators can go to Approval admin to enable the Modify Settings for members to request to modify approved documents. It can be used in leave cancellation and business trip cancellation scenarios.
Conditions: Administrators need to go to Approval admin and configure Approvals passed within x days can be modified; members' modifications can only take effect after the original approvers grant approval (approvals in processing can't be modified).
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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📢 Turn Report on/off in the Attendance app
In Attendance Admin > App Settings > Statistics Settings, administrators can set whether to show Report on the app, and decide whether to allow employees to view statistical data. To learn more, visit 👉 APP Settings | Set up Report .
Roles involved: Enterprise Administrator, Attendance App Administrator
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📢 Manage default notification settings for employees
In Attendance Admin > App Settings > Notification Settings, administrators can turn on/off notifications for employees (for clock-in/out reminders, personal/group attendance reports, and missed punch notifications). This only applies to employees who haven't modified their notification preferences. Employees can change these settings later on their own using the Attendance app. To learn more, visit 👉 APP Settings | Set default notifications.
Roles involved: Enterprise Administrator, Attendance App Administrator
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📢 Added App Settings page and optimized Request Settings
The App Settings page has been added to Attendance Admin. Request Settings can now be found on this page. Administrations can use this page to customize Report and Notification Settings for the Attendance app and improve attendance management efficiency.
Roles involved: Enterprise Administrator, Attendance App Administrator
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📢 Isolate attendance management permissions by management scope
We have upgraded our system of attendance management roles. We added the group sub-owner, leave owner, and overtime owner management roles and implemented strict permission isolation based on management scopes. Administrators can only view and edit data in their management scopes. This allows for more detailed management permission configuration and ensures data remains isolated between different departments.
To learn more about information on the permissions of attendance management roles and the procedure for setting administrators, visit 👉Set attendance management roles.
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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📢 Members in the attendance groups and exempted attendance groups will be automatically removed from these groups once terminated
For attendance group members attendance required or exempted, they will be automatically removed from these attendance groups once terminated (you can still view their existing attendance data). Administrators don't need to manually remove invalid members, enhancing the attendance management efficiency.
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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2021.11 What's New
📢 Upper limit for GPS attendance locations set to 2,500
Go to the Attendance Admin > Group Settings and select Clock in/out by GPS as the attendance method. Then, you can set up to 2,500 attendance locations as needed. To learn more, visit 👉Set GPS clock in/out
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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2021.10 What's New
📢 Support for schedule management on the mobile app
On the mobile app, administrators can go to Attendance App > Settings > Team Settings to manage schedules. Now, you can easily create and manage schedules by day, by cycle, or batch schedule shifts from your app. You can also set whether employees can select their own shifts. This makes schedule management even more convenient! To learn more, visit Mobile app scheduling
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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📢 Automatic data sync of additional business travelers
In the Attendance app > Request page, when an employee adds another person for the business trip, the additional person doesn't need to submit another request. The number of days, duration of the business trip, and other data will be automatically synced. Admin can also access this data in the Attendance Admin anytime.
Roles involved: Attendance members, Attendance-related management roles
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2021.09 What's New
📢 Request configurations support custom links
Go to Attendance Admin > Request Configuration. In addition to turning on/off the request module and individual request types, you can now configure custom request links. Administrators can configure links that redirect users to pages in the company's self-built system. When users submit a request, they will be redirected to the page to complete the request. This allows companies to customize request processes in the Attendance app. To learn more, visit Configure requests.
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📢 Shift set up very late rules is available
On Attendance Admin > Attendance Settings > Shift Settings, the administrator can expand More rules when creating or editing a shift, and set Late more than a certain number of mins will be recorded as Very Late. A new very late rule was added to the original late rule to better meet the needs of company attendance management.
Note: The duration of being very late should be longer than the duration of being late-in, and should be shorter than the duration of no records.
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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📢 Leaves can be granted according to the employee's seniority and working years.
Go to Attendance Admin > Holiday Management > Leave Type page. Focusing on the Limited leave grant rule during the editing or adding of a leave type, we've added the ability to let users grant leaves based on an employee's seniority and working years. Businesses can have more flexible options to choose from when granting leaves.
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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2021.08 What's New
📢 Added correction, leave cancellations, and business trip cancellation APIs
For companies that only adopt the Lark attendance system without using the Lark approval system, they can access and sync attendance correction, leave cancellations, and business trip cancellations from third-party systems via Lark Attendance’s API for these items. This can help reduce the cost of attendance data migration and manual accounting, creating a close-loop attendance management process.
Roles involved: Attendance-related managers, attendance app developers
📢 Leave duration can be calculated by the minute
When adding or editing leave types in Attendance Admin > Leave Management > Leave Type, you can set "minute" as the minimum leave unit.
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📢 Overtime hours can be calculated by half an hour or minute
When adding or editing overtime rules in Attendance Admin > Work Management > Work Rules, you can set "half hour" or "minute" as the minimum time unit.
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📢 Start date of correction periods can be customized
In the Attendance Admin > Attendance group settings page, when administrators create or edit an attendance group, administrators can customize the start date of correction periods. After the custom correction period option is enabled, enter the start date of the period. The number of days in a period is 1 month. For instance, if the 16th is set as the start date, then the 15th of the following month would be the period's end date. To learn more, visit Set attendance correction rules.
Roles involved: Attendance management roles
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📢 Individually set the valid range for each attendance location
From Attendance Admin, go to the Attendance Group Settings page. When enabling the GPS clock in/out, the administrator can individually set the valid range for each attendance location. The range is 300 m by default and can be changed from 100 m to 3000 m. This helps teams to implement flexible GPS clock in/out rules. To learn more, visit Set GPS clock in/out
Roles involved: Attendance-related management roles
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2021.07 What's New
📢 Customize request entry and request items
On the Attendance Admin > Request Configuration page, the administrators can customize the request entry and items in the Attendance app. If the options of all requests are hidden, the request tab in the Attendance app will be hidden as well. If one request option is hidden, then this request won't be available on the Attendance app request page and employees can't make a request.
Roles involved: Enterprise administrators, Attendance app administrators
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2021.03 What's New
📢 Employees' original attendance records can be queried
The administrator can check employees' original attendance records by filtering the time and members on the Attendance Admin > Original records page. The results include the employees' basic information, attendance time, attendance results, and other detailed records.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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2021.02 What's New
📢 Flexible attendance supports early in and early out
For flexible attendance, based on late in and late out, the new way of early in and early out is added to help the team manage attendance more flexibly.
Administrators can go to the Shift Settings page in Attendance Admin > create a shift or edit existing shifts > select flexible attendance in attendance methods > allow attendance group members to leave x hr x min early after work.
For example, the work time for one shift is 9:00-18:00
- Set "Can come at most 2 hours late", that is, allow to come and leave 2 hours late, for example, an employee comes at 10:30, then needs to leave after 19:30.
- Set "Can leave at most 2 hours early", that is, allow to come and leave 2 hours early, for example, an employee comes at 7:30, then needs to leave after 16:30.
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2021.01 What's New
📢 Batch select attendance group members by importing Excel
When setting attendance group members, attendance group owner, and other roles, you can click Batch select members by importing Excel in the bottom left corner of pop-up window > download and fill in > import Excel to efficiently batch select attendance members.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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📢 In-app help center and online customer service are available
Click the customer service icon in the top right corner of the Attendance app homepage to enter the attendance help center:
- Browse the top banner for the latest features, important notifications, etc.
- View the video teaching, quickly master the key features
- Click on FAQs to find a solution to problems
- Click to easily contact online customer service to help you
Roles involved: Attendance group members
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2020.12 What's New
📢 Check the status of leave and business trips on the app homepage
When the leave request, out of office request, business trip request, and overtime request are approved, employees can check the approval status on the app homepage. They can also jump to the details page for more approval details.
Roles involved: Attendance group members
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📢 In-app feature announcement
When there is a major feature update or important system notification, the attendance team will notify members by the announcement on the right of the app. Members can click on the announcement to further view details and know about the new features.
Roles involved: Attendance members
📢 Compensating distance optimization, positioning is more accurate
Aiming at GPS attendance, boundary attendance problem is optimized through the algorithm and technical compensation strategy to further reduce the positioning deviation and improve the positioning accuracy of attendance on mobile.
Roles involved: Attendance members
2020.11 What's New
📢 Specific attendance time can be hidden
The administrator can hide attendance members' specific attendance time in Attendance Settings -Attendance. Normally, attendance members can only view attendance results rather than specific time.
Note: The administrator can normally view employees' specific attendance time through Attendance Admin and mobile app. If the administrators are within the administrative scope, administrators can view their attendance details through both Attendance Admin and mobile app.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance, attendance users
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📢 Attendance groups can be set in bulk
The administrator can set multiple attendance groups in bulk, including offsite attendance, correction rules, face recognition, etc. This feature can help administrators set up relevant operations more easily.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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📢 Attendance Admin can be accessed in the Attendance app
Administrators can open the desktop Attendance app, and click to enter Attendance Admin, or View Statistics.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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📢 New notifications for abnormal attendance
System automatic notifications are added for abnormal attendance, including notifications by Attendance bot when employees have no records; and for recent abnormal attendance records, reminding users to timely correct their records or contact administrators.
Roles involved: Attendance users
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2020.10 What's New
📢 Customize attendance notifications
Open Attendance app - Settings to set reminders at different times, and Buzz yourself whenever urgent:
- Turn reminders on and off and set them up to 2 times.
- Set reminders between 2 hours and 5 minutes in advance.
- Choose from 4 types of reminders: by Attendance bot, by app alert, by message, or by phone call.
Roles involved: Attendance users
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📢 New attendance report notifications
Attendance administrators or group owners can turn on Attendance Report on the Attendance app - Settings page. The system will send the team attendance report at a specified time, including overall and abnormal data. (Note: The daily report is turned on by default. Weekly and monthly reports can be turned on manually).
Roles involved: Attendance administrators, attendance group owners
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📢 Optimized attendance report
The Report of Attendance app is optimized to facilitate administrators knowing the team's attendance situation more accurately:
- Daily reports focus on employees who should attend, automatically excluding those who are on leave, have no scheduled shifts, or simply don't need to attend.
- Weekly and monthly reports display a list with each person's abnormal attendance records.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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📢 Fast notifications for employees
For employees who should attend but have no attendance records, 2 sending methods and 3 Buzz methods can be used to promptly remind them. The reminder content can be customized as well.
Roles involved: Roles related to attendance
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📢 Bot messages will be sent once attendance is recorded
The system will automatically send messages to attendance group members via Attendance bot to inform members of attendance results.
Roles involved: Attendance users
📢 Clock-in can be updated
Attendance group members can update their clock-in records after they've clocked in.
Roles involved: Attendance users
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2020.09 What's New
📢 Attendance notification updated: Buzz, Buzz times, and time can be set
Employees can customize the attendance reminder more flexibly on the Attendance app - Settings page: 1. Reminders for getting on/off work can be set respectively. 2. The reminder can be set to remind 2 hours in advance or 5 minutes in advance. 3. 4 types of reminders can be set: Bot reminder, Buzz in app, Buzz by message, and Buzz by call.
Roles involved: employees
📢 The selecting process is optimized when setting the attendance location
The process of adding new attendance locations is optimized. Now you can easily complete 2 steps of selecting attendance location and noting the place name. At the same time, the valid attendance range (the blue circle area) can be viewed more clearly on the map. It's more efficient and accurate for administrators to set the attendance location.
Roles involved: administrators
2020.08 What's New
📢 The process of shift swap and correction is optimized
The administrators can modify the approval process of Shift swap and Correction on the Approval Admin page, and view or export employees' data on Data Search and Export page.
Roles involved: administrators
📢 Employees can upload more than one image when submitting a correction
Employees can upload multiple images when submitting a correction request. It can explain the correction background better to help administrators know more about the reason.
Roles involved: employees
📢 The attendance record can be updated when clocking in/out offsite by mistake
If employees clock in/out offsite because they are outside of the attendance range, they can tap the Update button on the app page to correct the record when they enter the range.
Roles involved: employees
📢 Free shift is available for holidays and special days
For the attendance groups of free shift, the administrator can set automatic scheduling and the special dates that must or don't need to record attendance according to public holidays.
Roles involved: administrators
Detailed instructions 👉Set working days, off days, and public holidays for fixed shifts and free shifts
📢 Public network IP address can be used for Wi-Fi attendance
Besides MAC address, public network IP address now can also be used for Wi-Fi attendance. The public network IP address is more stable compared to the MAC address. This method is suitable for the office scenario where the MAC address changes frequently due to frequent changes of the router. Note: This method is easier to cheat and more difficult to be detected (e.g., attendance group members may cheat through virtual IP software).
Roles involved: administrators
2020.07 What's New
📢 Attendance API upgraded
What's new in API interface: It supports writing in the attendance results and scheduling shifts. It also supports exporting the note information, note images URL, and correction data. This upgrade can help teams meet more personalized requirements.
Roles involved: administrators
2020.06 What's New
📢 Clocking in and out is available for out-of-office and business trip scenarios
When employees' out-of-office and business trip requests are approved, employees can clock in or out offsite no matter whether the administrator enables the offsite attendance function. This feature can help teams meet offsite management requirements.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
2020.05 What's New
📢 A new interface of the Attendance app
We've replaced the original shift information with a simple timeline to display on/off-duty and clock-in/out times. Also, we've designed a new interface to show different attendance statuses with several colors. The interface is simpler and aims to bring greater efficiency.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
📢 Uploading multiple images is available for uncommon attendance
You can upload up to 9 photos on the remarks for uncommon records, e.g., offsite, late in, early out, etc. This feature can help employees better explain uncommon attendance records and help administrators know the reasons in a more comprehensive way.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
📢 New weekly-view report
In the statistics page of the Attendance app, we've added the new weekly-view report for group and department statistics. Administrators can have a weekly summary of attendance at a glance.
Roles involved: administrators
📢 Viewing device information is available
In the settings page of the Attendance app, it's easy to view the device information, including the Lark version, the Attendance version, the ssid (Wi-Fi name), the bssid (MAC address), etc.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
2020.04 What's New
📢 The Japanese version is online
The Japanese version of the Attendance app is online. Both Attendance Admin and Attendance app are in Japanese to improve Japanese users' experience.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
2020.03 What's New
📢 Employees can select shifts themselves based on scheduling attendance
For the attendance groups based on scheduling attendance, administrators can allow employees to select shifts themselves when there are no shifts. In this case, employees can select shifts to clock in or out. This feature brings more flexible to meet the needs of different scheduling attendance scenarios.
Roles involved: administrators, employees
📢 Daily attendance time is available in the monthly report
In the monthly summary page of Attendance Admin, the statistics of daily attendance time are added to help administrators analyze attendance statistics more conveniently.
Roles involved: administrators
📢 Attendance API supports writing in and exporting data of overtime, holidays, etc.
What's new in attendance API interface: It supports writing in or exporting overtime, holiday, and other data through API to help teams meet more personalized requirements.
Roles involved: administrators
📢 Set Wi-Fi - MAC address on the mobile app
In the Wi-Fi settings page of the Attendance app, administrators can scan company Wi-Fi with the mobile app to automatically get the MAC address and add in batches. This feature can help administrators add Wi-Fi - MAC address information more conveniently.
Roles involved: administrators