A Guide to Attendance Finalization on Workwisely for HR

Attendance Finalization

MANAGER SELF SERVICE · APPROVALS

Attendance Finalization

Close out each attendance cycle for your team — confirm present days, finalize exceptions, and lock the data for payroll.

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👥 WHO USES THIS
â–¸Managers who approve team requests.
â–¸Approvers in multi-stage workflows.
â–¸HR admins auditing approval chains.
✨ WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE
â–¸Review pending attendance exceptions.
â–¸Decide on grace / adjustment for each edge case.
â–¸Finalize the period so payroll can compute accurately.

My Team → Attendance → Attendance Finalization

This is applicable for the Managers to take action on missed attendance and approval-pending records. Managers can review and approve or reject these records, ensuring that all attendance data is accurate before processing payroll.

Both Managers can access this module, but the initiation of LOP (Loss of Pay) and the auto-closure of attendance will be handled by the administrator. Admins are responsible for triggering these actions to ensure accurate attendance processing.

Attendance(Incomplete)

My Team → Attendance → Attendance Finalization → Attendance(Incomplete)

  • In this section, Managers can review pending approvals for attendance data and missed check-out records. The attendance auto-closure process allows HR to automatically finalize all pending draft attendance records that fall within the configured work schedule. This feature also enables the collective approval of all outstanding attendance records, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

  • When you click the Initiate Auto Closure & Approval button, any incomplete check-out times will be automatically updated based on the employee’s associated work schedule.


Fig: Attendance(Incomplete)

No Attendance

  • Both missed check-in and check-out attendance data will be available in this tab. 

  • Managers don’t have the option to take actions need to reach HR for the finalization.



Export Attendance Finalization

The users have the ability to export the incomplete or No Attendance sheet for review. This feature allows them to:

  • Download the incomplete attendance records into a spreadsheet for detailed analysis.Click the Three Dot in the right hand side and click Export Incomplete Attendance button to get the data in the excel sheet.

  • Download the no attendance records into a spreadsheet for detailed analysis.Click the Three Dot in the right hand side and click Export Missed Attendance & Leave button to get the data in the excel sheet.

Fig: Export Incomplete Attendance



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