What Is an Attendance Management System? A Complete Guide

Attendance Management

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Attendance Management

Approve, log, and visualize every punch across your team — then clean up exceptions in bulk. Four capabilities that keep attendance accurate before payroll.

Subcategory overview
Before You Start
  • Attendance module enabled with at least one clock-in source
  • Work schedules and policies configured for your employees
  • Manager or Admin role with access to the My Team view
What You'll Achieve
  • A single place to act on attendance — approve, view, clean up
  • A full timeline and calendar of every punch
  • Faster bulk cleanup when patterns or mistakes need to be reset

The Four Capabilities

Each article below drills into one capability of the module.

Capability 1
Attendance Approval
Action General, Off-day, and Regularization requests in one queue.
Capability 2
Attendance Bulk Action
Delete attendance records in bulk — selected rows or everything on screen.
Capability 3
Attendance Calendar
A month-at-a-glance view with color-coded day markers.
Capability 4
Attendance Log
The daily punch timeline aggregated from every clock source.

Recommended Path

Sequence we suggest
Calendar for a pattern scan → Log to inspect a specific day → Approval to action regularizations → Bulk Action for big clean-ups. Then move to Attendance Finalization before payroll.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Attendance Management and Attendance Finalization?
Attendance Management is the everyday view — approve, log, calendar. Attendance Finalization is the once-per-cycle HR pass that closes every anomaly (shortage, early check-out, no attendance, incomplete) before payroll runs.
Which roles can use these capabilities?
Calendar and Log are visible to every employee (ESS) and to managers/admins for their scope. Approval is manager/admin. Bulk Action is admin-level cleanup.
Where do regularization requests live?
Inside the Approval capability — they sit in the Regularization tab of the approval queue.
How do I access a team member's data?
My Team → Attendance → Select Employee — from there, Calendar, Log, and Approvals are all scoped to that person.

Explore the Module

Related Articles
Approve
Attendance Approval
Review and action pending attendance across three tabs.
Clean up
Attendance Bulk Action
Delete multiple attendance records in a single action.
Visualize
Attendance Calendar
Color-coded month view for employees and managers.
Audit
Attendance Log
The daily record of every punch, leave, and regularization.