# Auto Assign Shift Import Time
The ‘Auto Assign Shift Import Time’ allows users to define specific IN/OUT time ranges for shifts. The system will follow these ranges rather than the default IN/OUT times set in the Shift Details screen. Users can select a shift from a dropdown and configure different IN/OUT time ranges for each shift.
### **How does ‘Auto Assign Shift Import Time’ work**? Once the IN/OUT time ranges are set, the system works accordingly.
If the employee punch is registered during the defined the In/Out time ranges the system will identify and assign the shift for the punches registered accordingly. This way, the system provides flexibility in assigning different IN/OUT time ranges for different shifts and ensures accurate shift detection and assignment.
### How to define In/Out time ranges for the shifts so the system will detect and auto assign a shift to the employee according to the punches?
**Step 1**: Log into the cloud portal, go to the settings menu and under the ‘Attendance’ tab click on the ‘Attendance Settings’ subtab.
**Step 2**: Under the ‘Attendance Settings’ subtab click on the ‘Auto Shift Detect’ option.
**Step 3:** Select the ‘Shift Name’ and from the from the respective dropdown when the time you are to enter fall on the ‘Same Date’ or it fall in the ‘Next Date’ according to the calendar days.
**Step 4**: Then enter values for the ‘Import IN time Start as’, ‘Import IN time End as’, ‘Import Out time Start as’, and the ‘Import Out time End as’ fields and click on the ‘Save’ button.
The shift IN/Out time ranges will be defined and the system will auto assign a shift to the employee according to the punches
**Note**: Please make sure that the details all the IN/Out time fields are entered correctly. As the auto shifts will be assigned according to these IN/Out Time Start and IN/Out Time End field values.
**Path**: Cloud -> Setting -> Attendance -> Attendance setting
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