Single Punch

Single Punch Setting

The Single Punch feature lets employees record their attendance with one punch instead of separate in and out punches.

HR or the administrator can enable Single Punch for selected employee categories or for individual employees. When the system detects a single punch from an employee, it allocates the shift assigned to that employee.

This helps in:

• Tracking attendance for employees on flexible hours, remote work or staggered shifts

• Recording attendance with one punch per day

• Reducing manual attendance correction by HR

How to Activate the Single Punch Attendance Setting?

Path: Login into Cloud Portal → Settings → Attendance → Attendance Setting → Single Punch

Step 1: Open Single Punch Settings

Log in to the Cloud portal and go to Settings. Select the Attendance tab,

click Attendance Setting in the left panel, and scroll down to click Single Punch.

Step 2: Activate Single Punch

Enable Activate Single Punch. The employee selection section is displayed once toggle is the enabled.

Step 3: Choose Whether to Consider the Actual In-Punch

Enable Consider actual In-Punch if the employee's actual punch time should be used as the effective in time.

For example, if the shift time is 09:00 to 18:00:

Employee punches in at	Effective In/Out time
08:30	08:30 to 18:00
10:30	10:30 to 18:00

Step 4: Select Employees by Category or Employee wise Filters

Under Select Employees, select one of the following:

• Category – to apply Single Punch to employee categories

• Employee – to apply Single Punch to individual employees

Step 5: Select the Categories or Employees

Tick the categories or employees for which Single Punch should apply. Tick Select All to select every item in the list.

Important: Ensure a shift is already assigned to every selected employee before saving.

Step 6: Save the Settings

Click Save to apply the Single Punch settings.

How Single Punch Works?

Shift Allocation

When a single punch is detected for an employee, the system automatically marks the employee as Present for the day, provided that the punch occurs within the shift time range already assigned to the employee.

Effective In/Out Time

If Consider actual In-Punch is enabled, the punch time becomes the effective in time and the shift end time remains the effective out time.

Auto Punch Setting

The Auto Punch Setting is available on the same page, below the Single Punch settings. If enabled, the configured set of employees is automatically marked with In and Out punches as per the shift assigned for individuals for the Leave Calendar Period.

Step 1: Activate Auto Punch

Enable Activate Auto Punch.

Step 2: Select the Business Unit and Business Value

Select a Business Unit, and then select the Business Value under it. The Choose Employee list shows only the employees under the selected Business Value.

Step 3: Select the Employees

Under Employee, click Choose Employee and select the employees to be marked with attendance automatically.

Step 4: Add the Employees

Click Add.

The Overview table displays the Code, Name and Action for the added employees.

You can use Search to find an employee in the Overview table.

Step 5: Save the Auto Punch Settings

Tick the employees in the Overview table and click Save to apply the Auto Punch settings. Employees left unticked are not included in Auto Punch.

Step 6: Delete Multiple Employees

Tick the employees in the Overview table and click Delete to remove them.

Step 7: Delete a Single Employee

Click the trash icon in the Action column to remove that employee.

Path Link: https://cloud.pockethrms.com/Settings/Employee/Index?module=attendance&submodule=SinglePunch

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