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ExakTime Mobile Permissions And What They Do

The security role page offers numerous permissions for ExakTime Mobile that allow your employees to do more than just clock in/out. They can send photos with field notes and even clock in/out for others.

For more information about the usage of the Security Roles page, please refer to the following article.

Navigating to Security Roles for ExakTime Mobile
  • Go to Manage and select Security Roles from the menu bar.

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  • You will be brought to the default security roles for ExakTime Mobile. Selecting any default (except Administrator) or custom role allows you to enable/disable ExakTime Mobile permissions towards the right.

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Permissions

Manage

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Cloud Service - A setting for legacy software/products that can be disregarded at this time.

Clock In and Out for Other Employees - Clock in/out for other employees. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article. This permission will also prevent the "Automatic Log Out" option for ExakTime Mobile.

  • Edit Clock In and Out Time - Adjust the date/time for the employee they are clocking in/out. This cannot be set to a future date/time.

Clock in to my schedule - Allows an employee to clock in to what has been scheduled for them. This option will only be present if you have the Schedules feature. For more information about schedules, please refer to the following dedicated article.

Change the device clock, edit preferences, set a default jobsite or cost code, and set jobsite locations - Allows an employee to access all ExakTime Mobile settings and additional capabilities such as setting a default location/cost code. This setting is generally reserved for Admins or trusted high-level employees such as supervisors/managers. This permission will also prevent the "Automatic Log Out" option for ExakTime Mobile.

Edit unsent time records on time record history - Edit unsent time records made on the device from the History tab. This feature is connected to Time Record History. For more information about Time Record History, you can refer to the following article.

Crews and Groups - Created/adjust crews and groups on the device. These changes may be overwritten if the crews and groups are made within ExakTime Connect. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article.

View SiteHub - View SiteHub data containing recent activities such as field notes about the location, recent clock ins, directions through your phones navigation app, and nearby restaurants. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article.

  • Show Wages - Show the sum of the current hourly wage of employees clocked in to a location. (This is not a total of the hourly wages on the job so far, just the hourly wage sum at that moment)

Add

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Cost Code - View the cost code list from the Manage screen and add new cost codes. For more information about adding new cost codes, refer to the following article.

Employees - View the employee list from the Manage screen and add new employees. For more information about adding new employees, refer to the following article.

Equipment - View the equipment list from the Manage Screen. For more information about equipment, you can refer to the following article.

Expenses - Create expenses on the device in hand. For more information about expenses, you can refer to the following article.

Field Notes - Create field notes on the device in hand. For more information about field notes, you can refer to the following articles, Field Notes for Connect and Field Notes for Mobile.

Locations - View the location list from the Manage screen, add new locations, update the GPS coordinate associated, and navigate to the location using your device's navigation app. For more information about adding new locations, refer to the following article.

View

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My Schedule - Allow employees to view their schedules and others. This option will only be available if you have the "Schedules" feature. For more information about schedules, please refer to the following dedicated article.

Who is Clocked In - View a list of who has used your device to clock in and allows access to Team View. The list will clear itself out after 12 hours. Team View will update based on the employees clocking in/out on any ExakTime Mobile device connected to the internet. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article.

How long has someone been clocked in - Let employees know how long they have been clocked in. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article.

Time Record History - View the time records created on the device in hand from the last 14 days. For more information about this feature, you can refer to the following article.

Own GeoTrakker Data - Review your own GeoTrakker data. 

Other Employees' GeoTrakker Data - Review others GeoTrakker data.

FaceFront

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Take a photo when clocking in or out with the front-facing camera.

For more information about FaceFront, you can refer the following article.

GeoFence Clock In/Out

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No GeoFence warning or restriction - Enabled by default. An employee can clock in/out to any location they want to, regardless if they are not within the vicinity or not.

Warn employees when clocking in/out outside Geofence, or if Geofence is unknown - The employee will receive a warning if their device plots them outside the GeoFence for their selected location or if there is no GeoFence for their selected location.

  • Require employees to add a comment when clocking in/out outside GeoFence - In addition to the warning from above, the employee will need to enter a comment that will appear on your time cards to further review.

Restrict employee clock in/out outside known Geofence - If an employee's device places them outside the GeoFence of a location, they will not be able to clock in/out to their selected location. 

For more information about setting up GeoFence Warnings/Restrictions, you can refer to the following article.

Time Card

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View - Allow an employee to view their time cards from ExakTime Mobile.

Edit - Allows a user to view and edit an employee's time card on ExakTime Mobile.

Delete - Allows a user to delete a time record from an employee's time card on ExakTime Mobile.

For more information about time cards on ExakTime Mobile, you can refer to either of the articles:

GeoTrakker

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Track the movement of the employee based on the location data from the mobile device.

For more information regarding GeoTrakker, you can refer to the following article.

Time Card Approval

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Employee: Can approve own time card - The employee is able to approve their own time card from ExakTime Mobile.

Can approve time cards that have exceptions - The employee can approve their own time card from ExakTime Mobile even if there are exceptions such as incomplete time records.

Supervisor: Can approve time cards for employees in their viewset - The supervisor is able to approve time cards on ExakTime Mobile for employees within their viewset.

Can approve time cards that have exceptions - The supervisor can approve time cards from ExakTime Mobile even if there are exceptions such as incomplete time records.

For more information about time card approvals, you can refer to the following article.

Time Off

  Upcoming Feature

Time Off is an upcoming feature for ExakTime Connect & Mobile. For more information about the upcoming feature, check out our dedicated article.

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  • Approve Time Off Requests - Allows the employees to approve time off requests for employees within their viewset.
    • Approve Own Time Off Requests - Allows the employee to approve their own time off requests.
  • Request Time Off - Allows the employee to request time off with ExakTime Mobile.

Notification Settings

  Upcoming Feature

Notification settings are currently tied to the upcoming Time Off feature for ExakTime Connect & Mobile. For more information about the upcoming feature, check out our dedicated article.

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  • View User Settings - Allows the employee to view the notification settings of ExakTime Mobile. 
    • Edit User Settings - Allows the employee to edit the notification settings of ExakTime Mobile.
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