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Manual timesheet

HR can enter a day's check-in and check-out by hand, or load many from Excel. An employee with the Manual attendance permission can add their own. One entry per employee per day, never on a day of leave.

  • HR & payroll Daily attendance
  • 3 min read
  • Updated October 20, 2026

For HR officer Employee Manager

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The idea

When a device is down, a person forgot to punch, or a person works outside the office, the day can be entered by hand. A manual entry takes the place of device punches for that day.

Enter a day

  1. Open the Manual timesheet
    Who
    HR officer (or the employee, on their profile)
    Where
    Employee request › Manual timesheet › Add
    What changes
    A form opens.
  2. Fill it in
    What changes
    Choose the Branch, the Employee, the Shift (only the shifts the employee is mapped to are listed), the Attendance date, Check-In date, Check-In time and Checkout time. Tick Officially out when the person was away on duty. Add Location and Notes (up to 250 characters).
  3. Save
    What changes
    The day shows on the attendance sheet like a device day, with no late or early minutes counted.

The screen refuses check-in and check-out at the same time ("Checkin time and checkout time not to be equal"), and a day that already has an entry or is covered by a whole-day leave.

Load many days from Excel

On Manual timesheet press the import button (Upload employee attendance), get the Template, fill it in, Upload and import. Rows with problems are listed; fix them and import again.

Let an employee enter their own

On Employee information setup, select the employee and choose Allow permission for manual attendance (The employee record). The employee then adds days from the Manual attendance tab of their profile (My profile: leave, payslips, loans and my own records).

Common questions

Can I enter a day for an employee who has a half-day leave?

Yes. Only a whole-day leave stops a manual entry.

The Shift list is empty when I enter a day.

The list shows only the shifts the employee is mapped to. Map the employee to a shift on Employee shift first (Shifts: the shift, its roster, employees and overrides).

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