Self Service Punch Lockout

This setting allows you to specify that any employee clocking into the system using the Self Service module must be scheduled in order for the punch to be accepted.

User Rights

The "Employee" user type is pre-configured with the necessary permissions for use with this option. When using a "Customized" user type, ensure that the necessary permissions are specified.

Under the Self Rights section of the Time Card permissions, ensure that the "Clock In/Out" permission is enabled. The "Punch Edit" permission should not be enabled.

See Creating a Customized Rights User for more information on creating and setting up user permissions.

Schedule Settings

The employee must be assigned to a schedule. The allowed punch period will be the schedule start/end times, in conjunction with the "Allowed Period" specified in the Clock Settings section of the Schedule Rule that the schedule is assigned to.

If the employee is not scheduled to work on any given day, the system will prevent them from entering a punch.

Error Notification Text

The error that is displayed when an employee's unscheduled punch is rejected is customizable at a company level.

1. Click on the main "Admin" navigation tab, and then on the Settings link located under the System Tools section of the screen.

2. Click on the Edit link located under the System Setup header.

3. Browse to the Self Service Settings section of the screen. Enter the desired error message into the "Schedule Self Service Punch Lockout Error Text" field. The field is limited to a maximum of 50 characters. The default error is "You are unable to punch outside of a schedule."

4. Click on the [SAVE SETTINGS] icon located in either the upper or lower right-hand corners of the screen.