Staff & Task ManagementPurpose
1.2. Integrate biometric devices, mobile apps, web portals, and messaging to ensure all attendance data is accurately recorded, stored, analyzed, and escalations are performed without manual intervention.
1.3. Reduce the administrative burden, enforce shift discipline, and increase transparency with historical trend reporting and evidence logs.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Multiple late arrivals within a rolling period (e.g., 3 late arrivals in 7 days).
2.3. Unscheduled absences without approved leave request.
2.4. Biometric attendance mismatches or device errors.
2.5. Attendance logs missing for specific days or meal session times.
2.6. Irregular patterns such as multiple early check-outs in a set period.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS alerts on attendance anomalies using Messages API; configure recipient mobile numbers; sample: POST "/Messages" with alert template and variable injection for staff name, time, reason.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Trigger email notifications via Dynamic Templates API; set up sender profile; sample: POST "/mail/send" with dynamic data fields to HR and management emails.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Post real-time alerts to staff management channels using Incoming Webhooks; configure channel and JSON payload for structured anomaly summaries.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Use Teams Connector to send adaptive card alerts to HR board; configure card content for actionable attendance resolution.
3.5. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Log every attendance anomaly row using Sheets API; configure append row for each flagged record; sample: POST "/v4/spreadsheets/{id}/values".
3.6. Zoho People
• Feature/Setting: Sync attendance events using Zoho People Attendance API; configure webhook callback for missed or late entries.
3.7. ADP Workforce Now
• Feature/Setting: Receive push notifications for attendance exceptions; configure Reports API to extract anomalies and push to escalation workflow.
3.8. BambooHR
• Feature/Setting: Ingest attendance log entries via Employee Time Tracking API; configure alerts for exceptions using BambooHR Webhooks.
3.9. Workday
• Feature/Setting: Fetch real-time attendance reports using Time Tracking API; highlight and route exceptions to workflow inbox.
3.10. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Notify managers or staff of irregularities via WhatsApp message template; configure recipient and message body via /messages endpoint.
3.11. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Trigger incident alerts for critical attendance shortfalls; configure Event API with attendance threshold logic.
3.12. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Auto-create ticket on repeated absenteeism; configure Ticket API to log event with all details from tracking.
3.13. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Generate new task for HR follow-up on flagged cases using Asana API; set project board ID and assign to relevant HR user.
3.14. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Add card in HR Audit board upon each attendance issue; configure card fields via Trello API.
3.15. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Create or update calendar events denoting shift attendance and anomalies; configure Events API for automated entries.
3.16. Face Recognition Devices (ZKTeco, eSSL, Realand, etc.)
• Feature/Setting: Poll device SDK/API for real-time attendance status; configure JSON payload for HTTP or MQTT handoff on trigger events.
3.17. Jibble
• Feature/Setting: Receive webhook notifications for missed punches; configure target endpoint in “Webhooks” advanced settings.
3.18. QuickBooks Time (TSheets)
• Feature/Setting: Use Alerts API to detect and send notifications for attendance discrepancies; configure policy thresholds.
3.19. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Store and visualize attendance data via Salesforce Event objects; configure Flows for automated HR notifications.
3.20. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Open a new HR support ticket triggered by attendance rule violation; configure Trigger API to use attendance log as ticket data.
3.21. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Add new update/item to HR workflow board with auto-notification for attendance violation using Monday.com API.
3.22. Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Send flagged attendance incident emails via Outlook Mail API; specify recipients and generate summary in body field.
Benefits
4.2. Instant escalation reduces response latency for HR intervention.
4.3. Enables shift optimization and pattern mining with actionable insights.
4.4. Full audit trail and compliance documentation ensures standards adherence.
4.5. Integrates with existing tech stack, reducing friction and training needs.