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How to edit time clock

This document will detailwalk you through how to editfix an employee's time clock: in Backoffice, on a timeterminal, clock.

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In Backoffice

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    Finding the shift

    1. Go to Backoffice --> Staff --> Time Card. Every shift for the pay period is listed.

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  2. 1. Dates - Pick the pay period (or any dates). The arrows go back or forward one pay period.
  3. 2. Employee and Job Role - Show only one employee's or one job role's shifts. Needs attention shows only the shifts with a problem, such as Never clocked out.
  4. 3. Date - Click the date to open the shift and change it.
  5. 4. Arrow - Shows the shift's breaks and everything that was changed on it.
  6. NavigateThe Open and Auto Clocked Out buttons above the list show only the shifts still clocked in, or the ones Sail clocked out by itself.

    Note: You can also go to Backoffice --> Staff --> Employees, pick the employee and open the Time Clock tab. It's the same list, with only that employee's shifts.

    An employee's Time Clock tab circled

    Changing a clock in, clock out, job role or break

    2. Click the date of the shift. The Edit Time Clock Entry window opens.

    The Edit Time Clock Entry window, with numbered markers and Update circled

    • 1. Employee and Job Role - Pick a different job role if the employee clocked in as the wrong one.
    • 2. Clock In Date and Clock In Time - When the shift started.
    • 3. Clock Out Time - When the shift ended. Leave it blank if the employee is still clocked in. If the clock out time is earlier than the clock in time, Sail puts it on the next day (for a shift that ran past midnight).
    • 4. Breaks - Pick the break, then its Start and End. Picking a break fills in its length and whether it's paid. Add Break adds another one; the red trash can removes one.
    • 5. Audit Log Note - The reason for the change. It's saved with the change and shows in the shift's history.
    • 6. Clear Entry - See Clearing a shift below.

    3. Click Update to save the change.

    Note: If the note is required and you leave it blank, you'll see "A reason for this manual entry is required." See Required notes setting below.

    Adding a shift someone forgot

    4. Click New Entry. Pick the Employee, the Clock In Date and the Job Role, fill in the Clock In Time and Clock Out Time, enter the reason in Audit Log Note, then click Insert.

    The New Time Clock Entry window filled in, with the note and Insert circled

    • To add breaks to the timenew clockshift, tab.save it first, then click its date to open it again.

    Clearing a shift

    5. To clear a shift that shouldn't be there, open it and click Clear Entry, then click Clear Entry again to confirm. To clear several at once, tick them in the list and click Clear Entries.

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  7. Once on the time clock tab make sure your on the date you would like to edit.The Clear Entry? message with Clear Entry circled

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  8. Once the date has been selected you there are several editing options to pick from.

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      1. This will prompt to add a new record.

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      2. You can edit any of the settings above by pressing the pencil next to any existing time clock entry.

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      3. To zero out the time from an existing time clock entry click the red x and press ok when prompted.

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    2. All editschanges are recorded. You can view the records by pressingClick the arrow next to thea entry.shift to see them.

      image.pngA shift opened with its history, with numbered markers and the Note column circled

      • 1. Arrow - Opens and closes the shift's details.
  9. 2. Breaks - The breaks on the shift, who added them and where.
  • 3. Answered at Clock Out - What the employee answered about their breaks when they clocked out. "Missed" means nobody was asked, for example because the shift was auto clocked out or changed in Backoffice.
  • 4. Break Changes - Every change to a break: who made it, when, and what it was before and after.
  • 5. Punch History - Every change to the clock in and clock out: who made it, when, on which device, and the note they left.
  • On a terminal

    You7. Managers can also editfix the time clock for any day from a terminal, too. Log in, tap Functions, then tap Edit Time Clock under FunctionsManagement Tools.

    The Functions screen with the Edit Time Clock button circled

    8. Go to the day the employee worked and tap their shift. Change the job role, clock in, clock out or breaks, then tap Save and enter the reason for the change. New Shift adds a shift someone forgot, and Clear Shift clears one.

    The terminal's Time Clock screen with a shift open and Save circled

    Changes made on a terminal show in Backoffice under Staff --> Edit Time Clock.Card, and changes made in Backoffice show on the terminal.

    Click here to learn more about editing the time clock on a terminal.


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      Note: On a terminal, a reason is always asked for when you save a change. Onlyperson's job rolesrole withhas the Allow Manual Time Clock Entries Without Audit Notes permissionpermission.

      To choose who can skip it.the note:

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      1. Go to Backoffice --> Staff --> Job Roles and click the job role.
      2. On the Details tab, under Tasks, open Staff --> Employees.
      3. Tick Allow Manual Time Clock Entries Without Audit Notes to let this job role save changes without a note. Leave it unticked to make the note required.
      4. Click Save.

      Note: The list of tasks only shows the permissions your own job role has. If you don't see Allow Manual Time Clock Entries Without Audit Notes, ask someone whose job role has it.