Refer to this article if your version is below 7.4.1

The term "workplace attendance" refers to whether or not an employee arrived to work on time and at the appointed hour.  The term most frequently refers to employees who are paid hourly. 
Employees are expected to show up for every shift on time, although they occasionally miss shifts without taking time off. Absenteeism is defined as a pattern of unexcused absences. This trend of frequent absenteeism might have a negative impact on a company's bottom line. Employers may utilize attendance and absence tracking to identify patterns and potentially terminate employees who have too many unexcused absences.

This feature allows capturing the number of hours an employee spends working for the company. This feature is only available to the users where they can easily record their office in and out times through the system. 

There are three ways of accessing the Punch In/Out screen to record your attendance.

1. Using the Time at Work Widget in the Dashboard in OrangeHRM Web

2. Navigating to the Punch In/Out screen from the Attendance Module in OrangeHRM Web

3. Using OrangeHRM Advanced Mobile App

1. Using the Time at Work Widget in the Dashboard in OrangeHRM Web

Click on the Stopwatch icon in the Time at Work dashboard widget to easily access the Punch In/Out Screen in the Attendance module to record your attendance records.

2. Navigating to the Punch In/Out screen from the Attendance Module in OrangeHRM Web

Select Attendance > Punch In/Out in order to record your attendance.

If the HR Admin has configured the attendance settings, by not allowing employees to edit the date and time for both punch in/out, the system will automatically capture the “system time”.

The following example shows the employee can select the date and time when punching in/out.

Step 1 - In the Punch In screen, add a note and click "  IN"

While you're getting ready to leave the office, you may log into the system and Punch out. 

Step 2 - In the Punch-Out screen, add a note and click " OUT" 

3. Using OrangeHRM Advanced Mobile App

OrangeHRM Advanced Mobile App will allow you not only to record attendance but also to capture the geo location and a picture of the employee at the time of record if you have enabled the Selfie and Geolocation Capturing feature in your OrangeHRM.

If you want to know more on how to use OrangeHRM Mobile App to use these features, please follow the below link to refer to the article. 

OrangeHRM Mobile App - How to use the Attendance Module [ESS]

If you want to enable the Selfie and Geolocation Capturing feature in your OrangeHRM, please reach out to us for more information at goldsupport@orangehrm.com