Marking attendance manually every day can sometimes lead to missed swipes, incorrect timestamps, or delays in attendance records. To make attendance tracking easier, greytHR provides Geofence Auto Sign-in in the mobile app.

With this feature, attendance is automatically captured when you, as an employee enter or leave a configured work location. Once your organization enables Geofence Auto Sign-in for your attendance scheme, the greytHR mobile app automatically records your sign-in and sign-out when your device enters or exits a configured work location.

Key highlights

Automatically signs you in/out when you enter/leave a configured work location.
Eliminates missed attendance swipes.
Supports multiple work locations.
Available on both Android and iOS versions of the greytHR mobile app.
Attendance entries are visible in Attendance Info and reports.

Before you can use Geofence Auto Sign-in, your organization must enable the feature for your attendance scheme and share an access code with you. You must also enable location permissions on your device.

Geofence Auto Sign-in uses a virtual location boundary called a geofence around a configured work location.

When your device enters the configured location:

The app automatically records your sign-in.

When your device exits the configured location:

The app automatically records your sign-out.

The app only captures entry and exit events required for attendance marking. It does not continuously track your location.

Set up Geofence location as an employee

To configure your work location:

Open the greytHR mobile app.
Tap the Profile icon.
Tap Setup Geofence.
Enter the access code shared by your organization.
Enter the location name.
Set the location radius.
Tap Submit.

The location is now active for automatic attendance marking.

Note: You can configure multiple geofence locations — useful if your organization has multiple approved work locations. Access codes should be sent by Admin users from the setup guide page.

Attendance capturing with Auto Geofence

After setup:

Entering a configured work location radius automatically signs you in /out.
Leaving the location radius automatically marks your sign-out.
You can view attendance details from the home screen and Attendance Info page in the greytHR mobile app.

Note: The app should be running in the background. The internet should be ON.

Configure device permissions and settings

For accurate attendance capture, configure the following settings on your device.

Android

Location permission: Allow all the time
Precise location: On
Battery optimisation for greytHR app: Disabled / Unrestricted
Device location services: On (High accuracy)

iOS

Location permission: Always
Precise Location: On
Background App Refresh: On

What’s supported with Auto Geofence

Automatic sign-in when entering a configured work location.
Automatic sign-out when leaving a configured work location.
Support for configuring multiple work locations.
Attendance visibility in Attendance Info and reports.
Availability on Android and iOS versions of the greytHR mobile app.

What’s not supported with Auto Geofence

Continuous live location tracking.
Web-based attendance marking.
Selfie capture or face recognition along with automatic sign-in.
Manual sign in or sign out in Mobile app

Related article:

Ensure accurate attendance marking by configuring Geofence

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Set Up Geofence Auto Sign-in in greytHR Mobile App