Schedule validation
The schedule validation functionality checks that the employee is scheduled to
work at the time of the clock punch. If an employee attempts to punch in when they are not
scheduled, the punch is rejected with a validation message. For example, if the employee is
not scheduled for today but has a future schedule, the message Not
Scheduled Until MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm is shown on the clock.
Depending on your system configuration, you can use either the Readers form or a reader configuration in WFM to enable schedule validation.
- In the Readers form, select the Enable Schedule Validation check box.
See Adding clock readers.
- If you are using reader configurations, use the validation.schedule.enable property in the reader configuration.
For each employee who requires schedule validation, you must also select the check box for the employee badge.
Grace period
You can define a grace period for schedule validation before and after the employee's scheduled time. The start grace time specifies the number of minutes before the scheduled start time that an employee can clock in. The end grace time specifies the number of minutes after the scheduled end time that an employee can clock out.
Again, you can use either the Readers form or a reader configuration to set the number of minutes for the grace period.
- In the Readers form, use the and fields.
- If you are using reader configurations, use the validation.schedule.start_grace_in_minutes validation.schedule.end_grace_in_minutes properties in the reader configuration.