GEO_VALIDATION_GRACE

Description:

This parameter specifies a grace period in minutes for geo-validation. The grace period expands the scheduled time that an employee is expected to be at a designated work area. If an employee attempts to clock within that designated area, but outside the expected time (defined as scheduled time plus grace period), then the clock will be considered to be outside the employee's expected geolocation.

For example, if an employee is scheduled on team A from 09:00 to 17:00 and the grace period is set to 5 minutes, the system will consider the employee's expected location to be team A from 08:55 to 17:05. With this configuration, if the employee clocks within the team A zone at 08:57, the clock will be considered to be within the employee's expected geolocation though the employee is not scheduled at any location at that exact time. If the employee clocks at 08:52, the clock will be considered to be outside the employee's expected geolocation, regardless of the coordinates associated with the clock.

When an employee is scheduled on multiple teams on a single day, the grace period permits an overlap of expected locations. For example, if an employee is scheduled on team A from 09:00 to 13:00 and team B from 13:00 to 17:00 and a 5 minute grace period has been defined, then during the period from 12:55 to 13:05, the employee is expected to be at either location. If a clock occurs within that overlapping time and the employee is within either zone, the clock will be considered to be within one of the employee's expected geolocations.

By default, the value is blank, meaning geo-validation is not enforced.

Valid Values:

Any non-negative integer, representing minutes

Default Value:

blank

Location:

system/WORKBRAIN_PARAMETERS/

Effective:

6.2.4