Time Attributes for In and Out Event Matching

You can select one or more time attributes to use to match In and Out device events, to create time entries.

An In event makes up the first part of a time entry. The incomplete entry becomes a complete entry when an Out event matches to it. Time card processing matches an Out event to the nearest In event before it, accounting for any matching time attribute option.

In Has Attribute and Out Doesn't

Here are the two most recent device events received:

In event with a Payroll Time Type of Regular
Out event without a payroll time type

These two events make up a time entry with the Regular payroll time type attribute.

In Doesn't Have Attribute and Out Does

Here are the two most recent device events received:

In event without a payroll time type
Out event with a Payroll Time Type of Meal

These two events make up a time entry with the Meal payroll time type attribute.

In and Out Have Different Attribute Values

Here are the two most recent device events received:

In event with a Payroll Time Type of Regular
Out event with a Payroll Time Type of Meal

While both events have a Payroll Time Type value, the values are different and thus the events don't match. These events make up two incomplete time entries:

An entry with the start time and an In event with the Regular payroll time type that's missing the stop time of the Out event
An entry with the stop time and an Out event with the Meal payroll time type that's missing the start time of an In event

Someone needs to fix these incomplete entries before the time card can be submitted.

In and Out Have Same Attribute Values

Here are the two most recent device events received:

In event with a Payroll Time Type of Regular
Out event with a Payroll Time Type of Regular

These two events make up a time entry with the Regular payroll time type attribute.