Track Employee Location in the Warehouse
An employee’s location in the warehouse can be tracked through various methods such as location scans using WMS handheld or devices such as beacons, WiFi, Bluetooth, RFID or other IPS (Indoor Positioning System) devices. In Release 24D, a new feature has been introduced in WFM that enables this data to be captured in WFM.
Introducing Employee Location Track UI in WFM
This new UI displays the employee location track data by capturing relevant information when the user scans a location using WMS handheld transactions. It also displays employee location track data that has been interfaced using input interface or posted through REST APIs.
Employee Location Track Input Interface
This new interface enables external systems to upload their Employee Location track data manually into the WFM.
For external system to upload their employee location track data manually, we’ve introduced a new option "Employee Location Track" to Input Interface dropdown. This interface supports uploading files in *.psv, *.xls formats and interface files prefixed with "ELT”.
Support via REST API
Two new REST APIs have been introduced, enabling external systems to communicate and post Employee Location Track data directly into WFM. You can upload single or multiple (bulk) records using following APIs:
- Single Object Upload: You can use this API to post single record.
POST ..lgfapi/v10/entity/employee_location_track
NOTE: This API does not support bulk upload.
- Bulk Object Upload: You can use this API to post records in bulk. The records are written to stage table and can be processed synchronously or asynchronously.
POST ..lgfapi/v10/entity/stage_employee_location_track
NOTE: This API supports single upload.
We’ve also extended GET API support to the Employee Location Track entities via following APIs:
- STAGE_EMPLOYEE_LOCATION_TRACK :
GET .../lgfapi/v10/entity/stage_employee_location_track/
- EMPLOYEE_LOCATION_TRACK
GET .../lgfapi/v10/entity/employee_location_track/
For more information on fields, please refer to WFM REST API Guide.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.