Insightful offers different ways to track employee time, from automatic and manual monitoring to manual entries and shift scheduling. The best option depends on how your team works and how you’ve set up Insightful.

With features like inactivity detection and attendance alerts, you can keep schedules organized and records accurate.

Check out the below to see which options fit your team best!

The Automatic Attendance tracking option eliminates the effort of manually entering inputs from your employees using company computers. Instead, Insightful automatically tracks their activities and performs all the work time and attendance related calculations based on your specific settings and the collected employee activity data.

This is an option that allows employees to manage their workdays as well as Clock-In and Clock-Out using Insightful's virtual time clock. Manual attendance tracking is our most commonly used scenario in which employees maintain control over their start/stop times and breaks while maintaining privacy for non-work activities as these are not being tracked.
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With our Project-Based attendance tracking option time and activities are only tracked when employees start/stop working on designated projects and tasks. This scenario goes beyond the more general shift or day tracking and provides accurate and meaningful data at the task or project level, while enabling employees with more control over when Insightful is operating as well.

Insightful provides multiple ways to track and analyze employee activity, helping you understand how work hours are spent. The right report depends on your goals - whether you need a broad overview of daily workflows, detailed activity records, or engagement insights.

With Timeline Reports, you can see daily work patterns, while Activity Logs offer a chronological record of actions. Employee Engagement Levels highlight activity intensity, and Audit Logs track system changes for accuracy and accountability.

Employee Timesheets automatically track work hours, so you don’t have to log them manually. The feature gives you a clear view of employee working hours, making it easy to keep accurate records, review hours, check attendance, and manage payroll. You can filter by day, week, or a custom date range to see exactly what you need.

The Attendance Report gives you a clear overview of when employees are working, making it easy to track attendance, late starts, and missed shifts. It automatically records work hours, so you don’t have to rely on manual tracking. You can filter by day, week, or a custom date range to review specific periods and ensure accurate records.

Insightful allows you to log work hours that weren’t tracked automatically, ensuring your records stay complete and accurate. Whether employees need to add missing time or correct an existing entry, manual submissions will help you maintain consistency in time tracking.

With Manual Time Entry, employees can submit work hours for approval while Admins and Managers review and adjust entries as needed.

Insightful provides flexible tools to plan work schedules, manage shifts, and track time off so everything runs smoothly. Whether you're setting up shifts, handling time-off requests, or keeping track of breaks and attendance, these tools help you stay organized and ensure the right coverage.

You can easily assign shifts, adjust work hours, and approve time-off requests - all while getting real-time updates and insights into employee work patterns.

Insightful’s Attendance Alerts keep you informed about attendance issues as they occur. Whether it’s a late arrival, a missed shift, or an extended break, these alerts help you track attendance in real-time and respond quickly when something’s off.

Inactivity Dialogs help distinguish between active work and idle time. When employees stop using their devices for a set period, a prompt appears asking if they’re still working. If there’s no response, the time is marked as inactive to keep records accurate.

This feature works with manual, automatic and project-based tracking to ensure only active work is logged.