COSEC Employee Self Service

User Manual

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COSEC Employee Self Service

User Manual
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Version 12
Release date: December 26, 2017
 Contents

Employee Self Service ................................................................................................................................... 1

Events ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
User Basic Details ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Holiday Schedule ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Visitor Pre-Registration ................................................................................................................................... 17
Daily Attendance ............................................................................................................................................. 20
Attendance Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 21
N-Punch View ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Attendance Details .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Shift Schedule ................................................................................................................................................. 28
Short Leave/Official In-Out .............................................................................................................................. 30
Attendance Correction .................................................................................................................................... 34
Leave Balance ................................................................................................................................................ 39
Applying For Leaves ....................................................................................................................................... 40
Tour Application .............................................................................................................................................. 48
C-OFF Application ........................................................................................................................................... 52
Group Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 56
Group Details-Daily Attendance ...................................................................................................................... 60
N-Punch View of Group Members .................................................................................................................. 64
Member Events ............................................................................................................................................... 67
Member Attendance ........................................................................................................................................ 69
Changing Reporting In-Charge ....................................................................................................................... 70
Shift Schedule ................................................................................................................................................. 71
Job Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 72
Assign Award/Penalty Hours ........................................................................................................................... 74
Field Visit Schedule ......................................................................................................................................... 78
Field Visit Status ............................................................................................................................................. 80
Attendance Authorization ................................................................................................................................ 83
Short Leave/Official IN-OUT Authorization ..................................................................................................... 86
Overtime/C-OFF Authorization ........................................................................................................................ 89
Attendance Correction Approval ..................................................................................................................... 99
Leave Application Approval ........................................................................................................................... 103

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 Tour Application Approval ............................................................................................................................. 109
C-OFF Application Approval ......................................................................................................................... 114
Visitor Pre-Registration Approval .................................................................................................................. 118
Time Sheet Correction Authorization ............................................................................................................ 121
Award Penalty Authorization ......................................................................................................................... 125
Field Visit Correction Authorization ............................................................................................................... 127

ESS for Cafeteria ........................................................................................................................................ 129

Account Details ............................................................................................................................................. 130

Menu ............................................................................................................................................................. 133
Pre-order Meals ............................................................................................................................................ 134
Expenditure Summary ................................................................................................................................... 137
Transaction Correction .................................................................................................................................. 139

ESS for CWM.............................................................................................................................................. 141

Induction Approval ........................................................................................................................................ 143

ESS for JCP................................................................................................................................................ 145

Time Sheet Correction Application ................................................................................................................ 148

Job Status ..................................................................................................................................................... 152

ESS for FVM ............................................................................................................................................... 153

Field Visit Correction Application .................................................................................................................. 155

Field Visit Schedule ....................................................................................................................................... 157
Field Visit Status ........................................................................................................................................... 159
Reports .......................................................................................................................................................... 161

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CHAPTER 1 Employee Self Service

The COSEC Employee Self Service (ESS) module is a browser based employee self service module that links to
the COSEC application platform. It is designed to operate through a standard internet browser connected to the
Corporate Intranet or the Internet.

The ESS enables the employees to obtain the information they need without bothering their supervisors or human
resources personnel. Employees can thus have access to ever changing work information, and are in a better
position to take decisions about work related activities and leave requests, further reducing the burden on
management.

Using ESS the Employees can view a variety of information including attendance summary, punch events,
attendance details, leave balance, holiday and work schedules.

This ESS Licence will not be available with the COSEC Application basic platform license. To Use ESS, the
customer needs to ensure that the COSEC license ordered by them includes the ESS module.

To use the Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality, Login to the COSEC Web Application using Employee ID
and Password.

The ESS Dashboard of user appears as shown below:

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The ESS dashboard of Reporting In-charge user is shown as below.

The Dashboard for member user and My details for Reporting In-charge user shows the Monthly Attendance
Details, Shift Schedule, Pending Application, Leave Balance and Cafeteria details. Clicking on particular record will
redirect to the respective page.

The Quick Links are shortcuts to reach to a specific page in just one click. You can add the quick link of your

choice using button. You can select 5x4 or 4x5 layout to manage the quick links using button. Click
button to reset the quick links to the default quick links.

The Member details for Reporting In-charge user shows the Work Hours details, Pending Approvals and Daily
Attendance Summary of the members. Clicking on particular record will redirect to the respective page.

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The Menu Bar at the top right side of window consist of following Icons:

• Dashboard: Enables to view the basic details of user on dashboard.

• Account Settings: Enables the user to change the password or to set the preferred language and Theme
for the login user.
• Help: Gives the information about the COSEC ESS Application.
• Contact: Gives the contact details of Matrix Comsec Pvt. Ltd.
• About: Gives the details regarding Product version and variant.
• Logout: Enables to log out from the application.

User Profile

The User Profile can be edited by clicking on the User ID or Name at the top left of the window. The profile can be
edited for the fields User, Personal, Contact and User Photo. Credentials and Group Details cannot be edited:

The Joining Date and Confirmation Date of user profile cannot be edited by the user.

User Photo
To change the photo, double click on photo or to add the photo for the first time double click on top left. The
Change Profile Image window appears as shown below.

Click on the button to browse for the photo. After selecting the photo click on Update to save the changes.

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You can download the photo by clicking on button. Also you can delete the photo by clicking on button
and click on Update to save the changes. The allowed size limit for uploading an image file is 100 KB.

Mark Punch
The User can mark the punch using IN and OUT links. Click on the links to select any of the special function shown
below for the punch event.
The attendance marking option will be available only if marking is allowed from ESS for the login user.

ESS users who have been assigned certain tasks may be requested for their assigned Job Code at the
time of punch marking.

Message Board
The Notice, News and General Details can be viewed from the Message Board by clicking on the Message bar at
the bottom of the page. The Message appears as shown below. By Clicking on Notice, News and General button,
messages can be viewed.

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Notification
The login users are alerted on various updates relating to the login user. A notification link appears near the User
name on top left of window, Clicking on the link directs the user to the notification page.

The Notifications can be viewed based on the filter options of Attendance/Leave/All and based on ascending or
descending order.
Clicking on Refresh button enables to view new records/notifications if created.
The generated notification entries will be deleted when the users have viewed the notification page and done a
successful logout.

The notification is generated only if the functionality is enabled from Admin>System Configuration>Global
Policy>Login Tab>Enable Notification.

The Company Name and LOGO at the left bottom of the page can be changed from Admin Module
application>System Configuration>Enterprise Profile.

ESS Dashboard
In COSEC application two Categories of users are defined i.e. Reporting In-Charge and Group members. Based on
this the Dashboard displays the basic information on different parameters related to Employees and is shown under
the following groups:

Monthly Attendance Detail

• Presents- Total no. of presents for the current month.

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 • Absents- Total no. of absents for the current month.
• Paid Leaves- Total no. of approved leaves(Paid type, Restricted Holiday type, C-Offs).
• Un-paid Leaves- Total no. of approved unpaid leaves(Un-Paid type, Lay offs).
• Tours- Total no. of approved tours in current month.
• Net Work Hours- Sum of all net work hours in current month.
• Authorized Overtime- Sum of all the authorized extra work done in current month.
• Available Short Leaves- Remaining short leave count for the current month.
• Short Leave Duration-Remaining short leave duration in the current month.
• Available Late-IN- Remaining allowed Late-IN for the current month, if configured.
• Available Early-OUT- Remaining allowed Early-OUT for the current month, if configured.
• Total C-Off- Sum of available C-off in all the days for the current month.

Clicking on any link will redirect to Attendance Summary Page and shows the current month attendance summary.
Click the Daily Attendance Detail button to view the current month’s daily attendance data for the login user.

Click the Re-Calculate Attendance Data button to re-process the current month’s attendance data for the
login user.

Shift Schedule
• Working days- Total no. of working days for the login user.
• Week-Offs- Total no. of Week-Offs in the selected month.
• Holidays- Total no. of holidays in the selected month as per holiday schedule of the login user.
• Field Break Days- Total no. of days with FB Type shift configured for the corresponding day.
• Rest Days- Total no. of days with RD Type shift configured for the corresponding day.

Clicking on any link will redirect to Shift Schedule Page.

Pending Application
• Leave- Total login user’s leave application which are in pending state.
• Leave Cancellation- Total login user’s leave application which are in cancellation pending state.
• Leave Modification- Total login user’s leave application which are modification pending state.
• Tour- Total login user’s tour application which are in pending state.
• Tour Cancellation- Total login user’s tour application which are in cancellation pending state.
• Tour Modification- Total login user’s tour application which are in modification pending state.
• C-OFF- Total login user’s C-OFF application which are in pending state.
• C-OFF Cancellation- Total login user’s C-OFF application which are in cancellation pending state.

Clicking on the link will redirect to the respective Application Page.

This Section is available if Leave Management Module is present in COSEC.

Leave Balance
• The first 10 leaves based on configured leave priority, as assigned to the user via leave group will be listed
on the dashboard.

Clicking on the link will redirect to Leave Balance Page.

This Section is available if Leave Management Module is present in COSEC.

Cafeteria
• Current Account Type- Displays login user’s current canteen account type.
• Discount Level- Displays login user’s current set discount level.

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 • Prepaid Balance- Displays login user’s current prepaid balance as recorded in server.
• Total Postpaid Usage- Displays login user’s current total usage including previous carry over dues.
• Current Month- Displays login user’s current month usage.
• Carry Over Due- Displays login user’s current month’s carry over due.
• Allowed Usage- Displays login user’s allowed usage as configured in user configuration.
• Max Usage Limit- Displays login user’s max usage limit as set in user configuration.

Clicking on the link will redirect to Expenditure Summary Page.

This Section is available if Cafeteria License is present in COSEC.

The Reporting Incharge can view the Member details under following sections:

Work Hour Details

The Work hours details displays a bar graph indicating the work and overtime details of users on the current day as

per the settings configured. Click on to view Group Summary page.

Pending Authorization
• Leave- Total no. of pending leave applications from the user under the login incharge.
• Tour- Total no. of pending tour applications from the users under the login incharge.
• C-OFF- Total no. of pending C-OFF applications from the users under the login incharge group.
• Attendance Correction- Total no. of pending attendance correction applications from the users under the
login incharge group.
• Attendance- Total no. of pending attendance authorization from the users under the login incharge.
• Short Leave/ Official IO- Total no. of pending personal/official authorization from the users under the login
incharge group.
• Overtime/C off- Total no. of pending OT/C-OFF authorization from the users under the login incharge
group.
• Timesheet Correction- Total no. of pending timesheet correction authorization from the users under the
login incharge group.
• Award/Penalty- Total no. of pending Award/Penalty authorization from the users under the login incharge
group.
• Visitor Pre-registration-Total no. of pending visitor pre-registration authorization from the users under the
login incharge group.

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 • Field Visit Correction- Total no. of pending field visit correction authorization from the users under the login
incharge group.

Clicking on the link will redirect to the respective approval page.

Daily Attendance Summary

• Total Members- Total no. of members from all the groups in which login user is an incharge. Login User can
be the In-charge of more than one group.
• Reported- Total no. of users who has atleast one punch on current day.
• On Leave- Total no. of users who are on leave/C-off on current day.
• On Tour- Total no. of users who are on Tour on current day.
• On Week-off- Total no. of users who are on week-off on current day.
• On Holiday- Total no. of users who are on holiday on current day.
• On Field Break- Total no. of users who have FB shift configured on current day.
• On Rest Day- Total no. of users who have RD shift configured on current day.
• Scheduled Today- Total no. of group members who has working shift starting on current day
Clicking on any link will redirect to Group Summary Page.

This Section is displayed to the users who are configured as Reporting-In-Charge from the COSEC Web
Application.

1.Users can be assigned to the group from User Module of COSEC Web>User Configuration> T&A>
Group> Reporting Group.
2.Reporting Group and the Reporting Incharge can be configured from User Module of COSEC Web>
Reporting In-charge> Reporting Group.
This Section is displayed to the users who are configured as Reporting-In-Charge from the COSEC Web
Application. The Respective approval/authorization page will open only if that In-Charge has rights to view
that page.

The In-Charge Permission Rights can be given from User Module of COSEC Web> Reporting In-charge>
In-charge Permissions.

The Latest values on Dashboard are updated on clicking the Refresh button.

The other pages of the COSEC ESS application will have the following Control/Command buttons which are used
to perform the functions as described below:

• Back: Allows to back to the previous page.

• New/Add: Allows creation of a new record for the selected option.
• Edit: Allows user to edit an already existing record.
• Delete: Allows user to delete the selected record.
• Save: Allows user to save the changes to the system.
• Cancel: Allows user to remove the data selected.

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Events

Users can view the details of the Entry and Exit events at the door controllers.

To view the Events, Click on Events option under Basic from the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Date: Select the date range from the date selection button to view various events.

If the records of the events for the selected date range is available, then the number of events will be shown as
below.

Click on the Collapsible sections to view the available Attendance Events, Access Control Events and Visitor
Events.

To view the image captured by built- in-camera or any configured camera,click on View image for the
respective event. The image will be shown as below:

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User Basic Details

The User Basic Detail option allows employees to view the basic information of the other employees like Branch,
Department, Section, contact information, blood group as well as the current attendance status of the user. It also
displays a photo of the selected user as shown.

To view the User Basic Details, Click on User Basic Details option under Basic from the ESS Page. The Page
appears as shown below:

The grid on the right shows the list of all the active users configured in COSEC.

The logged in user can view the basic details of all users defined in the system. To view the details of a user, click
on the user from the grid. The user details will be displayed in the respective fields as shown below.

The Today’s status field displays the selected user’s first and second half status for the current day. It also displays
the Last Punch Details of the user.

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 To show or hide the Attendance Status and Last Punch Status, go to the User Module > Utilities > Ess Role
Rights. Under the collapsible Configuration Panel, change the Advanced Rights Configuration of the User
Basic Details.

It will also display the Group Details and Reporting Group Details under the collapsible panels as shown below:

The User Basic Details can be configured from the User Configuration of Users Module> Profile> Basic,
General, Personal, and Contact.

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Holiday Schedule

The ESS users can use this option to view the Holiday Schedule for the selected year.

This page is available only if Shift Schedules Module is available in COSEC.

To view the Holiday Schedule, Click on Holiday Schedule option under Basic from the ESS Page. The Page
appears as shown below:

Select the Year from the drop down list.

The Configured Holidays and the Total No. of Days will be displayed as per the selection of year.

The corresponding year’s holiday list along with Restricted holiday is shown in the grid along with the from and to
date.

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Visitor Pre-Registration

The Visitor Pre-Registration option is used by the host (i.e. an employee to whom the visitor is expected to meet) by
providing the details of the visitor and expected date and time. The pre-registration of the visitors is then sent for the
approval to the Reporting-Incharge.

The operator preparing the Visitor passes thus has advance intimation of the visitor and does not need additional
verification at the time issuing the pass to the visitors.

To pre-register the visitors, Click on Visitor Pre-Registration option under Basic from the ESS Page. The Page
appears as shown below:

Visit Details

Appointment No.: It is the auto generated number based on the registration date. The format is
YYMMDD00000(N+1) where N is auto incremented number starting from 0, considering the visitor pre-registeration
date.

Visit Date: Enter the expected date of the Visitor or just click on the date Picklist button and select the date.

Visit Days: Specify the number of days of the visit.

Visitor Arrival Time: Specify the expected time of the Visitor arrival in hh:mm format.

Visiting Hours per day: Specify the expected time duration of the visit in hours per day.

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Visitor Details

Visitor Name: Specify the Name of the Visitor.

Organization Name: Specify the Visitor’s company name.

Mobile No.: Specify the cell phone no. of the visitor.

Email: Specify the email ID of the visitor. This is essential in the event of the notification option being selected.

Visitor Type: Select the appropriate visitor type from the drop down list.

Visit Type: Select the visit type from the drop down options of Personal and Official.

No. of Accompanying Visitors: Specify the number of accompanying members expected to accompany the
Visitor.

Host Details

Host User: Select the host from the picklist to whom the visitor will meet or who has called the visitor to meet him.

Purpose: Specify the purpose or the reason of the visit.

Send Notification to Visitor: Check this box if an alert notification is to be sent to the visitor informing about the
pre-registration.

Vehicle Details
For pre-registration of a visitor’s vehicle also, enter the vehicle’s registration no., vehicle type, model and color.

Click on Save to save the visitor details for pre-registration.

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The saved details are not edited thereafter.The Pre-registered Visitor will be reflected in the COSEC VMS
Application (desktop application) through which the security personnel or reception person or the operator can
monitor or issue the pass to the visitor.

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Daily Attendance

The Daily Attendance View displays all attendance data of the logged-in user for a chosen Attendance Period.

To access this functionality, Log in to ESS Page, select the Time and Attendance > Daily Attendance View and
the following screen appears.

Attendance Period: Attendance Period can be selected in two ways: Month-wise and Date-wise.

• Month-wise: Selecting this option will display the attendance of the particular month. Select the month
and year from the drop down list for which the daily attendance is to be viewed.

• From/To Date: Selecting this option will display the attendance of the range selected in the Attendance
Period. Select the starting and ending date using the date selection button for which the daily attendance is
to be viewed. For a single day select the same date in both the fields.

The Attendance details with In time, Out time, Work hours, Extra work hours and other shift details appear in the
grid.
The last row of the grid displays the Summary details as per the Attendance Period selection.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

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Attendance Summary

This option enables the logged in users to view their own attendance summary for the selected month.

To view the Attendance Summary, Click on Attendance Summary option under Time Attendance from the ESS
Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Select the Month and Year for the Attendance Period. Click on View button to view the summary. Click on the
Collapsible panels to view attendance summary, Applied Leaves, Applied Tours and Applied C-Offs.

The month shown and the summary information will be from the users configured attendance month (as set in
attendance policy). Click on the Refresh button to display the latest attendance summary details.

Each Leave record has a Details link associated with it. Click on the Details button.

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The Leave Application Detail window appears as shown below. It displays all the details regarding leave
application.

Available C-OFF and available Over time fields are shown only when current month is selected.

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N-Punch View

The term N-Punch stands for “n” number of punches and is a system for punch calculation on COSEC. This means
that all the available attendance punches of a user on a particular day will be considered for his work hours
calculation. The N-Punch View functionality enables you to view the details of your punch timings. This is
applicable only to users for whom the N-Punch system is applicable for attendance calculation.

To access this functionality, Login to ESS module > Time Attendance > N-Punch View.

The page will be displayed on your screen as follows:

Attendance Date: Select the Attendance Date for which the punches are to be viewed. Click the button to
specify a custom period for date selection. All punches for the selected date are displayed as shown in the grid:

The special function for the punch is shown in Special function column.

The N-Punch data can be exported in Excel format. Click the Export button to save the file at the desired location.

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Attendance Details

The Attendance Details option enables the logged in user to view their attendance details. Users can also view their
punch details as well as other time and attendance related details.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

To view the Attendance Details for a specific period, Click on Time and Attendance > Attendance Details from
the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Select the Attendance Date from the date selection button. The Shift/Day, Attendance Status and Status
Summary for the selected date are displayed in the respective fields.

The user can click on an Absent(AB) entry in the attendance record to directly access the relevant application
pages by selecting the appropriate option as shown below.

The Custom Attendance Period can be selected by clicking button. There are options to select 1 week, 2 week,
Current Month, Previous Month or Custom Period to specify the number of months. The grid will show attendance
details according to the selection.

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Shift Schedule

This option will display the logged in user's Shift Schedule for the selected month. Along with the shift it will also
mark weekly off and holiday applicable to user during the month.

In order to view the shift schedule for a certain month, Click on Shift Schedule option under Time Attendance from
the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

On hover of any shift (i.e moving the mouse curser on shift) in the grid, the shift name along with its shift start and
end time is displayed.

Click on the shift in the grid. The shift details for that date is shown in the pop up window.

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Short Leave/Official In-Out

This option enables the user to mark a punch as a Short Leave entry or Official in/out entry. This entry will then be
available to the reporting group Incharge for authorization.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

To make a Short Leave/Official IN-OUT entry from the ESS account, select Time Attendance > Short Leave/
Official IN-Out. The Page appears as shown below:

The grid on the right shows the attendance records for the current month with the AB marking by default. You can
click on the filter to view All, PR, Leave and PH records.

Click on the attendance record from the grid for which the shortleave/official marking is to be done.

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The IN-OUT punches and Attendance details will be displayed in the respective fields.

The User can edit the Special function from the drop down list. The options for IN punches are Official In, Short
Leave In and for OUT punches are Official Out, Short Leave Out. You can also specify the IN or OUT Reason
while marking the entry.

Click on Save button to save the changes.

The application will then go to the reporting group Incharge for authorization and regularization of the user
attendance for the selected date.

If the Short leave/Official In-Out Authorization required is not enabled in the Attendance Policy of user; then short
leave or Official IN/OUT will be directly approved and the AB punch will be marked as PR.

Once the application is approved, the status of application will be shown as Approved:

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The N-punch user can apply Short leave/Official In-Out on all the punches. Thus each application in a day can have
seperate verdict and separate Remark, mentioned by admin or reporting in-charge on approval or rejection of the
application.

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Attendance Correction

This option enables the user to make online attendance correction applications which in turn would have to be
sanctioned or approved by the reporting group In-charge or administrator.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

To make the attendance correction application, Go to ESS >Time Attendance> Attendance Correction. The
Page appears as shown below:

The grid on right side will show “AB” records filtered by default in Attendance Detail tab.

Click on filter to select other options, based on which the grid will show the records.

The ESS user can make the correction for punches, add a new punch or delete a punch by selecting the punch
from the right grid.

Select the attendance date by clicking on the date selection button for which the correction application is to be
generated.

On selection of the punch date, the corresponding day’s attendance details will be displayed in the respective fields
as shown below.

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For N punch user; click on All punch to edit the punch timings or add a new punch for correction. The Punch
details window will appear as shown below.
Here the punch on 3/2/2017 at 17:45 is to be corrected by 18:30 so enter the time. Select the punch type as IN/
OUT if your attendance policy allows you to do so. Else, punches will automatically be posted alternately as IN/
OUT.
Click OK and Close. Then click Save from the toolbar.

Application Detail
The change in attendance values will be applicable only after the application is approved. Till then it will be shown
as pending in the Status as shown below:

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 User can delete pending application only but can't delete approved/rejected application.

Once the application is authorized, the user will get notification as shown below.

The Status of the Application Details will be updated as shown below.

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Break Correction
To request correction for Break Start and Break End punches, expand the Break Correction panel on the
Attendance Correction Application page as shown (in the edit mode).

You can edit the Break Start or Break End punch by the correct punch timing, as required for the selected date.

Click on the Save button to submit the Break Correction request successfully. The application status can be viewed
from Application Detail tab.

After the authorization from Reporting-Incharge, user will get notification as shown below.

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Leave Balance

This option enables the logged in user to view their leave balance details. Users can view the leave balance of all
leaves whose Leave Balance Check is enabled in the Leave Management module.

To view the Leave Balance, Click on Leave Balance option under Leave Management from the ESS Page. The
Page appears as shown below:

Click on the C-Off collapsible panel to view C-Off Details.

The Validity Period is shown where the ‘to date’ is the current date and ‘from date’ depends on the users C-Off
Policy.

The Total Hours represents the sum of available c-off hours within the validity period.

The grid shows the list of all attendance records.

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Applying For Leaves

Leave Application is a formal mode of requesting leave approval before or after an employee has taken a leave. It
enables an employee to officially communicate about the leave period and the reason behind taking a leave to the
higher management that is responsible for approving leave applications. An employee can apply for leaves using
the Leave Application functionality in ESS.

Employees can apply for their own leaves using their personal ESS accounts. However, leave applications can also
be made on behalf of an employee by a reporting in-charge or an HR user with system administrator rights for the
Leave Management module on the COSEC Web Application.

Applied leaves can be modified or cancelled after they have been approved or rejected. Once a leave
application is modified it will be submitted for approval, and once the verdict is given, it can be modified
again.

Once the modification/cancellation application is approved/rejected, user can apply for modification/
cancellation it once again.

This section describes how to apply for a leave using ESS. To do this,

Login to ESS > Leave Management > Leave Application.

The Leave Application page opens on your screen as shown.

Click the New button to apply for a new application.

From/To Date: Select the starting and ending date for the leave period using the date selection button. For a single
day select the same date in both the fields.

• Specify whether the leave should be considered for FullDay, First Half or Second Half for a single day.
For more than 1 leave specify the starting day of leave as full day or second half and ending leave day as
full day or first half as shown below.

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 For a particular user, if Restrict Half Day Considerations is enabled in the page User > User
configuration > T&A, then in From/To Date only full day attendance options will be visible and all the other
half day options will be disabled for that particular user.
For example: In the screenshot below, for ESS user, Aditi Gupta, Restrict Half Day Consideration is
enabled so she can apply only Full day leave and the other half day options will be disabled.

Applied Days: It displays the total number of days for which the leave has been applied.

Posted Days: It displays the number of working days posted between the leave taken. It is automatically calculated
by the system. E.g. If a leave is taken for 4 days from 7th October to 10th October and there is a week off in the
middle, then posted days will be 3 days only as only the actual working days are considered for leave and not the
week off i.e. 9th October.

Leave: Select a leave from the drop down list, for which the application is to be made. This list will display all leaves
which are available for the user.

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Current Balance: It displays the current leave balance which guides the user to apply for the leave and accordingly
the applied leave will be deducted from the leave balance.

You can also view the leave balance detail by clicking Details button. The Leave Balance Detail window
appears as shown below.

This feature cannot be used to apply for Compensatory-OFF or Tour leaves. To know more about applying
for C-OFF and Tour leaves, refer to “C-OFF Application” and “Tour Application” respectively.

Reason and Contact Info

You must enter the Reason for requesting leave. The default reason based on the type of leave will appear in the
field.
Enter your Address and Contact Number while applying the leave application.

For a sick leave application you can attach the medical certificate.

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Click the Submit button to submit the leave application.

If the number of days of the applied leave is more than the current leave balance, then the system will not allow the
application to be made.
If applied successfully, the application will be updated in Pending list and the Application Status for the leave will
be updated to “Applied”.

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Applying for Leave Cancellation

A leave cancellation request can be issued only once a leave application has been approved or rejected.

To do this,

1. Select a leave from the list of approved or rejected leaves on the right hand side of the Leave Application
page as shown in the following figure:

The details of the selected leave application are automatically loaded on the page.

2. Click the Edit icon.

3. Expand the Apply For Cancellation tab as shown.

4. Select the Apply For Cancellation checkbox if to enable the functionality.

5. The Application Date field displays the current date as the date of application and is not user-definable.

6. State the reason for requesting cancellation of the selected leave in the Cancellation Reason field.

7. Click the Apply button to successfully apply for cancellation of the selected leave.

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 8. To revoke the Leave Cancellation request, click the Revoke button.

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Applying for Leave Modification
Sometimes, an employee may have to replan a leave that has already been applied for. In such a scenario, leave
modification can be requested. A leave modification request can be issued only once a leave application has been
approved or rejected.

To do this,

1. Select a leave from the list of approved or rejected leaves. The details of the selected leave application are
automatically loaded on the page.

2. Click the Edit icon.

3. Expand the Apply For Modification tab as shown.

4. Select the Apply For Modification checkbox if to enable the functionality.

5. The Application Date field displays the current date as the date of application and is not user-definable.

6. In the From field, select the starting date for the modified leave period using the date selection button and
specify whether the leave should be considered for FullDay or start only from the Second Half.

7. In the To field, select the end date for the modified leave period using the date selection button and specify
whether the leave should be considered for FullDay or end right after the First Half as shown.

8. The system now automatically calculates the total number of days for the modified leave period in the
Applied Days field. The Posted Days field is also not user definable and is automatically calculated by
the system.

9. State the reason for requesting leave modification in the Modification Reason field.

10. Click the Apply button to request the leave modification successfully.

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Tour Application

The Tour Application feature enables an employee to request approval for an official tour before or after a work-
related tour has been undertaken. A tour may be undertaken for a single day or multiple days. The Tour Application
provides a simple method for an employee to communicate tour plans and reasons for undertaking a tour to the
concerned reporting in charge for authorizing tour applications.

To apply for a tour using ESS, Go to Leave Management > Tour Application.

The Tour Application page opens as shown below:

Click the New button to apply for a tour application.

In the Half Day Consideration field, select an option to restrict the application for all selected days to half day only
or full day.

From Date: Select the starting date for the tour period using the date selection button and specify whether the tour
should be considered for FullDay or start only from the Second Half.

To Date: Select the end date for the tour period using the date selection button and specify whether the tour should
be considered for FullDay or end right after the First Half.

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 For a particular user, if Restrict Half Day Considerations is enabled in the page User > User
configuration > T&A, then in From/To Date only full day attendance options will be visible and all the other
half day options will be disabled for that particular user.
For example: In the screenshot below, for ESS user, Aditi Gupta, Restrict Half Day Consideration is
enabled so she can apply only Full day tour and the other half day options will be disabled.

Applied Days: The system automatically calculates the number of days the tour has been applied for.

Posted Days: The posted days are the actual days for which the tour will be applied. It will be automatically
calculated by the system after saving the application.

Tour: Select a tour from the Tour drop down list, for which the application is to be made. It displays the list of tours
available in the Leave Group assigned to the user.

Reason and Contact Info

You must enter the Reason for requesting a tour. The default reason (eg: Official) based on the type of leave will
appear in the field.

Enter your Address and Contact Number while the application is being made.

Click the Save button to save the tour application. If applied successfully, the Application Status for the tour will be
updated to “Applied”.

Click on the Pending list. You can view the posted days and the application status as shown below. This
application will go to the Reporting In-charge or System administrator for approval.

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C-OFF Application

An employee who has accumulated C-OFF hours often needs to avail these within a validity period. C-OFF
Application is a formal way of requesting a Complimentary-Off. Employees can login to their ESS account and use
the C-OFF Application functionality to request authorization from their respective reporting in-charges or HR
administrators.

The extra work hours of the employee can be given as C-OFF from “Overtime C-OFF Approval” page.
These available C-OFF hours can be used for applying the C-OFF leave provided the C-OFF type leave is
given to the user.

This section describes how to apply for a C-OFF using ESS.

To do this, Login to ESS> Leave Management > C-OFF Application.

The C-OFF Application page opens on your screen as shown.

Click the New button for applying C-OFF leave.

Click button to view the Application Date which displays the current date as the date of application.
In the Half Day Consideration field, select an option to restrict the application for all selected days to half day only
or full day.

From Date- Select the starting date for the leave period using the date selection button and specify whether the
leave should be considered for FullDay or start only from the Second Half.

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To Date- Select the end date for the leave period using the date selection button and specify whether the leave
should be considered for FullDay or end right after the First Half.

For a particular user, if Restrict Half Day Considerations is enabled in the page User > User
configuration > T&A, then in From/To Date only full day attendance options will be visible and all the other
half day options will be disabled for that particular user.
For example: In the screenshot below, for ESS user, Aditi Gupta, Restrict Half Day Consideration is
enabled so she can apply only Full day C-OFF and the other half day options will be disabled.

The minimum C-OFF balance (in hours) required for taking a half day or full day off is determined by the C-
OFF Policy of the organization. Before applying for a C-OFF, ESS users must consult the HR department to
know more about the C-OFF Policy that is applicable to them.

Applied Days- The system automatically calculates the number of days the leave has been applied for.

Posted Days- These are the actual days for which leave will be considered by the system. It is automatically
calculated by the system.

Leave- Select a leave from the Leave drop down list, for which the application is to be made. This list will display all
Complimentary-Off type leaves available to the user as shown.

Once the leave is selected, the system automatically retrieves the Current Balances for the user and also displays
the Required Balance For Leave.

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The user can successfully apply for a C-OFF only if the required balance for leave is lesser than or equal to the
current C-OFF hours balance. For e.g., in the following figure, the user can apply half day as half day requires
minimum 4 hours balance and the user has sufficient 5 hours of balance.

Now click button to view the Leave balance Detail as shown below. Select the C-OFF leave and enter the C-
OFF hours for applying the leave.

You can enter the Reason for requesting leave, Address and Contact Number of the user for whom the leave
application is being made.

Finally click the Submit button to apply for the C-OFF successfully. The Pending leave application status will be
shown as below.

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Group Summary

The COSEC ESS module enables the reporting group incharge users to view the attendance status of all members
of their group. This page is available only to In-Charge users.

In order to view the attendance information for the group members, select Group Details > Group Summary from
the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Data: Select the Data option as Cummulative Data or Trending Data to display the group summary in respective
format. For Trending data, range of month or range of days must be selected.

Period: Select the period as Daily or Monthly and select the date or month for the respective selection according
to which the attendance data of group is to be viewed.

User Selection: Select the user based on enterprise groups, individual user or all users for which the data is to be
viewed.

Click on the View button to view the Work Hours detail and Attendance Summary for cummulative data in
graphical form.

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The Trending Data from Feb-2017 to May2017 in graphical forma is shown below:

The graph shows the colour codes with respect to Work hours, Network hours, Actual OT, Authorized OT, Late-IN
and Early-OUT for the group members.
The number of hours for the month can be viewed by hovering on the graph as shown below.

Click on the grid view to view the work hours details in the grid as shown below.

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You can view the hourly details for work hours, overtime hours etc by selecting the option from the drop down list as
shown below.

Depending on teh selection, the hours will be displayed in the grid.

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Group Details-Daily Attendance

The Reporting Incharge can view the Daily Attendance details of the users under his/her group for a chosen month
and year.
To access Daily Attendance View page,
Login to ESS > Group Details > Daily Attendance. The Page appears as shown below:

User: Select the user under the group whose attendance details are to be viewed by clicking on the picklist button.

Attendance Period: Attendance Period can be selected in two ways: Month-wise and Date-wise.

• Month-wise: Selecting this option will display the attendance of the particular month. Select the month
and year from the drop down list for which the daily attendance is to be viewed.

• From/To Date: Selecting this option will display the attendance of the range selected in the Attendance
Period. Select the starting and ending date using the date selection button for which the daily attendance is
to be viewed. For a single day select the same date in both the fields.

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The Attendance details with In time, Out time, Work hours, Extra work hours and other shift details appear in the
grid.
The last row of the grid displays the Summary details as per the Attendance Period selection.

From this page you can also perform Correction actions such as Approve Leave by clicking on Leave Applied
shown below:

The option above will be available only if the member has applied leave for the particular day.

Clicking on Leave Applied will redirect the Incharge on Leave Application Approval page from where he can
approve/reject the leave.

Click on the Details on the right hand side to view all the Attendance Punches as shown below:

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 If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

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N-Punch View of Group Members

This functionality enables you to view the N-punch details of your reporting group members. This is applicable only
to users for whom the N-Punch system is applicable for attendance calculation.

To access this functionality, Login to ESS module> Group Details > N-Punch View.

The page will be displayed on your screen as follows:

User: Select a group member using the User picklist.

Attendance Date: Select the Attendance Date for which the punches are to be viewed. Click the button to
specify a custom period for date selection. All punches for the selected date are displayed as shown in the grid:

The special function for the punch is shown in Special function column.

The N-Punch data can be exported in Excel format. Click the Export button to save the file at the desired location.

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Member Events

The COSEC ESS module enables the reporting group incharge users to view the details of the In/Out punch events
at the door controllers. This page is available only to In-Charge users.

In order to view the Events for the group members, Click on Member Events option under Group Details from the
ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Date: Select the date range from the date selection button to view various events.

Select the Filter by options from Individual, Device and Department. Then select the respective user, doors and
department from the picklist.

Click on View to view the Events.

Click on the Collapsible panel to view Attendance Events, Access Control Events and Visitor Events based on
the selected filter.

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Member Attendance

The COSEC ESS module enables the reporting group incharge users to view the attendance status of all members
of their group. This page is available only to In-Charge users.

In order to view the attendance information for the group members, Click on Group Details> Member Attendance
option from the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Select the User member from the picklist whose attendance is to be viewed. The Attendance Record with the shift
details will appear in the grid at right.

Click on the particular record from the grid to view the details of work hours. The attendance details will be shown in
the respective fields in Attendance Details section.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

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Changing Reporting In-Charge

The officer/ In-Charge can log into the ESS and change the Reporting Group Incharge to replace himself by other
In-Charge by using this option. The change could be temporary (due to outdoor duty, sickness etc) or permanent
based on the situation. This page is available only to In-Charge users.

In order to change the reporting In-Charge, Click on Group Details> Changing Reporting In-Charge. The Page
appears as shown below:

Select the Reporting Group from the drop down list for which the In-Charge is to be changed.
The In-Charge 1and In-Charge 2 of the reporting group are displayed.

The current In-charge can select the User filter from the options of All or Already In-charge of Reporting Group.

Select the New In-Charge from the appearing user picklist based on the selected user filter.

Give any Remark(if needed) regarding the change of reporting In-charge.

Click on Apply to replace the incharge. For example: the existing incharge1,(logged in user) can assign a new
incharge in his place.

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Shift Schedule

The COSEC ESS module enables the reporting group incharge users to view the shift schedule of all members of
their group. This page is available only to In-Charge users.

In order to view the monthly shift schedule for the group members, Click on Shift Schedule option under Group
Details from the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

User: Select the user from the picklist whose shift schedule is to be viewed.

Attendance Period - Select the month and year for which the schedule is to be viewed.

The shift details for the selected user is shown in the grid as shown above.The week-off is shown by green colour.
The other colour codes are mentioned below the grid.

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Job Status

This page enables a Reporting In-Charge to view and monitor Jobs assigned to his/her group members, based on
their current status. To view job status, select ESS account (Reporting Incharge) > Group Details > Job Status .

Select a User (group member) whose job status is to be viewed.

Select a Project for which job status is to be viewed.

Select multiple Phases and Jobs under the selected Project, for which records are to be viewed. The number of
phases and jobs selected is shown as below.

Select a Job Status based on which jobs are to be listed.

Click the View button to view the jobs list.

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Assign Award/Penalty Hours

This page enables a Reporting In-Charge to assign award or penalty hours to members. In order to assign hours,
click on Assign Award/Penalty Hours option under Group Details from the ESS Page.

• Select a User (group member) to whom the Award or Penalty is to be assigned.

Example: "x1" user is a member. "y1" is reporting in-charge of "x1" and "z1" is reporting in-charge of "y1"
user. In this case when "y1" applies for award/penalty of "x1" user, this application should be sent to "z1"
user for approval.

• Select a Date for which the Adjustment is to be done.

Click on Edit button and click Adjustment for the transaction to which Award/Penalty is to be assigned.

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Now select the Adjustment Type and specify the hours as shown above.

Then Click on Save button to save the application. This application will go for authorization to the reporting
incharge of the ESS user doing the application.

After the authorization, assigned Award and Penalty will be shown in the Adjustment Type and Adjustment Time as
shown below. If the transactions are merged then final adjustment will be shown by adding award hours and
subtracting penalty hours. These details can be viewed by clicking Merged Jobs icon or from the Job Summary
panel.

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Field Visit Schedule

Field scheduling is the daily activity of assigning field tasks to each user. The users in return are supposed to
accomplish the task as per their field schedule.
Field Scheduling can be done by Reporting In-charge with sufficient rights.

Select ESS> Group Details> Field Visit Schedule. The Field Visit Schedule page appears as shown below:

User: Select the member user from the picklist to whom the field visit schedule is to be assigned or to edit the
existing field visit schedule. The already assigned scheduled visits will appear in the right grid.

Date: Select the date from the calender on which new field visit schedule is to be made for the selected user.

Ensure that the Shift Schedule is assigned to the user before scheduling the visit.

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Schedule Time: Specify the From and To time as the time for scheduling the task in hh:mm format.

Task: Select the task from the picklist which is to be assigned to the user. Task is created from FVM module> Task.

Select Location: You can select the location as Randomly or by Location Group. Using Randomly, individual
location can be selected through the picklist. With Location Group, a group consisting multiple locations can be
selected. Location is created from Admin module> System Configuration> Location Master.

Remark: You can give the remark while scheduling the visit.

Then click on Add to add the field visit schedule to the grid. Click Save button to save the schedule.

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Field Visit Status

The users are supposed to accomplish the task as per their field schedule on daily basis. According to the punches
from field, user's field records are considered as completed or not completed.

The Field Visit Status page enables the Reporting in-charge to view field status of selected user in a calendar view.

Select ESS of Reporting Incharge > Group Details > Field Visit Status. The Field Visit Status page appears as
shown below:

User: Select the member user from the picklist whose field visit status is to be viewed.

Attendance Period: Select the month and year for which the field visit status for the selected user is to be viewed.

• The green circular ring shows that task is completed.

• Partial green and remaining red shows partially completed task.
• Full red shows incomplete task.
• Blue colour shows ongoing task.
• A number in the grid of future date shows future days task count.

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Clicking on the window will show the task details. Tick displays completed task and Cross displays incompleted
task.

The on-going task will be displayed as below:

You can select the option to view as Schedule Status or Visited Location.

Schedule Status: The status of completed, not completed,on-going and future task is shown in the calender.

Visited Location: The visited location count will be shown in the calender for the date on which the user has visited
the location.

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Attendance Authorization

A Reporting In-charge may want to review daily IN and OUT punch records for all employees in his Reporting
Group before approving these as a day’s official attendance. This can be performed only if the Reporting In-charge
has the necessary system rights for attendance authorization.

To activate authorization rights for daily attendance of your reporting group members you need to activate
following two features from the path given below:

1. Go to: Users Module > Reporting In-Charge > In-Charge Permissions and enable Attendance
Authorization feature for the selected group member.
2. Go to: Time and Attendance Module > Policies > Attendance Policy and enable Daily Attendance
Authorization Required feature.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

Every attendance event from the concerned employees will pass to the respective reporting in-charges for approval
before the user is marked “present”.

To view and authorize daily attendance of reporting group members,

Login to ESS > Approval/Authorization > Attendance Authorization

The Dashboard shows the number of pending applications which require authorization.

Click on Attendance and the Attendance Authorization page will opens as follows:

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Date: In the Date field, specify the start and end dates by clicking the respective date selection buttons. This
defines the period for which authorization status is to be viewed for daily attendance.

Filter Users: Specify an individual user or multiple users associated with a specific enterprise group from the Filter
Users drop down list. The authorization status can also be viewed for all active users on the system by selecting
the All option.

Click the View button to view the pending and authorized attendance records of the specified users and their
details.

Pending Authorization
The Pending section lists daily attendance records of employees that are waiting to be sanctioned by the system
administrator. Click the Details icon to view the attendance details for the corresponding user as shown.

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All the records in this section are marked “AB” (absent) because they are unauthorized. Select the appropriate
checkboxes corresponding to users whose daily attendance is to be authorized.

You must add a Remark while authorizing the application.

Click the Save icon.

The selected record is now moved from the Pending section to the Authorized section automatically.

Authorized Attendance
This section lists all the daily attendance records that have been authorized. All the authorized records have now
been marked as “PR” (present) as shown in the following figure:

The attendance status (“AB”, “PR” etc.) after attendance is authorized, will depend on criteria such as shift
timings, work hours etc. for the respective employee. For e.g. if punches do not match with assigned shift
timings, user will be marked “AB” as shown above.

To revoke authorization, disable the appropriate Authorize checkbox corresponding to a user.

Click Save button to save the changes.

The selected record is now moved from the Authorized section to the Pending section again.

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Short Leave/Official IN-OUT Authorization

This option enables a Reporting In-charge to authorize all Short Leave/Official IN-OUT requests from ESS users
who have punched IN late or punched OUT early for a particular day as per the scheduled shift timings. The ESS
users can request the Late-IN or Early-OUT events to be authorized as either a Short Leave, if allowed by HR
policy, or as official entry or exit events.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

To do this, Login to ESS. Select Approval/Authorization > Short Leave/Official IN-OUT Authorization.

The Short Leave/Official IN-OUT Authorization page opens as follows:

Date: Select the start and end date as the duration for which Pending application for Short Leave/Official IN-OUT
authorization is to be viewed.

Filter Users: Select an individual user or multiple users associated with a specific enterprise group from the Filter
Users drop down list. The authorization status can also be viewed for all active users on the system by selecting the
All option.

Click the View button to view the pending and authorized Short Leave/Official IN-OUT records of the specified
users and their details.

Pending Authorization
The Pending section lists all employees for whom Short Leave/Official IN-OUT requests are pending for
authorization by the reporting in-charge. The following figure displays a Pending list for Short Leave requests for
the given period.

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To approve or reject an entry, select the appropriate Approve or Reject check-box corresponding to a user as
shown.
To view the attendance details of a user for the selected date, click the corresponding Details icon.
You can add a Remark while authorizing the application.

Click Save button to save the verdict and click Save from the tool-bar to save the authorization.

The selected entries will now be moved from the Pending section to the Approved or Rejected section as per the
authorization.

Authorized Short Leave/Official IN-OUT

This section lists all short leave/official IN-OUT requests that have been approved by the reporting in-charge. The
following figure is an example of an Approved list for Official IN-OUT requests for a specific date range:

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Overtime/C-OFF Authorization

This option enables a Reporting In-charge to authorize the conversion of an employee’s extra work hours into
Overtime or C-OFF hours. Extra hours authorized using this option can only be considered for overtime payment or
C-OFF hours compensation.

This ESS functionality is available only for a designated Reporting In-charge.

If Map is not loaded; check the network connection of your PC or check the value of Google API Key from
Admin Module > System Configuration > Global Policy > Basic tab.

To authorize OT/C-OFF for an employee, Login to ESS > Approval/Authorization > Overtime/C-OFF
Authorization.

The Overtime/C-OFF Authorization page opens as follows:

Period- Select the Period as Daily or Monthly. Daily period will show date wise individual overtime records.
Monthly period will show total overtime generated for different overtime types (OT1, OT2...OT5) in the month.

Date/Attendance Period- Select the start and end dates by clicking the respective date selection buttons for daily
period. Select the month and year for monthly period. This defines the period for which authorization status is to be
viewed for extra work hours.

Filter Users- Specify an individual user or multiple users associated with a specific enterprise group from the Filter
Users drop down list. The authorization status can also be viewed for all active users in the system by selecting the
All option.

Authorization For- Select the option as Single Record to authorize single/ individual transaction. Select the
option as Multiple Records to authorize multiple transaction records.

Click the View button to view the pending, and authorized application with their details.

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Pending Overtime/C-OFF
The Pending section lists all users whose extra work hours are pending to be authorized as OT/C-OFF by a
Reporting In-charge. The following example displays pending authorization requests generated for the user.

Single Record Authorization

Select a record of user from the Pending list which is to be authorized as shown above.

You can authorize the available hours as Overtime hours, C-OFF hours or both as required. Enter the number of
hours to be authorized as shown below. Here 30 mins is authorized for OT and 1 hour is authorized for C-OFF.

You must add a Remark while authorization.

Then click Save button to save the authorization.

The OT/C-OFF Eligibility is configured from User Configuration> T&A> Attendance. The C-OFF hours can
be authorized in multiple of specified value in C-OFF Policy.

As the user is eligible for OT and C-OFF both so here authorization of both is done.

The authorized overtime hours will be displayed in the grid as shown below.

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To view the detailed attendance record for the selected user for a particular day, click the Details icon
corresponding to the user in the grid. The All Attendance Punches window appears as shown below.

Multiple Record Authorization

If you want to authorize multiple records at a time then select Multiple Records in “Authorization For” and click
View. The page appears as shown below.

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Now select the checkboxes for the overtime record to be authorized. For eg: Here OT3 on 25th and 26th August is
to be authorized for 1 hour.

Click Define and Authorize button. The Configure Authorization Parameters window appears. You can
authorize OT for multiple records in following ways:

Authorize: You can select the option as Available OT or Defined OT hours for OT Type-Wise or Record Wise
option.

• Select the option as Available OT to authorize the respective available overtime hours for the selected
records.

OT3 on 25th = 30%of OT=30% of 1:15 hrs= 22 minutes; C-OFF= 70% of 1.15 hrs = 52 minutes
OT3 on 26th = 30%of OT=30% of 1:00 hrs= 18 minutes; C-OFF= 70% of 1.00 hrs = 42 minutes

• Select the option as Defined OT hours to define a value of hours to be authorized for selected records.

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Authorization Mode: Select the mode as OT-Type Wise to authorize hours separately for each OT or Record-
Wise to authorize hours for the selected records.

Available OT
In the option “OT Type-Wise” you can authorize hours based on the OT type (OT1, OT2,...OT5) for the selected
records.
• Authorize in Terms of: Select the option as Hours or Percentage of OT/C-OFF based on which number
of hours or percentage of hours is to be authorized as Overtime or C-OFF.

• Hours: Enter the number of hours to be assigned as overtime for OT1, OT2...OT5. The remaining
hours from the available overtime will be assigned to the C-OFF hours.

• Percentage: Enter the percentage value to calculate OT1, OT2...OT5 as percentage of available
overtime hours. Based on entered OT percentage, C-OFF percentage will appear. For eg: If OT1 is set
to 40% of OT then C-OFF will be calculated as 60% of OT.

In the option “Record-Wise” you can authorize hours for OT and C-OFF for each records.
• Authorize in Terms of: Select the option as Hours or Percentage of OT/C-OFF based on which number
of hours or percentage of hours is to be authorized as Overtime or C-OFF.

• Hours: When Hours of OT or Hours of C-OFF is selected then enter the number of hours in the field
Authorize Hours for Each Record (As Overtime) or Authorize Hours for Each Record (As C-OFF)
depending on the selection. For eg: If available OT hrs is 2 hrs and Authorize hours for each record (As
Overtime) is entered as 1:00 hr then remaining 1 hr is given to C-OFF.

• Percentage: When Percentage of OT or Percentage of C-OFF is selected then enter the percentage in
the field Authorize Hours for Each Record (As Overtime) or Authorize Hours for Each Record (As C-
OFF) depending on the selection. For eg: If Authorize hours for each record (As Overtime) is entered
as 40% then remaining 60% is given to C-OFF.

Defined OT Hours
In the option “OT Type-Wise” you can authorize hours based on the OT type (OT1, OT2,...OT5) for the selected
records.
• Authorize in Terms of: Select the option as Hours or Percentage based on which number of hours or
percentage of hours is to be authorized as Overtime or C-OFF.

• Hours: Enter the number of hours to be assigned as overtime and or C-OFF for OT1, OT2...OT5.
• Percentage: Enter the percentage value for overtime and C-OFF to calculate OT1, OT2...OT5.

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In the option “Record-Wise” you can authorize hours for OT and C-OFF for each records.

• Authorize in Terms of: Select the option as Hours or Percentage based on which number of hours or
percentage of hours is to be authorized as Overtime or C-OFF.

• Hours: When Hours is selected then enter the number of hours in the field Authorize Hours for Each
Record (As Overtime) and or Authorize Hours for Each Record (As C-OFF).
• Percentage: Enter the percentage value in the field Authorize Hours for Each Record (As Overtime)
and or Authorize Hours for Each Record (As C-OFF).

Authorizing Monthly Records

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After selecting the records, click on Define and Authorize. The Configure Authorization Parameters page
appears as shown below.

Configure the below parameters as described before.

You can select the Authorization Sequence from the options of OT then C-OFF and C-OFF then OT.

In above example 3 hr is to be given as OT for each record then remaining hours will be given to C-OFF.

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The authorized records will be shown in Authorized section.

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Authorized Overtime/C-OFF
This section lists all the OT/C-OFF Authorizations for the selected user or user groups for the specified time period.

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Attendance Correction Approval

Attendance Correction may be required by an employee in several instances. It may be required to correct a
missed or forgotten punch during the course of a working day or to request modification for an entry or exit event
posted for a particular day’s attendance data. The COSEC Web application allows employees to log in to the ESS
module and apply for attendance data corrections.

These attendance correction applications however, must be authorized by the respective Reporting In-charges
using their ESS account.

The dashboard of Reporting In-charge shows the number of Pending Attendance Correction Applications as shown
below. Click on the number. The Attendance Correction Authorization page appears from where the Reporting In-
charge can authorize the application.

Also you can select Approval/Authorization > Attendance Correction Approval.

The Attendance Correction Authorization page will appear as follows:

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Date: Select the start and end dates by clicking the respective date selection buttons. This defines the period for
which Attendance Correction Applications are to be viewed. The end date is by default set to the current date and
authorization is not allowed for any later date.

Filter: Select the individual user or multiple users based on specific enterprise group. Select the option All to
view applications of all active users on the system.

Click the View button to view all pending, approved and rejected attendance correction applications and their
details.

Pending Applications
The Pending section lists all the attendance correction applications from employees waiting to be sanctioned by
the reporting in-charge as shown.

Select the Approve or Reject checkbox against an application to approve or reject it respectively. The reporting in-
charge can also select all the applications for approval or rejection at the same time.
The default Remark will appear as shown above. You can enter your desired remark in the field.

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.
A second read-only checkbox is provided next to this, to view the status of approval by the second reporting
in-charge (only if there is a second reporting in-charge assigned) for the user.

Click on Details icon . The All Attendance Punches pop up window will open as shown.

The Attendance Values can be viewed by selecting following options:

• On Application - Displays punch details at the time of application.
• Applied - Displays applied punch values.
• Current - Displays current punch values for the selected date.

Click the Close button.Click the Save button to save the changes.

The selected application is now moved from the Pending section to the Approved section automatically.

Approved Applications
The Approved section displays all the attendance correction applications that have been approved by the reporting
group in-charge. The following figure displays the Approved section with approved applications:

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Rejected Applications
The Rejected section displays all the attendance correction applications that have been rejected by the reporting
group in-charge.

Finally click Save button to save the changes.

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Leave Application Approval

The Reporting In-charge can authorize the leave application done by the members of the reporting group based on
the authorization rights defined for the reporting group.

To authorize the leave application, the reporting in-charge must login to ESS module.

The dashboard of Reporting In-charge shows the number of Pending Leave Applications as shown below.
Click on the number. The Leave Application Approval page appears from where the Reporting In-charge can
authorize the application.

You can also select Approval/Authorization > Leave Application Approval to authorize the application of the
member.

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Show All Pending Applications: By default, a Reporting In-charge user can view pending applications for the last
one month period.
However, sometimes members may apply for leaves on future dates. Hence the Reporting In-charge can view all
the pending leave applications, including those made for future dates by enabling Show All Pending Applications
option.

Eg: The application made by Aditi is for future date so it will be visible if Show All Pending Applications is enabled
as shown in above screen-shot.

Leave Date: Enable this field and select the start and end dates for which leave applications are to be viewed.

User ID Selection: Select the individual user or multiple users based on specific enterprise group. Select the
option All to view applications of all active users on the system.

Click the View button to view all pending, approved and rejected leave applications.

Two check boxes will be available for the action: Approve and Reject as shown above, if the two Group in-charges
are assigned to the member. (See Reporting Group page).

Pending Application
Now the Reporting In-charge can approve or reject the pending application. To view the details of application Click
on Details icon . The Leave Application Detail window will appear as shown below.

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Select Approve or Reject to give the verdict to the application.

The default Remark will appear in the field. You can also give your Remark while authorizing the application.
Then click Save button from the toolbar.

Approved Application
The Approved section displays all the leave applications that have been approved by the reporting group in-
charge.
To view the Approved leave, select the leave date and click View button.

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The reporting in-charge can also reject all pre-approved leaves by selecting the Reject check-box. Finally click
Save button to save the changes.

Rejected Application
The Rejected section displays all the leave applications that have been rejected by the reporting group in-charge.

The reporting in-charge can also approve all rejected leaves by selecting the Approve check-box. Finally click
Save button to save the changes.

Half Day Restriction on posted days

On the Leave Approval page, Half Day restriction on posted days feature restricts the Incharge to approve the
posted half day leave application for that particular user.

Consider a scenario where the user has applied for the half day leave from the ESS login page and the Application
has been sent for approval to the Incharge.
Suppose after posting the half day leave application, Restrict Half Day Considerations has been enabled in the
page User > User configuration > T&A for that particular user. Now when the Incharge will try to approve the Leave
Application for that user, then it will show the error in the Error List that “Half-day Application is restricted for this
User” as shown in the screen below.

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Tour Application Approval

A Reporting In-charge can view all tour applications created by his group members from his ESS account. The Tour
Application Approval feature enables a reporting in-charge to view, approve or reject all pending tour applications
for a defined period of time.

To do this, Login to ESS account > Approval/Authorization > Tour Application Approval.

The Dashboard of Reporting Incharge user shows the pending authorization for Tour as shown below.

Click on the tour number to view the details. The Tour Approval page opens as shown below.

Show All Pending Applications: If this is enabled, then Reporting In-charge user can view all the pending
applications of group members including the application for future dates also.

Tour Date: Select the start and end dates as the period for which tour approval status is to be viewed.

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User ID Selection: Select the individual user or multiple users associated with a specific enterprise group from the
User drop down list. The tour approval status can also be viewed for all active users on the system by selecting the
All option.

Click the View button to view all pending, approved and rejected tour applications and their details.

Pending Applications
The Pending section lists all the tour applications pending for approval by the reporting in-charge as shown below.

Select Approve or Reject to give the Verdict to the application.The default Remark as per the verdict will appear in
its field. You can also add your desired Remark.Then click the Save button.

To view the details of the application, click the Details button . The Tour Application Detail window will open
as shown below.

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There will be 2 checkbox for Approve and Reject for a user who has 2 reporting in-charges.

When one of the reporting incharge views the pending application of his member as shown below, then a second
read-only checkbox will be available to view the status of approval by the second reporting in-charge for the user.

After the authorization; the application will appear in the respective approved or rejected section.

Approved Application
The Approved section displays all the tour/cancellation/modification applications that have been approved by the
reporting group supervisor.

The following figure displays the Approved section with approved tour application:

It is possible for the reporting in-charge to reject all pre-approved tours by selecting the Reject checkbox.
Click the Save button after giving the verdict to the application.Then the approved application after rejecting will
move to Rejected section.

Refer to the numbers appearing next to the Pending, Approved and Rejected labels on the respective
tabs for the current application count under respective categories.

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Rejected Application
The Rejected section displays all the tour/cancellation/modification applications that have been rejected by the
reporting group supervisor or the system administrator.

The following figure displays the Rejected section with rejected tour applications:

To view the details of these applications such as the reason for rejection, click the Details icon corresponding
to the respective application.

It is possible for the reporting in-charge to re-approve rejected tours if necessary. To re-approve all rejected
applications, select the Approve checkbox under the Rejected section. All applications in this section will
subsequently be selected for approval.

Click the Save button after giving the verdict.

Half Day Restriction on posted days

On the Tour Approval page, Half Day restriction on posted days feature restricts the Incharge to approve the
posted half day Tour application for that particular user.

Consider a scenario where the user has applied for the half day tour from the ESS login page and the Application
has been sent for approval to the Incharge.
Suppose after posting the half day tour application, Restrict Half Day Considerations has been enabled in the
page User > User configuration > T&A for that particular user. Now when the Incharge will try to approve the Tour
Application for that user, then it will show the error in the Error List that “Half-day Application is restricted for this
User” as shown in the screen below.

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C-OFF Application Approval

A Reporting In-charge can view, approve or reject C-OFFs that have been applied for by any ESS user reporting to
him. This can be done by logging into one’s ESS account. In-charges belonging to the same Reporting Group can
also view C-OFFs approved or rejected by each other.

To access this functionality on ESS, Login to ESS > Approval/Authorization > C-OFF Application Approval.

The C-OFF Application Approval page opens on your screen as shown.

By default, a Reporting In-charge user can view pending applications of group members from the last one month
period. However, sometimes members may also apply for C-OFFs on future dates. For a Reporting In-charge to
view all pending C-OFF applications, including those made for future dates, select the Show All Pending
Applications check-box.

C- OFF Date- Specify the start and end dates by clicking the respective date selection buttons. This defines the
period for which C-OFF approval status is to be viewed.

User ID Selection- Select an individual user or multiple users associated with a specific enterprise group from the
User drop down list. The C-OFF approval status can also be viewed for all active users on the system by selecting
the All option.

In the Authorization For field specify one of the following types of application:

• Leave Application
• Cancellation Application

Click the View button to view all pending, approved and rejected leave applications and their details.

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Pending Applications
The Pending section lists all the C-OFF applications pending for approval by the reporting in-charge.

To view the details of the application, click the Details button. The C-OFF Application Detail window appears as
shown below.

Select Approve or Reject to give verdict to the application. The default Remark will appear in the remark field.
You can add your desired Remark while authorizing the application. Click the Save button.

The reporting in-charge can also select the Approve or Reject checkbox directly to select all applications under the
Pending section for approval or rejection at the same time.

A second read-only checkbox is provided next to this, to view the status of approval by the second reporting in-
charge for the user.

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Click the Save button to save the authorization.
The selected application is now moved from the Pending section to the Approved section automatically.

Approved Application
The Approved section displays all the COFF applications that have been approved by the reporting group
incharge.

Click the Save button to save the authorization. The selected application will be moved from the Approved section
to the Rejected section automatically.

Refer to the numbers appearing next to the Pending, Approved and Rejected labels on the respective
tabs for the current application count under respective categories.

Rejected Application
The Rejected section displays all the C-OFF applications that have been rejected by the reporting group
supervisor.

To view the details of these applications such as the reason for rejection, click the Details icon corresponding
to the respective application.

It is possible for the reporting in-charge to re-approve rejected C-OFFs if necessary. To re-approve all rejected
applications, select the Approve checkbox under the Rejected section. All applications in this section will
subsequently be selected for approval.

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Click the Save button to successfully approve all the rejected C-OFF applications. All the selected applications are
now moved from the Rejected section to the Approved section automatically.

Half Day Restriction on posted days

On the C-OFF Approval page, Half Day restriction on posted days feature restricts the Incharge to approve the
posted half day C-OFF application for that particular user.

Consider a scenario where the user has applied for the half day tour from the ESS login page and the Application
has been sent for approval to the Incharge.
Suppose after posting the half day tour application, Restrict Half Day Considerations has been enabled in the
page User > User configuration > T&A for that particular user. Now when the Incharge will try to approve the C-OFF
Application for that user, then it will show the error in the Error List that “Half-day Application is restricted for this
User” as shown in the screen below.

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Visitor Pre-Registration Approval

The Visitor Pre-Registration Approval feature on ESS enables a reporting in-charge to approve or reject all pending
Pre-registration applications for a defined period of time.

For Authorisation of Visitor Pre-registration Application, Click on Visitor Pre-registration Approval option under
Approval/Authorization from the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown below:

Select the From and To Date from the date selection button to view the pending Visitor Pre-registrations.

Click on View, then open the Collapsible panel to view the Pending pre-registrations done by the users under the
In-charge.

The In-charge can Approve or Reject the pre-registration by clicking on the respective box. The default remark will
appear in the Remark field. You can enter your remark as well.

The Details button navigates to the Pre-Registration Details page which shows the details of the visitor and the
visit.

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The Approved and Rejected Panel shows the Pre-Registrations approved and rejected respectively.

The process for Approval and Rejection is same as that of Leave Application & Approval.

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Time Sheet Correction Authorization

Time Sheet Correction Authorization helps in approving or rejecting an application of “Timesheet Correction” of
ESS user.
For approval of application go to ESS account (Reporting Incharge)> Approval/ Authorization > Timesheet
Correction Authroization.

The Reporting incharge can view the application for pending approval from the Dashboard as shown below.
Clicking on the respective number will redirect to the authorization page.

For Example: Reporting Incharge S.Sundar can login into his ESS account and authorize correction application
done by users as shown below:

Date: Select the from and To date from the calender to view the pending applications of timesheet correction.

Filter Users: The users can be selected based on the filter options. If Individual is selected, then select the user
from the picklist.

Click on View to view the Pending, Approved and Rejected applications.

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The Pending Application with Job Hours, Un-Assigned Hours and Reason while applying for correction will be
shown in the grid.

The Reporting Incharge can approve or reject the correction application by checking the respective box.
Click on Details button to view the details of correction applied for. It will show All Job Costing Punches as shown
below.

To view the Transaction Values; select the following options:

• On Application: The transaction values shown are the values at the time of the application being done.
• Applied: The transaction values after the correction is being made.
• Current: The current transaction values are same as On Application values.

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While Approving or Rejecting an application, Remark can be given as shown above.

Now check the Approve or Reject check box to authorize the application. And click Save button from the toolbar.

The authorized application will be displayed in the respective section as shown below.

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Award Penalty Authorization

This page enables a Reporting In-Charge to approve or reject an application of "Assign Award/Penalty Hours".

For authorization, go to Employee Self Service > Approval/Authorization > Award/Penalty Authorization

Date: Select the from and To date from the calender to view the pending applications of Award/Penalty
assignment.
Filter Users: The users can be selected based on the filter options. If Individual is selected, then select the user
from the picklist.
Click on View to view the Pending, Approved and Rejected applications.

The Pending Application shows the Award Hours and Penalty Hours which is assigned by the Reporting
incharge(Shruti) of a user(Chirag) as shown above.

Click the Edit button from the Menu bar. The Reporting Incharge(Dinesh Nair) of the applying incharge(shruti) can
then approve or reject the application by checking the respective box.

Clicking on Details will show All Job Costing Punches as shown below.

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You must enter Remark while Approving or Rejecting the correction application.

Transaction Values can be selected as

• On Application: The transaction values shown are the values at the time of the application being done.
• Applied: The transaction values after the correction is being made.
• Current: The current transaction values are same as On Application values.

The Rejected or Approved application will be listed in the respective grid.

After the authorization, assigned Award and Penalty will be shown in the Adjustment Type and Adjustment Time. If
the transactions are merged then final adjustment will be shown by adding award hours and subtracting penalty
hours.

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Field Visit Correction Authorization

ESS user have provision to add/edit punch date, time, IO type, location and add comment for each of the punches.
Such corrections are required to be authorized. So the reporting in-charge can approve/reject field visit correction
applications of its members.

Go to ESS account (Reporting In-charge)> Approval/Authorization> Field Visit Correction Authorization

The Reporting in-charge can view the application for pending approval from the Dashboard as shown below.
Clicking on the respective number will redirect to the authorization page.

The Field Visit Correction authorization page appears as shown below:

Date: Select the from and To date from the calender to view the pending applications of field visit correction.

Filter Users: The users can be selected based on the filter options. If Individual is selected, then select the user
from the picklist.

Click on View to view the Pending, Approved and Rejected applications.

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Click on the Details button to view the details of field visit correction application as shown below:

To view the Attendance values; select the following options for Attendance Values from the All Field Punches
page:
On Application: before correction applied
Applied: after applying correction
Current value: present value

the Reporting Incharge can check the Approve or Reject box for authorizing the field visit correction application.
While Approving or Rejecting an application, you must enter a Remark. The default Remark will appear in the
respective field.

The authorized application will be displayed in the respective section as shown below:

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CHAPTER 2 ESS for Cafeteria

The Cafeteria users have access to the following options in the ESS module:

• Account Details
• Menus
• Pre-order Meals
• Expenditure Summary
• Transaction Correction

The Cafeteria Section is displayed only if the Cafeteria License is available.

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Account Details

This option enables the logged in users to view their Cafeteria account details.

To view the Account Details, login to ESS > Cafeteria > Account Details.

The Account Type and Discount Level of the logged in user is displayed at the top of the page as shown below.

The Prepaid Account Details and Postpaid Account Details are shown as per the account assigned to the user.
If the User is a Prepaid user, then only Prepaid Account Details will be displayed as shown below.

Prepaid Account Details

Balance Account- It is the available balance amount which can be used by the prepaid user.
Last Recharge Amount- It is the last recharge amount by which the prepaid user was recharged.
Last Recharge Date- It is the date on which the prepaid user account was last recharged.
Max Usage Limit Per Month- It is the maximum allowed usage for a prepaid user for a month exceeding which the
user will be blocked (if blocking feature is enabled).
Max Usage Limit Per Day- It is the maximum allowed usage for a prepaid user for a day exceeding which the user
will be blocked (if blocking feature is enabled).

Status Details

User Status- It is the status of the user whether allowed or blocked.

Blocked Due To- It is the reason due to which a prepaid user is blocked.

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If the User is Postpaid user, then only Postpaid Account Details will be displayed as shown below.

Postpaid Account Details

Current Month Usage- It is the current month usage amount of the postpaid user.
Allowed Usage per Month- It is the allowed monthly usage amount for the postpaid user.
Carry Over Due- It is the due amount which is carried over to the current month.
Total Usage- It is the sum total of current month usage and carry over due amount.
Max Usage Limit Per Month- It is the maximum allowed usage for a postpaid user for a month exceeding which
the user will be blocked (if blocking feature is enabled).
Max Usage Limit Per Day- It is the maximum allowed usage for a postpaid user for a day exceeding which the
user will be blocked (if blocking feature is enabled).
Accumulated Usage Limit From Previous Month- It is the usage limit accumulated and carried forward from the
previous month for a postpaid user.
Last Payment Amount- It is the last payment amount paid by the postpaid user.
Last Payment Date-It is the date on which the last payment was done.

Status Details

User Status- It is the status of the user whether allowed or blocked.

Blocked Due To- It is the reason due to which a postpaid user is blocked.

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If the User has been shifted from Postpaid to Prepaid or vice-versa, then both the details, Prepaid Account Details
and Postpaid Account Details will be displayed as shown below.

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This option enables the logged in users to view menus assigned to the various Cafeteria devices.

To view the Menu, select ESS account> Cafeteria> Menu. The Page appears as shown below:

Select the POS Device assigned to the user from the device picklist. The menu assigned on the device will be
listed in the right grid.

Select the Menu(eg: Breakfast) from the grid on right. The Schedule details of the selected menu for the POS will
be displayed in the respective fields.

Schedule Days display the days on which the selected menu will be enabled on the device.

The Items list shows the items available in the selected menu.

The scheduling of menu on the device is done from Device Configuration> Cafeteria> Menu or Cafeteria
Management> POS Devices Configuration.

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Pre-order Meals

The Prepaid or Postpaid ESS user can order the meals in advance. This pre-ordering gives an estimation for the
amount of meal to be prepared.

To Pre-order the meals, Click on Cafeteria > Pre-order Meals from the ESS Page. The Page appears as shown
below:

Select the Date for which the menu is to be ordered in advance.

The Pre-ordering configuration can be done from Cafeteria module> Cafeteria Settings> Other Settings

Example1:
“Allowed in Advance (Days)” =10 days
“Restrict before Menu Start = 1 day.

If the current date is 24/4/2017; you can select date from 25/4/2017 to 4/5/2017 i.e. you can pre-order meals for
upto 10 days. Pre-ordering for same day(24/4/2017) will not be allowed.

Example2:
“Allowed in Advance (Days)” =10 days
“Restrict before Menu Start = 2 Hours

If user selects current date(24/4/2017) then it should be allowed to add/edit only those menu whose start time >
(Current time + Restrict Before Menu Start) on one of the user's assigned devices.

Consider the Device1: NGT Door and Device2: Wireless Door with following Menus and their respective timings:

Device Menu Menu Start time Menu End Time

NGT Door Menu1 08:00 10:00

NGT Door Menu2 09:00 11:00

NGT Door Menu3 11:00 13:00

NGT Door Menu4 16:00 17:00

Wireless Door Menu2 12:00 13:00

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 Device Menu Menu Start time Menu End Time

Wireless Door Menu3 14:00 16:00

Wireless Door Menu4 19:00 20:00

If Current time = 08:00 hours; the user will be allowed pre-ordering of items from following menus only: Menu 2,
Menu 3 and Menu 4. The Menu1 and Menu2 on NGT Door can not be pre-ordered as the Menu1 is started and
Menu2 start time left is only 1 hour.

After selecting the valid date, click on Edit button.

Order Items

Menu: Select the Menu from the picklist. The picklist includes all active menus on the POS devices assigned to the
user that are scheduled on the selected day.

Item: Select the Item from the picklist. The number of items selected is shown as below.

Quantity: Enter the Quantity of the Item. Ensure that the entered value of quantity is not more than the daily
maximum quantity allowed limit.(See Cafeteria Management> Cafeteria Usage Policy)

If user has already pre-ordered some items and after that Cafeteria Usage Policy is assigned to that user,
in such cases:
1. On edit of pre-ordered quantity, daily / monthly maximum allowed quantity should be checked.
2. The user can add/pre-order new items as per allowed maximum quantity but already pre-ordered items
& its quantity (before assigning cafeteria usage policy) will remain same.

Then click Add to add the items to the list. Finally click Save to save the ordered items to the meal.

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This option enables the logged in users to view their expenditure details for the selected time period.

To view the Expenditure Summary, login to ESS > Cafeteria > Expenditure Summary and the following page will
appear.

Date- Select the Date from the date selection button to view the expenditure details.The total Expenditure per day
for the selected period is shown.

Filters- The transaction or expenditure summary can be viewed by filtering the users from the options ALL, POS
Device and Item.

The user can also filter the transaction/expenses summary with respect to the transactions done on a particular
POS or expenditure against an item by selecting POS Device/Item from the picklist.

Click on View button to view the summary and the following details will be shown as below.

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Grand Total

Expense- It displays the total expenditure of the user.

Discount- It displays the Discount if any.

Click on the Details icon to know the detailed information of the Payment which includes Time, Item, Quantity,
Price/Item, Discount, Payable as shown below.

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The COSEC ESS module allows users to apply for corrections to existing Cafeteria transactions.

To do the transaction correction, select ESS account > Cafeteria> Transaction correction. The Page appears as
shown below:

The grid on the right displays all the transactions of the login user.

Select the transaction from the grid where the correction is to be done. The details related to the transaction are
displayed in the respective fields.

Correction
Click on Edit button to do the correction. The user can apply for correction by entering the new quantity.

Enter the Quantity value in the New Quantity field either increased or decreased value. Specify the Reason for the
correction.

Click on Save button to save the transaction to the grid.The transaction correction application is then sent for
transaction approval.

New Transaction
In case of error in the quantity or missing punch of user, the new transaction can be added manually by clicking
New button.

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Enter the Transaction Date using calender and Transaction Time in HH:MM format.

Select the POS Device, Menu and Item from the picklist.

And specify the quantity in New Quantity field. The save the application. The transaction correction application will
go to the reporting incharge or administrator for authorization.

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CHAPTER 3 ESS for CWM

The Employee Self Service for CWM is used to approve/reject the induction levels. The contractor type, approval
stages and skills are configured through CWM module. Then workers can be added through CWM or CSS.

Each Induction Level of the worker can be assigned an Approving In-Charge (Reporting In-charge)who shall be
responsible for approving or rejecting a worker once the level is completed.

An Approval Stage is a sequence of Induction Levels that a worker must complete before finally being approved for
a work order.

This ESS Licence will not be available with the COSEC Application basic platform license. To Use ESS, the
customer needs to ensure that the COSEC license ordered by them includes the ESS module.

To use the Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality, Login to the COSEC Web Application using Employee ID
and Password.

The COSEC ESS home page appears as shown below:

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Once assigned to a work order, a worker needs to go through levels of approval that may comprise background
check, orientation, skill-based training, safety training etc. before the organization confirms the worker fit for the
work. These levels are defined in COSEC as Induction Levels.

The ESS user who is approving In-charge of some induction level can do the induction approval of the worker.

To view and approve the pending request, Login to ESS account > CWM > Induction Approval. The Page
appears as shown below:

You must assign the ESS user as the Approving In-charge for an induction level in the Approval Stage
before assigning the work order to the worker.

When the Contractor creates a worker from the CSS login, then the pending worker induction approval will
go to the ESS user.

Filter Work Orders: Select the work order filter as All or Individual.

Work Orders: For All Individual filter, select the work order from the picklist.

Click on View button to view all the Pending, Approved and Rejected request of induction approval.
Now check Approve or Reject box to give the verdict.

Also the approval can be given by clicking Details button from the pending tab. The Worker Details page appears
as shown below:

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Select the Application verdict as Approve or Reject from the drop down list. You can give your Remarks also.

Click on Save to save the induction approval. The authorized application will be moved to the respective Approved
or Rejected section as shown below.

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In large organizations, employees work on various jobs throughout the day and are paid on the basis of
the job hours across the job’s Cost Centre:
• Creating Projects, Phases, Jobs
• Planning Projects: Declaring hierarchy of phases and jobs under selected Project.
• Mapping Users to various Jobs.
• View invested job hours by users on various jobs/phases/projects.

This system will also be responsible for:

• Maintaining valid methods of mapping users to various jobs.
• Allow user to work on assigned jobs as per selection.
• Maintaining user’s work records against different job codes.
• Allow correction/approval of daily Time Sheet.

To use the Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality, Login to the COSEC Web Application using Employee ID
and Password of the user.

The COSEC ESS home page appears as shown below:

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Time Sheet Correction Application

Time Sheet Correction Application helps in modifying job codes and split the transactions by ESS user. So user if
requires, can split the transactions by adding new punches between the transactions and apply job code to them.
The transaction will be created after authorization from the Reporting-incharge.

To do the Time Sheet Correction, select ESS Account> Job Costing> Time Sheet Correction Application.

Date: Select the date from the calender for which correction is to be done.

Click on Edit button in the transaction row where correction is required.

Timesheet Correction
You can make the following corrections:

• The Job code can be changed by selecting the option from the drop down list. If Job code is selected as
None, then transaction type will be set as Un-assigned.

• The Start Date can be edited for only 1st transaction of the day by using left-right arrows.

• The Start Time can be edited for only 1st transaction of the day by specifying the time in hh:mm format.

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 • The End Date and End Time can be edited for all the transactions.

• The Transaction type can also be corrected. If some transaction is of Un-assigned type, then assigning
some job code to the transaction will change the transaction type to Job Hours as shown below. Similarly
if None is selected for any Job type transaction then its transaction type will get convert from Job to
Unassigned.

• The Job Count can be changed by editing the existing value.

Click Ok and Save button to save the correction application. The application will go to the reporting incharge or
system administrator for approval. The status for application will be Pending as shown below.

Application Date will be the current date on which correction application is sent for approval.

Attendance Values: The values can be selected as Actual, Previous or Applied. Actual and Previous values are
those which exist before the correction is being done. The Applied values will be the ones after the correction is
done.
Reason: The reason for correction can be specified by the ESS user.

Status: The status of application for approval whether pending, approved or rejected will be shown after the
application and its authorization is done.

Remark: The remark given by administrator while approving or rejecting the application will be shown here.

Job Summary

Total Job Hours- Count: Total job hours for the day are displayed and the details can be viewed by clicking

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Total Un-Assigned Hours: Total hours of the day when no job is assigned to the user, is displayed as un-assigned
hours.

Total Out Time: Total hours of the day for which user has availed outime, is displayed as Outtime. Also the Outime
details can be viewed.

Award Hours: Total hours given to user as an award which will be added in overtime hours.

Penalty Hours: Total hours given to user as the penalty which will be subtracted from the overtime hours.

Overtime Hours: Total hours of the day for which user has worked overtime, is displayed as Overtime hours.

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Job Status

This page enables the user to view and monitor Jobs based on their current status. In order to view job status,
select ESS > Job Costing > Job Status.

Select a Project using the picklist button.

Select multiple Phases and Jobs under the selected Project for which records are to be viewed. The number of
phases and number of jobs selected are shown as below.

Select a Job Status as Open, In Progress, Finished or All based on which jobs are to be viewed.

Click the View button to view the jobs list.

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CHAPTER 5 ESS for FVM

Field Visit Management is used to assign schedules to the users and keep a track of their activities, while on site
and also check if the assigned tasks are being fulfilled correctly or not. FVM user's location would be stored when
punched from COSEC Apta.

The ESS user can apply for "Field Visit Correction” by changing punch date-time and adding or modifying its
comment which is to be approved by the reporting Incharge.

To use the Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality, Login to the COSEC Web Application using Employee ID
and Password of the user.

The COSEC ESS Dashboard appears as shown below:

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Field Visit Correction Application

The punches marked from COSEC APTA may require correction in some cases.
Suppose If user was scheduled for some task at some location and couldn't go because of any reason. So
changing punch date-time and adding or modifying its comment would be possible from the Field Visit Correction
page. Also the Location can be added or updated from this page.

Select ESS > FVM > Field Visit Correction Application. The Field Visit Correction page appears as shown
below:

Select the Attendance date for which correction application is to be sent. The Attendance details will appear in the
respective fields.

Click on Edit in the attendance details row where the correction is to be done. You can also add new punch by
clicking Add button.

Enter or Edit the punch Time, select the Location and mention the Comment as shown below. Here time is edited
from 11:40 to 11:30. And comment is specified.

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Then click on OK and Save button.

The Field Visit Correction application will be authorized by the Reporting In-charge or Administratior.

See “Field Visit Correction Authorization” on page 127.

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Field Visit Schedule

FVM users are allocated Field Visit Schedule by the admin or reporting in-charge. User is supposed to accomplish
assigned tasks as per the field schedule.

This page will enable user to view Field Visit Schedule assigned to him/her on the selected date.

Select ESS> FVM> Field Visit Schedule. The Field Visit Schedule page appears as shown below:

The Date-wise schedule will be shown on the right side. You can customise the date selection for viewing the task
list.

Now, select the Schedule to view the details.The Schedule time, task and location will be shown as below:

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Export
You can export the field visit schedule by clicking on Export button as shown below.

The exported file can be opened or saved at your desired location. The export file is shown as below.

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The users are supposed to accomplish the task as per their field schedule on daily basis. According to the punches
from field, user's field records are considered as completed or not completed.

Field Visit Status page enables the ESS user or reporting in-charge to view field status of self or member
respectively in a calendar view.

Select ESS> FVM> Field Visit Status. The Field Visit Status page appears as shown below:

Select the Attendance period as Month and Year for which the field visit status is to be viewed.

You can select the option to view as Schedule Status or Visited Location.

Schedule Status: The status of completed, not completed,on-going and future task is shown in the calender.
Visited Location: The visited location count will be shown in the calender for the date on which the user has visited
the location.

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Clicking on the window will show the task details. Tick displays completed task and Cross displays incompleted
task.

• The green circular ring shows that task is completed.

• Partial green and remaining red shows partially completed task.
• Full red shows incomplete task.
• Blue colour shows ongoing task.
• A number in the grid of future date shows future days task count.

The on-going task will be displayed as below:

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Reports

Schedule Status Summary

This report gives information about whether user went to each location as per the schedule or not. This report
shows status of each schedule date and for each mapping of time slot-task-location. It will also convey about the
time spent in that location.

This Report can be viewed by Reporting Incharge only.

Select the Date range for which schedule status is to be viewed. You can select the users based on enterprise
groups. Then click on Generate Report.

The report generated is shown below.

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