Example: Set Up Geofences by Scheduled Shift Location

This example illustrates how to configure geofences for shifts that are defined in Workday Scheduling.

Your organization has 3 locations. Your workers check in and out on their mobile devices. You want to ensure that your workers can only check in at the locations where they're scheduled to work. You also want to restrict workers from checking in earlier than 10 minutes before their scheduled start time.

Enable Time Tracking for mobile. See Steps: Enable Time Tracking for Mobile.

Ensure the Location
worktag type is included in the

Scheduling

section on the

Maintain Worktag Usage

report.

Security: Set Up: Time Tracking
domain in the Time Tracking functional area.

Access the

Edit Time Entry Template

task.

From the

Time Entry Template

prompt, select USA - Scheduling - In/Out
.

Select the

Enable Workday Scheduling

check box .

On the

Effective-Dated

tab, expand the

Time Entry

section.

In the

Time Entry Restrictions

section:

Select the

Restrict Check-In Before Scheduled Start Time

check box.

In the

Threshold Before Restricting Check-In (Minutes)

field, enter 10
.

On the

Noneffective-Dated

tab, expand the

Location Settings

section.

In the

Geofences for Mobile Time Entry

grid, add 3 rows and enter these values:

Location	Radius	Unit
San Francisco	120	Meter
San Jose (CA)	120	Meter
Oakland	120	Meter

Select the

Enable Geofences by Scheduled Shift Location

check box.

In the

Threshold Before Scheduled Start Time (Minutes)

field, enter 10
.

In the

Threshold After Scheduled End Time (Minutes)

field, enter 20
.

Click

and

Done

Workers can only check in at their scheduled shift locations. They can check in up to 10 minutes before their scheduled start time. For the first 20 minutes after their scheduled end time, they can only check out at their scheduled shift locations.