IoT Products

AggreGate Time and Attendance is designed to perform in employee attendance tracking industry. Almost all types of modern time recorders and punch clocks using different communication protocols may be connected to the system:

  • RFID
  • Magnetic card
  • Fingerprint
  • Biometric
  • Any other
  • Keypad
  • PC clock
  • PDA clock
  • Web clock

AggreGate Time and Attendance is based on the core of AggreGate device management platform which provides tight integration with other building management systems, such as physical access control, HVAC/lighting management or network management.

Scalable Attendance Monitoring

The system may be easily adapted to the attendance control standards of different countries. Advanced multi-level organization structure and employee management along with different types of shifts allow providing a centralized attendance control for large organizations with multiple branches and departments. Scalable system architecture is designed to perform well for installations with thousands of employees and hundreds of entrance gates.

AggreGate Time and Attendance includes a set of built-in attendance reports based on highly customizable rules for calculating lunch/break time, overtime, punctuality, and other stats. Employee data may be imported from third-party systems during the system deployment.

Open-source Architecture for OEM Partners

We provide out-of-the-box open-source plugins for attendance management, the SDK for building new plugins and "reference" attendance device with open-source firmware.

Technical Specification

 

Common Scalable Architecture

Time and Attendance edition is based on the core of AggreGate Device Management Framework that provides unique abilities for monitoring attendance events, reporting and custom data processing.

Building/Facility Control Center

Integration with other smart building systems within a single AggreGate installation: network monitoring, HVAC/lighting/energy management, security and access control, etc.

Hardware Independence

Both modern (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, etc.) and classic (RS232, RS485, etc.) time tracking/recording devices of any type (RFID, Biometric, magnetic card, keypad or PC/PDA/web based) may be connected to the system.

Organization Structure Management

Support for comprehensive employee hierarchy including multiple organizations, subdivisions and departments.

Weekly and Periodic Shifts

An unlimited number of custom shifts may be created and assigned to individual employees, departments, subdivisions or organizations.

Different Punch Types

Calculation and tracking of break time, lunch time, overtime, and different exceptions.

Attendance Reports

AggreGate Time and Attendance contains a rich set of configurable reports, including attendance, punctuality, timecard/timesheet, presence information panel, and more.

Custom Reporting

Advanced reporting facility, built-in report editor, report printing and exporting in different formats. Automatic report generation from any viewed/edited data, such as custom query results.

Query Language

Integrated SQL-based query language for fetching, sorting and filtering attendance and other events according to custom rules.

Scheduled Tasks

Advanced job scheduler for periodic execution of any actions, such as report emailing.

Event Filtering

Employee punches, time recorder communication problems and other activities are stored in a database and may be browsed using the Event Log component in real-time and historical modes. Different rules for event sorting, filtering and highlighting are supported.

Advanced Alerting

Alerts may have unlimited expression-based triggers. Alert notifications include popup windows, sound, e-mail, SMS, and other methods. Pending alerts, alert escalation and alert-to-action bindings are also supported.

Export/Import

Cardholders and attendance data may be imported and exported in numerous formats, including XML, HTML, CSV, XLS, PDF, RTF, etc.

Integration

Web-Service and Java and .NET API's are available for easy integration with billing, payroll, badging, HR and other software.

Easy Backups and Installation

Embedded database supports hot backups and does not need any additional configuration or maintenance after the system deployment. However, AggreGate Time and Attendance may be easily switched to MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL or other database types.

Different User Interfaces

Desktop client application and web interface are available. Number of simultaneous operator connections is not limited.