Getting Started

Inviting Your Team

Add the people who will use TempClock, give each one the right access, and tell them how to sign in. Agency staff go in the agency console, client managers in the client dashboard.

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Overview

Who goes where.

Person Console Where to add them
Your own staff (coordinators, payroll, managers) Agency console Agency console: Setup > Users
A client's managers who run their own workers Client dashboard Client dashboard: Setup > Users, or the agency console: Setup > Dashboard users
A client's approvers and supervisors Client portal See Setting Up Portal Users

TempClock does not email a new user. You set their first password and pass it on yourself, then they change it.

Before you start

  • Agency console: a super admin, or an Admin who can add and change users.
  • Client dashboard: a tenant admin (Admin role).
  • Each person's name and work email.

Agency Console Users

Pick a preset for each person.

Open Users

Agency console: Setup > Users.

Fill in the form

Enter Full Name, Email and a Password of at least 8 characters.

Choose the access level

For most staff pick a preset: Coordinator for people who run the day, Payroll for the person who closes the week, Read-only for people who only look. Keep Super admin for the go-live owner and one deputy.

Create

Click Create User.

Tip

Five coordinators and one payroll user is five Coordinator users and one Payroll user. See User Roles and Permissions for exactly what each can open.

Client Dashboard Users

Admin, Manager or Viewer.

Open Users

Client dashboard: Setup > Users. The form is headed Add New User.

Fill in the form

Enter the name, email and a Password of at least 8 characters, and pick the Role: Viewer, Manager or Admin.

Add

Click Add User.

Role Use it for
Admin The client's account owner: settings, users, locations, close week and Sage export.
Manager Day-to-day running: payroll view, exceptions, rate rules, manual clock, backfill and alerts.
Viewer People who look at dashboards, timesheets and reports. A Viewer cannot open Payroll, Exceptions, Close week or Settings.

Change or Remove a User

From the same page.

Task Agency console Client dashboard
Change access Edit, then change the Access level Role, then Save
Set a new password Edit, then type a new Password Password, then Reset
Lost phone Reset 2FA (super admin) Reset 2FA
Someone leaves Deactivate on their row Deactivate. The primary account holder cannot be deactivated.

Their First Sign-in

What to send each person.

The address of their console: /admin for the agency console, /manage for the client dashboard.
Their email and first password, sent separately.
A link to Two-factor Authentication. They will need an authenticator app.

Troubleshooting

Common questions.

Problem Check
"A user with this email already exists." They already have an account for this client. Find them in the list.
They cannot see a page Their access level or role does not include it. See User Roles and Permissions.
They cannot sign in See Login Issues.

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