How to Add Mobile Location Settings in Bulk

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In Talenta, there is a feature to add attendance locations and determine each employee's work location in bulk, accessible via the Mobile Location Setting, which manages settings for Live Attendance.

Important
Before you can access or edit the Live attendance settings page, make sure you have been granted access. To check the access you have, you can contact the Super Admin/Admin who has access to the access role settings. The Live attendance setting access settings can be seen in the Custom type, Live Attendance Configuration section.

Here are the steps:

  1. Go to Settings, select Time, then click “Live Attendance”.

  2. Click the “Location set up” tab.
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A. Adding Work Locations in Bulk

  1. If you want to add work locations in bulk, select the Location tab. Then, click the “Export” icon and then click “Export location setting”.

  2. Then, click “View Inbox” to continue.

  3. Then you will be directed to the Talenta inbox menu, and you can click the message Export Location Settings.

  4. Click “here” to download the template.

  5. Complete the location information you want to add by filling in the available columns.

    - If you choose Flexible Location, you can fill the Type column with numbers 0, and you do not need to fill in the Location Name, Coordinate, and Radius information.
    - If you choose a specific location to be used as a workplace location, you must fill in the number 1 in the Type column, and you must fill in the information in the Location Name, Coordinate, and Radius columns.
    - You can read the filling instructions by moving the cursor over the column title before filling in the column.

  6. If you want to add more than 1 location point in 1 location, you can fill in the location information with the same Location Setting Name and give the location point name in the Location Name column.
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  7. If you have completed the location information you added, you can click the “Import” icon then select Import location setting.

  8. Select the file you want You import.

  9. The following pop-up will appear; you can click “View Inbox” to see your import status.
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  10. Then select the inbox Import File Setting Live Attendance.

  11. Then the message shows that the import you did was successful.

B. Determining Employee Work Locations in Bulk

  1. To add employees to the locations you added in bulk, select the Location tab. Then, you can click the “Export” icon and select Export template assigned employee.

  2. If the template file has been successfully downloaded, you can complete the location information and employee ID.

    - Location Setting Name and Employee ID must be filled in.
    - Employees can only be added to 1 location setting. If previously the employee has been attached to location A and wants to be moved to location B, then you need to delete the employee from location A, and you can add the employee to location B.

  3. If you have completed all the required information, you can click the “Import” icon, then select Import assigned employee.

  4. Select the names of the employees whose templates you want to download by clicking “Select employee”.

  5. When you click "Select employee," the following pop-up appears. You can select the names of the employees you want to download the template for from the list of names on the left to move them to the selected list on the right. Then, click "Assign employee."

  6. After that, click "Download template." The Excel file will automatically download. You can complete the Excel file by following the guidelines in the column headings.

  7. Then, click “Browse” or drag and drop files to select the completed Excel spreadsheet template. Click “Upload” to upload the file.

    If the Super Admin has enabled the multiple location setting feature, before uploading the file, you can select one of the Import types before clicking "Browse":

    - Assignment: To assign location settings to employees in bulk.
    - Replacement: To change the current employee location settings to new ones.

  8. Then, the following pop-up will appear. You can click “View Inbox” to see the status of your import.

  9. Then, select the Import Assign Location Setting inbox.
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  10. So, the message stating that the import you did was successful looks like the following.

  11. To make sure whether the employee has been successfully added, you can click Employee in the Assigned to section at the location you selected earlier.

  12. And you can see a list of employees you added to that location.

This is an explanation of how to add mobile location settings in bulk. To add mobile location settings individually, click here.