Choose your features

Atteny's optional features are called modules. A module that is off is hidden on the web and in the phone app, for everyone. Nothing is deleted: switch it back on and the earlier data is shown again.

The five modules#

A new company has all five switched on.

• Scheduling: the schedule and its shifts.
• Availability: people tell you when they can work. Needs Scheduling.
• Payroll: pay rates, the payroll month and payslips.
• Leave Management: leave requests and their approval.
• Shift Swaps: people swap shifts with each other. Needs Scheduling.

Clocking in, timesheets, employees and locations are not modules. They cannot be switched off.

On the first day: the business type#

On your first day as the admin, the dialog Welcome to Atteny opens on the web once your own profile details are in. Select Choose your features and pick the card closest to your business.

A business type applies the moment you click its card and takes you into the guided setup. Maybe later changes nothing.

Later: the Modules page#

1. 1

   Open the Modules page

   Go to Settings, then Modules. The card Quick Presets is at the top, with the five modules below it.

   

2. 2

   Flip a switch

   Switching a module off asks Disable module?. Select Yes, disable.

3. 3

   Read the profile warning

   If the card Some employees have incomplete profiles appears at the top, it counts the people who could not clock in with the switches as you have set them. See "Profiles and clocking in" below.

4. 4

   Save

   Select Save Changes. The button appears once you have changed a switch, and nothing is stored until you select it.

Before you switch a module off#

• Scheduling carries two others. Switching Scheduling off on this page also switches Availability and Shift Swaps off, and they are saved as off. Switching Scheduling back on later does not bring them back. Switch each one on again.
• Leave on the web needs Scheduling. Leave requests and time off in lieu are opened from the Schedules menu, which is hidden with Scheduling. Keep Scheduling on if your company uses either of them on the web.
• Payroll off hides the Employment tab. A person's Employment tab is listed on their profile only while Payroll is on. It holds their work locations and their status. Turning features on and off says how to reach it.

Profiles and clocking in#

Every person needs a work location, whatever the modules are. With Payroll on, a person also needs an employment type and a pay group. Someone whose profile misses one of these cannot clock in.

The Modules page counts these people before you save. If you switch Payroll on for a team that already works, complete their profiles straight away: on each such profile an admin gets the link Complete setup. A pay rate is not part of this check.

After you save#

• A saved change holds on the web and in the phone app, because the server enforces the modules for both.
• Saving a module change, or applying a preset, brings the checklist on the dashboard card Getting started back if you had completed it. A module you just switched on can then show its setup step. A card you closed stays closed.

On the phone#

The phone app has no Modules page. An admin has one module choice there: More, then Settings, then Reopen setup guide brings the welcome dialog back. Its cards Restaurant / Café, Retail / Shop and Office / Team replace all five switches at once, like a preset on the web.

What happens next#

Fill in the rest of the company: Set your company basics, then Use the guided setup. If a business type has already taken you into the guided setup, you can leave it with the cross and open it again from the dashboard card Getting started.

For what each module hides, screen by screen, see Turning features on and off. If someone on your team asks where a page went, see I can't see a button or page someone else has.