# Choose how an employee clocks in

> In Weplanify, each employee clocks in one way only, chosen on their record: by scanning the QR code, by geolocation or by facial recognition.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Time tracking
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.modes-de-pointage?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.modes-de-pointage.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, the clock-in type is set in the **Time tracking and leave** section of the [employee record](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche?lang=en).

![The Time tracking and leave section: attendance type QR code scan and attendance code](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fem-pointage-4cb62a94.webp?alt=media&token=d720b72f-7c0d-4cf4-aefd-a4683c955408)

## Steps

1. Open the record, **Information** tab, then **Edit** in **Time tracking and leave**.
2. Choose the **Attendance type**: QR code scan, [facial recognition](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.reconnaissance-faciale?lang=en) or geolocation.
3. Check the **Attendance code**, used for their badge, then **Save section**.

## The site QR code

The [clock-in QR code](https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord.qr-code-pointage?lang=en) is printed from the dashboard's Attendance today card: employees scan it with the app.

![The dashboard clock-in QR code](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Ftableau-de-bord%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fdb-qr-4b9949cd.webp?alt=media&token=c081a37e-fbe7-4d26-9cbf-3b7356e80796)

## Good to know

- A clock-in made outside the site's area is flagged in the list ("Clocked away from the site: see on the map"); the area is set on the [site](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.sites?lang=en).
- To have your agents' QR badges made: [QR badges](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.badges-qr?lang=en).
- Tick **Attendance manager** so that an employee can [clock in for their team](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.pointer-pour-les-autres?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [The employee record](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the employee record brings together everything about a person in five tabs, with sections that you edit one at a time, separately.
- [Clocking in with facial recognition](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.reconnaissance-faciale?lang=en) — In Weplanify, facial recognition compares the photo taken at clock-in with the employee's profile photo; here is what to do when the check fails.
- [Print the clock-in QR code](https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord.qr-code-pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, print from the dashboard the clock-in QR code poster, to put up at the site entrance so that employees can clock in with their phone.
- [Create and set up a site](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.sites?lang=en) — In Weplanify, declare your workplaces, their geolocation clock-in area, their time zone and their own overtime rules, one site at a time here.
- [Have your agents' QR badges made](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.badges-qr?lang=en) — In Weplanify, give your badge supplier a single link to download the clock-in QR codes of all your agents, without exporting them one by one.
- [Clock in your site's employees (timekeeper)](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.pointer-pour-les-autres?lang=en) — Let a site manager mark expected employees present or absent on their site from the Weplanify app.
- [Employee time clock](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time entries screen shows, day by day, each employee's arrival and exit against what was planned, and what is left to fix.
- [An employee's clock-in settings](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche.pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time tracking and leave section of the record sets how the employee clocks in and what, for them alone, differs from company rules.