Shift Location

Overview

Shift Location — Business Overview

Shift Location is used in Dafater to define the physical or operational place where employees are expected to work during a specific shift. It helps organizations clearly associate working hours with a location, ensuring accurate attendance tracking, compliance, and operational clarity.

What Shift Location Is Used For

In day-to-day business operations, Shift Location allows you to: - Specify where employees are assigned to work for a given shift
- Support accurate attendance, punctuality, and workforce planning
- Align shift schedules with real-world locations such as offices, branches, factories, sites, or client premises
- Enable location-based reporting and oversight

By clearly defining shift locations, businesses reduce ambiguity and improve accountability.

Prerequisites and Setup Requirements

Before using Shift Location, businesses should ensure that: - Work shifts are already defined in Dafater
- Company locations such as branches, offices, sites, or projects are identified internally
- Attendance or working hour policies are clarified (for example, whether employees must report from a specific location)

This preparation ensures that shift locations are meaningful and aligned with business reality.

Typical Workflow and Business Process Fit

Define Shift Locations
The HR or operations team creates Shift Location records for each place where employees may work.
Link to Shifts or Employees
These locations are then associated with employee shifts as part of workforce scheduling.
Daily Operations
Employees work according to their assigned shift and location, making expectations clear.
Attendance and Oversight
Managers and HR teams use the shift location information to review attendance, manage exceptions, and ensure compliance.

This workflow helps integrate workforce planning with actual operational locations.

Key Business Scenarios Where Shift Location Is Essential

Multi-branch organizations where employees work in different offices
Factories or warehouses with multiple work areas or plants
Field or site-based work such as construction, maintenance, or client projects
Rotational or flexible shifts where employees change work locations
Compliance-driven environments where location-based attendance is required

In all these cases, Shift Location provides clarity and structure.

Important Considerations for Users

Ensure shift locations reflect real, clearly identifiable places employees recognize
Keep shift location records updated when offices or sites change
Use consistent naming to avoid confusion in reports and schedules
Assign shift locations thoughtfully, especially for roles that move between locations
Review shift locations periodically to ensure alignment with business operations

Shift Location plays a critical role in connecting employee shifts to actual places of work, helping Dafater users maintain clarity, control, and operational efficiency across the organization.

Basic Information

Module: HR
Document Type: Other

Fields

Field Name	Label	Type	Required	Options	Description
location_name	Location Name	Data	✓	-	Name identifying the Dafater shift work location.
checkin_radius	Checkin Radius	Int		-	Allowed distance in meters for Dafater employee check-in.
latitude	Latitude	Float		-	Latitude coordinate defining Dafater shift location position.
longitude	Longitude	Float		-	Longitude coordinate defining Dafater shift location position.
fetch_geolocation	Fetch Geolocation	Button		-	Fetch latitude and longitude automatically using Dafater location services.
geolocation	Geolocation	Geolocation		-	Map-based geolocation data used for Dafater shift attendance validation.

Permissions

Role	Read	Write	Create	Delete
HR User	✓	✓	✓	✓
Employee	✓
HR Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓
System Manager	✓	✓	✓	✓

DocType	Relationship	Module
Shift Assignment	Linked from	HR
Shift Assignment Tool	Linked from	HR
Shift Schedule Assignment	Linked from	HR