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A Note on Biometric Integration in ERPNext

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Karthikeyan S edited this page May 29, 2020 · 2 revisions

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Currently "Auto Attendance" in ERPNext helps mark attendance based on IN/OUT logs of employees. These IN/OUT logs are stored in "Employee Checkin" Doctype. You can then setup the Shift Type and assign the shift to employees in order to enable the Auto Attendance.

The Check-in/Check-out Logs from a Biometric Device is also a type of IN/OUT logs of employees...

So, to be precise ERPNext itself does not directly Support Biometric devices, But it supports creating Attendance from any IN/OUT logs the are stored in "Employee Checkin" Doctype.

The question now becomes: What solutions are available to import Biometric Logs as "Employee Checkin" in ERPNext?

  • Solution 1:(This is independent of biometric device manufacturer) Use the Data Import Tool to import biometric logs into Employee Checkin Doctype.

  • Solution 2:(This solution is applicable if the user has a "ZKTeco"/"ESSL" biometric devices and they have a little bit of technical knowledge) A script needs to be installed on a computer that is on the same LAN network as the biometric device (i.e. Customer's PC). This script pulls biometric logs and pushes it to ERPNext at regular intervals. Please take a look at the github repo for more instructions.

  • Solution 3:(Custom API Integration) You can setup your biometric system to call the following api and create a Employee Checkin record. /api/method/erpnext.hr.doctype.employee_checkin.employee_checkin.add_log_based_on_employee_field

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