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How to Bulk Punch Employees into Missed Shifts

Step by step instructions to punch employees into scheduled shifts that were missed from the Buddy Punch website.

Overview: Occasionally, employees may forget to punch into their scheduled shifts, resulting in their time card stating "Missed Shift." Administrators are able to punch employees into missed shifts in bulk, right from the Schedule.

Important! To bulk punch employees for missed shifts, your account must be using the Scheduling feature. Scheduling is included in our Pro and Advanced plans, and offered as an add-on for the Starter plan.


How to Bulk Punch Employees into Missed Shifts

1. Start by clicking Schedule in the top navigation, then navigate to a week or month with missed shifts. In the top right corner, click Options, followed by Punch Shifts:

2. A window will open that displays all scheduled shifts in your view that were never punched into:

Tip: The shifts that display are based on your view of the schedule. To change what displays in your view, you can follow the steps here.

3. By default, all missed shifts will be selected. To quickly deselect all shifts, simply uncheck the Select all box, then check the box next to any missed shifts you'd like to add punches for.

Once the desired shifts are selected, click Punch selected shifts:

4. You'll get a notification in the top right corner that lists how many shifts were punched into. On the time card for any punches that were added this way, you will see a note indicating they were added from the schedule:

5. In the punch's revision history, which is accessed by clicking the Edit button next to the punch, the User column will state who added the punch, and the Revision Date column will provide the date and time the punch was added:

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