Getting Started with Attforce
Attforce by Attlock helps on-site hourly teams plan work, track attendance, coordinate tasks, and keep a clear record of what happened during each shift.
Attforce is designed for teams that work across locations and need a simpler way to stay organized before, during, and after a shift. It is especially useful for cleaning teams, facilities teams, property teams, hospitality crews, event teams, retail field teams, and service crews.
What Attforce Helps You Do
Attforce connects the main parts of a shift in one workflow:
- Build and publish schedules.
- Invite employees and assign them to locations.
- Track clock-ins, clock-outs, breaks, late arrivals, and no-shows.
- Give employees work instructions and task lists.
- Collect work logs, notes, photos, and issue reports.
- Review exceptions before approving time.
- Share daily summaries with managers, owners, clients, or supervisors.
Who Uses Attforce
Attforce is built for several types of users:
| User | What they do in Attforce | ------ | --------------------------- | Owners | Review coverage, daily summaries, and team performance. | Managers | Build schedules, manage exceptions, and approve completed work. | Supervisors | Monitor active shifts, review task progress, and support employees in the field. | Employees | View shifts, clock in and out, complete tasks, and submit work notes. | Clients or stakeholders | Receive clean summaries when a team needs to show what was completed. |
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Common First Steps
If your team is starting with Attforce, begin with these basics:
- Create your main locations.
- Add departments, roles, or teams if your operation uses them.
- Invite employees and managers.
- Add employee availability and basic profile details.
- Build your first weekly schedule.
- Add task lists or work instructions for each location.
- Review completed shifts and daily summaries.
Best Practices
- Keep location names clear so employees know where to report.
- Use roles to make schedule planning easier.
- Add simple work instructions before adding complex task lists.
- Review late arrivals, missed clock-outs, and incomplete tasks daily.
- Share daily summaries with the people who need proof of completed work.
Related Articles
- Setting Up Locations and Teams in Attforce
- Creating and Publishing Schedules in Attforce
- Using the Attforce Time Clock
- Managing Tasks, Work Logs, and Daily Summaries