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A 09:07 clock-in rounded to 09:00 A 09:07 clock-in rounded to 09:00 A rounding policy changes the time Begin records for calculations while keeping the original punch in the entry’s activity. Clock-in, clock-out and period totals are three independent choices.

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Choose how each side rounds

For clock-in and clock-out, choose one mode: Up means a later clock time; Down means an earlier clock time. The same direction therefore has different effects at clock-in and clock-out. For example, a clock-in at 08:57 with a 15-minute Nearest interval becomes 09:00. Leave clock-out Off if only the start should change. Snapping needs an entry linked to a shift. Without one, Begin leaves the punch unrounded. Set early and late windows separately: these are the tolerated distances from the scheduled time, not a rounding interval.

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Create the policy

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Start it

Go to Policies → Rounding, open Add, then choose Rounding policy.
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Set clock-in and clock-out

Choose the mode and values for each side.
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Decide period totals

Use Totals rounding only when timesheet and report totals should also move to a fixed interval.
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Target and activate it

Choose Applies to, set Status to Active, then save. The workspace’s first rounding policy counts at once, for work already recorded too. A later one counts from the day you save it; to start or end it on another day, set When.
The Rounding policy tab listing clock-in and clock-out rules for three policies The Rounding policy tab listing clock-in and clock-out rules for three policies To start from a policy you already have, open its row menu and choose Duplicate. The form opens with the policy’s settings and audience copied, the name marked as a copy and the status set to Draft. Nothing is saved until you save it.

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Check a rounded entry

Open a matching entry in Timesheets and compare its start and end with the original times in its activity. Confirm which policy applied and which side changed. If snapping did nothing, check the linked shift and the early or late window before changing the policy.

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Choose when a change starts

A policy change applies to clock-outs from the date you choose in Apply from when you save it: any day, today unless you pick a later one. Entries already closed keep their rounded times unless you save with Earlier dates too.
Totals rounding grades a whole period at once, so a save that changes it starts on the first of a month, next month unless you pick another, and any punch change saved with it waits too. A policy that uses totals rounding takes a When of whole months. The change re-grades the period that holds its Apply from date and every period after; a period that has already ended keeps the grid that applied on its last day unless you apply the change to earlier dates. Totals rounding does not change the punch-rounding choices above it.
To re-grade periods already worked with a new totals grid, or with the current one, choose Earlier dates too in Apply from, select Continue and pick the first of a month. The new grid applies from that month until the policy’s next change, ended periods included. If the save also changes clock-in or clock-out rounding, the times clocked from that date are rounded again with the new settings. Approved entries and days a later change governs keep their times, and the dialog counts both before you confirm. Each changed entry shows it in its activity. If the rounding stops partway, choose Resume, now or when you next open it. You need to be able to edit everyone’s time entries.

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Next

Settings and policies

Trace why a time entry differs from its punch.

Hour columns

Read the calculated totals that rounding changes.

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