Attendance Release Notes

v1.8 - Attendance feature functional and technical release details

Functional Release Highlights

What’s New?

• QR Code Proof of Work for Attendance

  • Every employee now gets a unique QR code.

  • Supervisors use the mobile app to scan the QR code and mark attendance.

  • This works even without internet; data syncs when a connection is available.

  • Both mobile and non-mobile employees are covered.

  • The overall attendance process doesn’t change, but now you must scan a QR code for proof.

Why is This Important?

• Stops “proxy” (fake) attendance and manual tampering.

• Makes attendance more trustworthy and easy to verify.

• Keeps things simple for supervisors.

• Prepares for future features like location and time stamping.

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Technical Release Highlights

What’s New?

• Tagging Employees for Better Grouping and Search

  • You can now add a “tag” (like “SHIFT”, “PROJECT”, or “SKILL”) to each attendee.

  • Tags help you organise and filter attendance records easily.

• Bulk Tag Update API

  • New API: POST /attendee/v1/_updateTag

  • Lets you update tags for many attendees at once.

  • Validates input to make sure tags and attendees are correct.

• Tag Search

  • You can now search for attendees using tags in /attendee/v1/_search.

  • Supports searching with one or more tags.

• Database Updates

  • A new “tag” column was added to the attendance table for fast searching.

  • Database and config updated to handle tags in all attendance actions.

• Code Improvements

  • Added error messages for invalid tags and mismatches.

  • Cleaned up unused code.

  • Updated version to 1.3.0 to include these features.

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Summary Table

Feature	What It Does	Benefit
QR Proof of Work	Scan QR to mark attendance	Stops fake/manual entries
Tagging	Add tags to group/filter attendees	Easier data analysis
Bulk Tag Update	Update tags for many attendees at once	Saves time
Tag-based Search	Search by one or more tags	Find the right records faster
Database/Code Clean	Support for tags, better error handling	More reliable and efficient