Chrome extension
Clock in from the Google Chrome browser with one click and see which colleagues are working, on a break or working remotely.
The Inallow Clocks extension for Google Chrome puts the clock-in buttons in the browser bar. It is handy for anyone who works at the computer all day: there is no need to open the app or the website to start the working day, take a break or finish. If your company turns it on, it also shows your colleagues' status.
Installing the extension
- Open Google Chrome on your computer.
- Go to the extension's page in the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome.
- Pin the extension to the toolbar (Chrome's puzzle icon › pin next to Inallow Clocks) so you always have it to hand.
Signing in
Click the extension icon. On the Log in screen, enter your Inallow Email and Password (the same ones you use in the app) and click ACCESS.
When you clock in, the extension adds your location to the clock-in, just like the app.
At the top you have the flag to change the language (Spanish, English, German, Basque, Danish or Catalan) and the icon to sign out.
Clocking in
In My workday there are four buttons. Only the ones that make sense at each moment are active:
| Button | When | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Start | When you start your working day. After a break it is called Continue. | Clocks you in. It asks you for the project first; if you only have one, it is chosen automatically. |
| Pause | While you are working. | Starts a break. It asks you for the reason for the break. |
| Permissions | While you are working. | You go out on leave (doctor, personal errand…). It asks you for the reason. |
| Stop | While you are working or on leave. | Clocks you out and ends the working day. |
Before clocking in you can turn on Work-From-Home to mark that you are working from home.
When you click a button you will see "Getting location...", "Clock-in ..." and, if all goes well, "Registered Clock-in!". While you work, the extension shows the current project or reason and how long you have been at it.
The projects and reasons are the ones your company has set up in the admin panel. See Clock in and out to understand how breaks and leave work.
Seeing your colleagues (presence)
If your company has turned on presence, the list of your colleagues appears below the buttons with their status: Working, On pause, On permission or Out of the office, the project or reason they are on and whether they are on Work-From-Home. The list refreshes every minute.
- Select status: shows only the colleagues in the statuses you choose.
- Search...: filters by name.
Turning on presence (administrators)
- In the Clocks admin panel, click Settings and then Chrome.
- Turn on Enable presence display. You will see the message "Presence enabled".
From then on, all employees who use the extension see their colleagues' status. To stop showing it, turn the same option off. The Chrome option in Settings only appears to administrators with permission to manage presence in the extension.
Error messages
| Message | What it means |
|---|---|
| "You are not authorised to make signings via this app" | Your user cannot clock in from the Chrome extension. The General Administrator can allow it in Inallow Admin. See Where each employee can clock in from. |
| "Your current IP address is not authorised to perform this action" | Your company only allows clocking in from certain networks and you are not connected to one of them. |
| "You must clock out before clocking in again" | You already had an open clock-in (for example, from the app). |
| "You must clock in before clocking out" | You had no open clock-in. |
| "An unauthorised login has been detected; please try again" | The clock-in overlaps with one already recorded (the extension shows this text for an overlapping clock-in). |
| "The clock-in could not be made because your device's date and time are not synchronised with the server…" | Your computer's time is wrong. Correct it and try again. |
If your company limits the time difference allowed between the device and the server, the extension may show "Oops! It seems that your device time is not up to date.", with the Server datetime, the Device datetime and the Offset. Correct the computer's time and click CHECK AGAIN.