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| Odoo Apps Dependencies |
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Attendances (hr_attendance)
• Employees (hr) • Discuss (mail) • Time Off (hr_holidays) • Website (website) • Calendar (calendar) |
| Community Apps Dependencies | Show |
| Lines of code | 5522 |
| Technical Name |
d_employee_portal_attendance |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://duong-odoo-apps.odoo.com |
| Versions | 17.0 18.0 |
| Availability |
Odoo Online
Odoo.sh
On Premise
|
| Odoo Apps Dependencies |
•
Attendances (hr_attendance)
• Employees (hr) • Discuss (mail) • Time Off (hr_holidays) • Website (website) • Calendar (calendar) |
| Community Apps Dependencies | Show |
| Lines of code | 5522 |
| Technical Name |
d_employee_portal_attendance |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://duong-odoo-apps.odoo.com |
| Versions | 17.0 18.0 |
Employee Portal â Attendance
Employees can review their check-in and check-out records and worked hours.
What This Module Adds
Attendance Tile on the Portal Home
Installs an Attendance tile on the Employee Portal home page so employees can jump directly to their attendance records with a single tap.
Check-In / Check-Out / Hours Columns
The attendance list displays the date, check-in time, check-out time, and total worked hours for each attendance record â giving employees a clear view of their daily presence.
Date Range Filter
Employees can filter their attendance records by a specific date range using the built-in date pickers, making it easy to review a particular week or month.
Read-Only Access
Attendance records are strictly read-only in the portal. Employees can view their records but cannot create, edit, or delete attendance entries.
Attendance Records
The attendance list page shows columns for Date, Check In, Check Out, and Worked Hours. Employees can use the date range pickers at the top of the page to filter records to a specific period. The list is paginated and sorted by date descending by default so the most recent entries appear first.
Use Backend Views â Full Native Odoo Interface
An administrator can enable Use Backend Views on the Attendance document configuration (Employees → Employee Portal → Documents). When enabled, the portal page embeds the full Odoo web client â giving employees access to the native Odoo list and form view complete with group-by, advanced filters, PDF export, and the attachments panel â all without an internal user account.
Native Odoo List & Form
Employees see the real Odoo interface for their attendance records: column sorting, group-by (e.g. by week or month), advanced filter panel, and paginated results â identical to what an HR manager sees in the backend.
One Checkbox to Enable
Switch between the lightweight snippet table and the embedded backend view at any time â no developer work needed. The system auto-creates the required Odoo views and access rules when you save.
Kanban View â Visual Card Layout
Enable Kanban in the Backend View Types setting to let employees browse their attendance records in card format. The kanban view shows each attendance entry as a compact card â ideal for a quick visual scan of recent check-ins. Employees can switch between list and kanban view using the view-switcher buttons in the control panel.
Form View â Full Attendance Record Detail
Enable Form in the Backend View Types setting to let employees open any attendance record in the native Odoo form view. The form displays the complete record â check-in date/time, check-out date/time, worked hours, reason, and any attached files â exactly as HR managers see it in the backend.
Requirements
Dependencies
- d_employee_portal â Employee Portal base module
- hr_attendance â Odoo Attendance module (Community or Enterprise)
This module auto-installs when both d_employee_portal and hr_attendance are present in the same Odoo instance.
Edition Compatibility
Works with both Odoo Community and Odoo Enterprise editions, as the hr_attendance module is available in both.
Support
For questions, bug reports, or feature requests, please contact us at:
Employee Portal — Attendance
The Attendance section of the Employee Portal lets your workforce review their check-in and check-out history and worked hours directly from any browser or smartphone — in read-only mode, with no internal Odoo account required. The module activates automatically when both the base Employee Portal and the Odoo Attendance app are installed.
1. Viewing Your Attendance
Click the Attendance tile on the portal home page to open your attendance list. The page displays all your recent attendance sessions in reverse chronological order, so your most recent check-in is always at the top.
1.1 Columns
The attendance table shows the following information for each session:
- Check In — the date and time you clocked in. This is recorded automatically by the Odoo Attendance kiosk, the mobile app, or a manual entry made by your HR administrator.
- Check Out — the date and time you clocked out. If this column is empty, the session is still open — you have not clocked out yet for that shift.
- Worked Hours — the total duration calculated between the Check In and Check Out times, expressed as a decimal number of hours. For example, 7.50 means seven hours and thirty minutes. If Check Out is empty, this column will show 0.00 or be blank.
1.2 Date Filter
Use the From and To date pickers at the top of the page to narrow the list to a specific period — for example, the current week or last month.
- From — show only sessions that started on or after this date.
- To — show only sessions that started on or before this date.
- Clear button — removes both date filters at once and returns the full attendance history.
2. Read-Only Access
Attendance records are read-only from the portal. Employees cannot create new check-in or check-out sessions, edit existing times, or delete sessions from this page. This is by design — attendance data is used for payroll calculations and must only be modified by authorised HR staff.
If you notice an incorrect check-in or check-out time — for example, a forgotten clock-out or a wrong timestamp — contact your HR administrator and ask them to correct the record in the Odoo Attendance backend (Attendances → Attendances). They can edit or delete any session directly from there.
3. Use Backend Views — Full Odoo Interface
When your administrator has enabled Use Backend Views on the Attendance document, the portal page embeds the native Odoo Attendance interface instead of the simple read-only table. This gives you access to the full Odoo view — including sorting, grouping, and view switching — without needing an internal user account.
3.1 Enabling Backend Views
Your HR administrator enables this feature from Employees → Employee Portal → Documents → Attendance by checking Use Backend Views and setting Backend View Types to include list, kanban, or both, then saving the document record.
Once enabled, the portal attendance page renders the embedded Odoo interface instead of the plain table described in section 1.
3.2 Kanban View
When kanban is included in the Backend View Types, a view switcher appears at the top right of the embedded interface. Click the kanban icon to switch from the list to the kanban layout. Each kanban card shows the attendance session's check-in date, check-out time, and worked hours at a glance. Kanban is useful for reviewing attendance by day or week when you want a visual overview rather than a dense table.
3.3 Form View
When form is included in the Backend View Types (it is always available regardless), click any row in the list or any card in the kanban to open the full Odoo attendance form for that session. The form shows all fields on the hr.attendance record — Check In, Check Out, Worked Hours, the linked Employee — as well as the chatter thread below, where HR administrators leave notes or corrections.
4. Troubleshooting
- Attendance tile not visible — ensure the d_employee_portal_attendance module is installed and that the Attendance document is set to Is Published in Employees → Employee Portal → Documents.
- No records showing — verify that your HR administrator has set the Employee Scope Domain to [('employee_id', '=', employee.id)] on the Attendance document configuration. Also confirm that your portal user is linked to the correct employee record: go to Employees → Employees, open your employee form, and check the Related User field on the Settings tab.
- Worked hours shows 0.00 — this means the Check Out time was not recorded for that session. The attendance session is still open. Ask your HR administrator to enter the missing check-out time in the Attendance backend.
- Records are missing for certain days — attendance records only appear if they were logged through the Odoo Attendance app (kiosk, mobile, or manual backend entry). Records from third-party time-tracking systems will not appear unless they have been imported into Odoo Attendance.
- Backend view shows a blank page — this usually means the browser is blocking cookies required for the embedded Odoo session, or the session has expired. Open a private/incognito window and log in again. Also ask your HR administrator to run Try as Portal User on the Attendance document to check for missing model access rules.
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