Atto helps you track work hours, manage your team, and handle timesheets, schedules, locations, and payroll — all in one place.
As an Account Owner or Admin, you’re responsible for setting up your company’s account, managing team settings, and making sure everything runs smoothly day to day.
This guide walks you through what you can do in Atto, how to get started, and where to find key tools.
Getting Started with Atto
Create Your Account (Account Owners only)
If you’re the person setting up Atto for your company:
Visit attotime.com and click Try for Free
Enter your company email and confirm it
Complete your setup details:
Company name
Industry
Full name
Password
No credit card is required. You’ll get access to a 14-day free trial of Atto’s time tracking and team management features.
Join as an Admin (if you’ve been invited)
If you were invited by your team, you’ll receive either:
An email invitation
A direct invite link from the Account Owner or another Admin
Follow the link to create your profile and join your company account.
Download the Atto App (iOS or Android)
The mobile app makes it easy to track time, approve requests, and manage your team on the go.
Your Role as an Admin or Account Owner
Admins and Account Owners can both:
Set up or edit company settings
Track their own work hours
Monitor team activity and reports
Approve time off and manual entries
Run reports and manage integrations
Configure GPS tracking, job codes, shift scheduling, and more
| Account Owners also manage billing and subscription settings.
Understanding Atto’s Interface
Atto’s interface includes five main sections:
Dashboard, Chat, Time Clock, Reports, and Settings
Dashboard
Your daily overview — get a clear picture of what’s happening across your team.
Quick Access Shortcuts: Access Team Activity, Schedule, Shift Requests, and Time Off.
Today’s Shift: View your scheduled shift for the day. If a shift is scheduled, tap to start. If no shift is scheduled, tap Start Unscheduled Shift to manually track time.
Real-Time Activity: See your team’s live statuses — On the Clock, Clocked Out, On Break, and Not Active. Tap All Members to view the full team, see their locations if they’re on the clock, and check their status breakdowns.
Upcoming Shifts: View your upcoming shifts for the current week. Tap All Shifts to access the full schedule.
This Week: Summary of Estimated Pay, Total Paid Hours, Miles Tracked, and Time Off Taken. Tap All Reports for detailed insights.
Requests: Manage pending Trade Requests, Cover Requests, and Time Off Requests.
| Admins use the Dashboard to manage the team — and the Time Clock to track their own hours.
Chat
Collaborate with your team through instant messaging.
Send 1:1 messages or group chats — helpful for coordination during shifts or on job sites.
Time Clock
Use this section to clock in and out, record breaks, and log job codes — for your own time only.
| Admins manage team tracking from the Dashboard.
Reports
Atto’s Reports tab gives you access to:
Timesheets — Total hours, breaks, overtime
Pay — Estimated earnings
Miles — Drives logged
Job Codes — Hours per job
Time Off — Approved leave totals
| Downloadable reports include: Timesheets, Job Codes, and Mileage
Each section provides a detailed view of your team’s hours, expenses, and scheduling — useful for payroll processing and internal reporting.
Settings
This is where you’ll configure the core structure of your account. All features are optional — but using the right ones can simplify tracking and boost accuracy.
1. Timesheets
Customize how time entries are grouped, displayed, and adjusted.
You can enable admin approvals, set time zones, rounding rules, shift grouping, and night shift handling.
2. Scheduling
Configure team schedule visibility, shift request permissions, and clock-in preferences — all tailored to your company’s workflow.
3. Mileage Tracking
Enable mileage tracking with:
Auto-tracking using GPS
Manual drive entry
Mileage rates
Parking and toll logging
Metric or imperial units
4. Job Codes
Categorize hours by project, task, or client. You can add, edit, or delete job codes, and enable the Require a Job on Clock-in setting to make sure team members select a job code when clocking in.
5. Pay Rates
Set a default hourly rate per team member via web or mobile. Job-specific rates can be added on mobile and appear with the job code and start date in the team member’s profile.
6. Break Preferences
Create rules for paid or unpaid breaks.
Choose fixed, variable, or automatic break options.
7. Time Off Preferences
Enable or disable time-off requests.
Set approval rules and define leave types like Vacation, Sick, or Personal Leave.
8. Job Sites
Track time and location per job site.
Create geofenced zones to auto-trigger reminders or restrict where team members can clock in/out.
9. Departments
Group team members by role, project, or location to simplify management and reporting. You can add departments, assign or remove members, and delete departments as needed.
10. Workweek & Overtime
Set your Workweek Start Day to ensure timesheets and overtime are calculated accurately.
Then, define your Overtime Rules — choose daily and/or weekly overtime, and set thresholds (e.g., after 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week).
11. Automated Reports
Enable Email Report to receive automatic timesheet summaries based on your payroll cycle.
Set your Workweek Start Day and choose a report Schedule (weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or custom).
Atto will email the report to the account owner based on these preferences.
12. Location Tracking
Choose how and when location data is recorded — during the entire shift or only at clock-in/out. You can also enable User-specific Tracking to make location tracking required for selected users only.
13. Manual Time Entries
Allow or restrict team members from manually entering hours.
Set rules for role permissions to improve accuracy.
Support and Resources
Need guidance? Atto’s Help Center is full of walkthroughs and tutorials for every feature.
Can’t find what you need? Reach out to our team — we’ve got you.