Live Tracking in CrewCenter allows Employees, Supervisors and Admins to capture accurate time data in real time. It records work periods, breaks, special conditions, cost codes as they occur. Depending on company settings, GPS location data can also be recorded at clock-in and clock-out to support attendance verification.
Note: If geolocation is unavailable, contact your administrator to verify that it is enabled for your account. If not, please contact your Sales Person for assistance.
How to use Live Tracking for Employees
Roles: Employees | Interface: Mobile
Employees primarily use the Live tab on the mobile application to manage their own time.
Open the Live tab and select the relevant project.
Tap Clock-in to start the work period.
Use the interface to Add cost code, Special time, Costs & quantities, Comment or Photo during the shift.
Tap Clock-out to end the work period.
Notes:
If a supervisor has clocked you in as part of a crew, taking any manual action on your mobile device will immediately deviate you from the crew tracking, giving you full control over your own time card.
A deviating employee is immediately removed from the crew list and bulk tracking actions, meaning the supervisor can no longer clock them out.
Costs & Quantities can only be added during live tracking and cannot be entered before the work period has started.
For more information, please watch the video about live employee tracking:
Employees can track working time from a mobile application using the Live tab. To start live tracking, tap the project name and select the specific project from the available list. Tap Add cost code to assign task categories to the time entry, then select the relevant cost code. Special conditions affecting work can be logged by adding special time, such as Bad Weather, to document site conditions. Tap the Clock In button to begin live time tracking for the selected tasks. While the timer runs, expenses and quantities can be added or edited by checking items like Equipment Rental and tapping Next to enter the quantity. Tap Start Break to pause tracking and Resume to continue. To end the work period, slide the Live Tracking button to the right to clock out.
Employees can track working time from a mobile application using the Live tab. To start live tracking, tap the project name and select the specific project from the available list. Tap Add cost code to assign task categories to the time entry, then select the relevant cost code. Special conditions affecting work can be logged by adding special time, such as Bad Weather, to document site conditions. Tap the Clock In button to begin live time tracking for the selected tasks. While the timer runs, expenses and quantities can be added or edited by checking items like Equipment Rental and tapping Next to enter the quantity. Tap Start Break to pause tracking and Resume to continue. To end the work period, slide the Live Tracking button to the right to clock out.
Employees can track working time from a mobile application using the Live tab. To start live tracking, tap the project name and select the specific project from the available list. Tap Add cost code to assign task categories to the time entry, then select the relevant cost code. Special conditions affecting work can be logged by adding special time, such as Bad Weather, to document site conditions. Tap the Clock In button to begin live time tracking for the selected tasks. While the timer runs, expenses and quantities can be added or edited by checking items like Equipment Rental and tapping Next to enter the quantity. Tap Start Break to pause tracking and Resume to continue. To end the work period, slide the Live Tracking button to the right to clock out.
How to use Live Tracking for Supervisors
Roles: Supervisor | Interface: Mobile
Supervisors can manage time for themselves and their crew members simultaneously.
Navigate to the Live tab and select a project.
Select one or multiple employees from the crew list.
Perform a bulk Clock-in for the selected group.
Manage the shift by adding breaks or special conditions for the crew.
Tap Clock-out to end the session for all selected employees.
Note:
The app automatically retains the employee selection from the previous session for faster clock-ins. If an employee in the previous crew has become invalid, the app will continue only with the valid members.
Admins have the highest level of oversight and can configure how Live tracking behaves for the entire company on Web application. He can also log time for himself and for all other roles in the mobile app.
Key Features and Behaviors
GPS Validation: The system records the worker’s location at clock-in and clock-out to verify whether they are on-site, near-site, or off-site, excluding break periods.
Crew Deviation: If a supervisor starts a session for an employee but the employee acts independently later, they are removed from the supervisor's live tracking to avoid conflicts.
Costs and Quantities (C&Q): Users can link C&Qs to their own time cards during live tracking; bulk actions attach C&Qs only to the logged-in user's time card.