OpenHRApp Guides — How to use OpenHRApp
Step-by-step guides for setting up and running OpenHRApp: attendance, leave, employees, organization structure, reports, and performance reviews.
Install OpenHRApp as an App (PWA) on Android and iOS
Install OpenHRApp on your phone or desktop as a Progressive Web App (PWA) — no app store download required.
Exporting Employee Data
How to export your employee directory as CSV for data analysis or branded PDF for stakeholder sharing.
Subscription and Upgrade Options
OpenHRApp's subscription model explained — Trial, Donation tiers, Ad-Supported free tier, and what happens when your trial expires.
Understanding the Dashboard
A detailed tour of OpenHRApp's role-based dashboard — what each widget shows for Employees, Managers, and Admins.
Configuring Notification Settings
How to configure email notifications, enable or disable notification types, set up SMTP, and manage notification retention.
Custom Leave Types and Special Leave
Understanding all leave types in OpenHRApp — Maternity, Paternity, Earned, Unpaid, half-day leave, and custom-configured types.
Theme Customization
Personalize OpenHRApp with 14 color themes, dark mode, light mode, and system preference — saved across devices.
Notifications — Bell Notifications and Admin Management
How OpenHRApp's bell and email notification system works, what events trigger notifications, and how admins manage them.
Announcements — Viewing and Creating
How to view organization announcements in OpenHRApp, and how Admins can create, target, and manage company-wide communications.
Performance Reviews — HR Calibration
How HR calibrates performance reviews, assigns final overall ratings, manages review cycles, and completes the process.
Performance Reviews — For Managers
How managers review employee self-assessments, provide competency ratings and feedback, and submit for HR calibration.
Performance Reviews — Employee Self-Assessment
How to complete your self-assessment in OpenHRApp — rate competencies, add comments, and submit for manager review.
Roles and Permissions in OpenHRApp
Complete guide to OpenHR's role-based access control — what Admin, HR, Manager, Team Lead, and Employee roles can access.
Managing Your Profile and Settings
How to view your employee profile, update your name and email, change your password, and customize your app theme.
Generating Reports
How to generate attendance and leave reports in OpenHRApp, export as CSV or PDF, and email summaries to stakeholders.
Setting Up Your Organization
Complete admin guide to configuring departments, teams, shifts, GPS locations, leave policies, holidays, and workflows in OpenHRApp.
Managing Employees — Adding and Editing Staff
How admins add new employees, assign roles and departments, manage the employee directory, and export staff data.
Understanding Leave Policies
How leave types, balances, quotas, approval workflows, and holiday exclusions are configured in OpenHRApp.
Leave Approval — For HR and Admins
How HR and Admin users verify, approve, reject, and manage leave records with admin override capabilities.
Leave Approval — For Managers
How managers review, approve, or reject leave requests from direct reports in OpenHR's multi-step approval workflow.
How to Apply for Leave
Step-by-step guide to applying for leave in OpenHR — check your balance, submit a request, and track the approval status.
Attendance for Admins — Audit and Manual Entries
How admins can audit attendance records, edit clock-in times, create manual entries, and mark employees as absent.
Understanding Your Attendance Logs
How to view your personal attendance history, understand attendance status badges, and read consolidated daily records.
How to Clock In and Out
A complete guide to clocking in and out of work using OpenHR's selfie and GPS-based attendance system.
Welcome to OpenHRApp — Your First Steps
Complete guide to OpenHR's selfie-based attendance system with GPS location verification, office and factory clock-in modes.