Features on Mobile App

Features

The Zoho People mobile app lets you

  • Do check-in and check-out
  • View total hours logged weekly and monthly in a single screen
  • View notifications in feeds 
  • Search colleagues' information
  • View departments of your organization
  • Call, text and email colleagues
  • Mark and View favorites
  • View birthday buddies list
  • Use the time tracker
  • Apply leave
  • Approve or reject requests

Checking-in and out from mobile

Your daily check-in and out can be easily done via mobile.Follow the steps given below.

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • To check-in, just drag your picture to the right of the screen (on to the chair)
  • To check-out, just drag your picture to the left of the screen (back to your home)

To prevent any misuse, you can set IP restriction and control employees from marking attendance outside the specific IP range.

Searching colleague's information

Zoho People's mobile app acts as a handy directory, using which you can look up your colleague's contact information. Follow the steps given below to do this.

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • In the Search box, provide name of your colleague and hit Search as shown in the image below or just scroll through the page

You can search for your organizational members by department, name, email ID, blood group and even based on tags.

Viewing departments of your organization

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Tap on the search icon and tap Departments

All your organizational departments will be listed.

  • Select a department to view its members

Contacting employees from mobile

The Zoho People mobile app serves as a great collaboration tool. You can call, chat and communicate with your employees all from your mobile.

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Provide Employee Name or Email or Phone
  • Swipe left over the contact name as shown in the image below
  • Tap the respective icon to call, text or email as per your requirement

Marking contacts as 'Favorite'

A favorite employee is someone you frequently contact in your organization. Simply tap the star on the employee profile to mark it as Favorite. This helps you to avoid repeated searches.

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Type employee name and search
  • Tap the star to mark it as Favorite
  • Swipe left over the contact name and tap the star to mark it as Favorite
  • To view favorites list, go back Home page and tap Favorites

Viewing birthday buddies

You can view the list of birthday buddies in your organization using Zoho People's mobile app.

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Tap Born This Day to view who is celebrating their birthday

Tracking time from mobile

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Tap Time Tracker and tap + icon on the left to add job and log time
  • Provide New Job Name or you can select from the existing jobs
  • Provide What are you working on
  • Tap Hours, Start & End and Start Timer and select the required hours and the time period required for the work
  • Swipe ON/OFF to select either billable or non-billable and provide description if needed
  • Tap icon at the top right corner of Log Time and a message appears Time log entry added successfully

Applying leave from mobile

  • Open the Zoho People application on your iPhone/iPad or Android device
  • Tap Time-off
  • Select your leave type
  • Tap on the specific leave type, tap on the calendar to select From date and To date and provide Reason for leave
  • Tap icon at the top right corner to apply for leave successfully

Note: You can also apply for half-day and hour-based leave type.