How to setup a custom whitelabeled URL for your uKnowva instance

Many a times our customers love the system so much that they want to own it as well and want to whitelabel it completely in terms of look and feel as well as the URL.

By default, the URL for any cloud based instance of uKnowva is something like awesomecompany.uknowva.com , now if you wish to change this to say hrms.awesomecompany.com , then you can follow the below process

1. Add a CNAME record in the DNS of awesomecompany.com...

How to assign HR Manager's right to multiple Users via Usergroups in uKnowva

 

1) Log in with your uKnowva account. Click on ...

How to Exclude users from TDS in uKnowva

 

If you want from some Employee's salary, TDS should not get deducted then you can exclude those employees in uKnowva.

 

1) Log in with your uKnowva account. Click on your profile icon from the top-right corner, click on the menu ‘uKnowva Configuration’.

 

2) Go to

How to revoke 'Admin' rights in uKnowva

 

1) Log in with your uKnowva account. Click on your profile icon from the top-right corner, click on the menu uKnowva Configuration’.

 

2) Click on ‘User Manager’, search for the employee, and click on ‘edit user’ for which user ‘Admin’ ...

How to provide 'Admin' rights to any user in uKnowva

1) Log in with your uKnowva account. Click on your profile icon from the top-right corner, click on the menu ‘uKnowva Configuration’.

2) Click on ‘User Manager’, search for the employee, and click on ‘edit user’ to whom you want to assign the ‘Admin’ rights.

3) Click on the Role and select the ‘Admin’ from the drop-down and click on save....

How to maintain Payroll confidentiality in uKnowva

 

Payroll and confidentiality exist together. The former includes administering the duties necessary to pay employees and

conduct the business constitutionally; the latter requires guarding the financial data used in the payroll process.

 

Limit access to payroll data

Only...

Froala editor: Unlicensed copy error on uKnowva

In uKnowva instances if you are using the Froala editor, then you may see the below Warning

Actually, this warning is because Froala editor is an extension we have integrated for uKnowva platform, but it has its own pricing. We at uKnowva.com do not distribute their license of Froala, you can check the pricing here: https://froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/pricing/ neither is the same included in the uKnowva subscription (Though we intend to do it in future some day and are negotiat...

How to Configure a perfect Work from Home policy using uKnowva HRMS

Amid the Coronavirus scare, there is a need to allow people to work from home. Now the challenge is: How to record people's attendance properly. One of the ways of doing that is to regularize your attendance, but there is another Smarter way, by just configuring the Virtual biometric plugin properly in uKnowva. Here is a step by step guide for the same

1. Enable the Virtual biometric plugin so that people can punch in even from home. For this, just go to uKnowva Configuration --> P...

How to generate TEXT file to be uploaded on EPFO Unified Web Portal?

ECR stands for Electronic Challan cum Return which is an electronic monthly return that has to be uploaded by the employer through the Employer EPF portal. 

uKnowva facilitates an easy export of the TEXT file directly from the system.

This file will have the employee name and employee codes along with the PF contributions details.uKNowva allows you to add more components to your export file.

This file can further be directly used to upload for ECR filing.

 

Setting up uknowva on your own Premises using PHP 5.6

To successfully install uKnowva HRMS application on your private cloud, follow the below-mentioned configuration specifications.

To run uKnowva HRMS you would require to install Apache, PHP and MySQL.

 

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How to setup a geo-fence in uKnowva?

uKnowva geo-fencing works in tandem with the virtual biometric plugin.

To pin a location, you must define the latitude and longitude. Then you can mention the radius for

specifying the vicinity of the location. The latitude, longitude, and radius will create a perimeter by

defining a geo barrier or fence.

 

Thus, the employee can’t clock in if they are far away from the office location nor can their buddy

clock in for them. Flexibili...

How to create Google Maps API key

Here is the step by step guide to generating Google Maps API key. 

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How to configure, add, apply and approve optional Holidays in uKnowva?

How to configure optional Holidays in uKnowva?

Note: The Configuration is available only for Admin Users.

Step 1:-Click on the profile icon shown in the top right corner and click on the uKnowva configuration.

 

Step 2:- Select 'APPS MANAGER' shown on the left side.

 

 Step 3:- Search and click on 'HRM Lite'.

 

Step 4:- Fi...

How to setup HR SPOCS in uKnowva

HR SPOCS are individuals entitled to all the role and responsibilities of a HR manager, although these responsibilities will be with regards to specific employees only.

Employees will be individually mapped to specific HR spocs in their...

How to allocate shifts in uknowva HRMS?

Shifts are used to schedule employee timings in an organization. Setting up daily, weekly, monthly basis shift timings for employees is possible in uKnowva.

You can assign these shifts using the import functionality which allows bulk import via excel.

To add Shifts:

Step 1: Go to the left main menu -> HR MANAGER - > Shift Allocation

 

Step 2: Click on 'Add' Button.

 

How to add/delete bookings in meeting rooms extension?

This system enables you to create multiple meeting rooms for your organization. All employees can then pre-book meeting rooms for their meeting as per availability, they can also share meetings with other employees. You can also set access control as to which all user groups shall have access to book rooms. You can also define meeting room admins who shall ...

How to check the investment declaration done by the employee and also verify the proofs?

Step 1: Go to left hand side menu->'Investment Declarations'->'Pending Approval'.

 

Step 2: List shows 'pending Approvals' of Investment Declarations.

 

Step 3: there are 3 options provided in the 'Approve/Reject' column for view, accept and reject.

 

Step 4: To see all the list which is already approved click on the 'view all' button which sh...

How uKnowva recruitment module works?

This document describes the flow of the Recruitment module in uKnowva.

This Recruitment Module allows the employees of your organization to post Jobs and other people/HR can post the CV/Resumes received from various sources into the system. You can also change job status and applicant status and track/analyze the complete recruitment cycle of your organization

Below is the diagrammatic representation of the Recruitment module flow.

 

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How to add shifts in uKnowva ?

Shifts are used to schedule employee timings in an organisation. Setting up multiple shift timings for employees is possible in uKnowva.

You can add these multiple shift schedules using the import functionality which allows bulk import via excel.

To add Shifts:

Step 1: Go to the left main menu -> HR MANAGER - > ADD SHIFTS

 

 

Step 2: Click on 'Add Shift'.

 

 

Step 3: Specify the details

How to upload/change banner (sliding images) in uKnowva?

Step 1: Go to ‘uknowva configurations’

Step 2 : Go to 'Widget Manager' menu from the left menus and search for 'Main Home Slider'.

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