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Generating a Monthly Report:

  1. Report > Attendance Report > By Month.
  2. Select date range and departments.
  3. Click "Calculate." (Version 487 requires a manual calculate; it does not auto-update reports).
  4. Review the "Status" column (Normal, Late, Absent, Overtime).
  5. Export > "Payroll Format (CSV)."

Minimum Requirements:

Common deployment architecture

1. Introduction

The ZKTime50 Attendance Management System is a software solution developed by ZKTeco (a global leader in biometric and RFID security) designed to manage employee attendance, scheduling, and reporting. The specific version examined in this paper—ver 487, build 153—represents a mature release that balances stability, feature completeness, and compatibility with mid-range biometric terminals and proximity card readers.

This paper outlines the core architecture, installation, features, operational workflows, and known characteristics of this specific build for system administrators, HR personnel, and IT managers.

8. Security and User Permissions

Version 487 introduces role-based access control (RBAC) for the PC software.

Data model (typical)

An Informative Overview of the ZKTime50 Attendance Management System (ver 487, build 153)