Tuesday, 29 November 2011

New WhosOff API - get access to your data

Today sees the launch of our beta API (Application Programming Interface)
What's it for and what can it do ?
If your are a developer/programmer you'll know all about API's and how to use them to integrate with your existing systems.
The current beta release of the API only has 'Read' functions, although we expect to add additional 'write' functions in future.
This beta release of the API has functions to retrieve data:
Who's Off by date range, by Department, by Leave type
Staff Details
Department List
Leave Type List
If you are interested in having access to the API , just let us know at support@whosoff.com

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Be a WhosOff.com Agent

We are aware many of our existing users refer new companies to us, and for this we are very grateful.

So much so, that we have set up an 'Agents' area where you can, if you wish, register yourself as an 'Agent' so that we can reward you for sending new clients to us.

For full details, please email as at support@whosoff.com

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Integrating Whosoff.com into your iPhone

If you want to see who's off in your company - follow these easy instructions to get your company WhosOff.com calendar into your iPhone.


1. Login to WhosOff.com

2. Click Tools

3. In Tools View > Under available feeds > RIGHT click on the feed link > Click properties

4. In the properties popup window take a note of the ‘Address(URL)’ or keep the window open . The URL should be ‘https://staff.whosoff.com/feeds/?u=’ plus a long number

On the iPhone – We strongly recommend that the device uses the WiFi facility when setting up the calendar subscription service.

5. Touch Settings

6. In the Setting view > Touch ‘Mail, Contacts, Calendars’

7. In the Mail, Contacts, Calendars view > Touch ‘Add Account ...’

8. In the Add Account > Touch ‘Other’

9. In the Other View > Touch ‘Add Subscribed Calendar’

10.A new view will appear requesting Server .. enter the Address URL from the WhosOff (https://staff.whosoff.com/feeds/?u= + the long number)

11.Touch Verify and the device will check that the link is valid . If it is successful the subscription view will appear.

12.At the point you may change the description to something more meaningful ie WhosOff Calendar – To do this touch the Description row and you will then be able to edit.

13.Touch ‘SAVE’ and the calendar has been added to the device.

Check your calendar subscription has been successfully uploaded. On the iPhone touch Calendar. When the Calendar has loaded , touch ‘Calendars’ in the top left hand corner and a new row should appear ‘Subscribed’ and a new calendar name. Ensure the row is ticked and touch done. The calendar will now show your companies staff leave.

Note: The calendar feeds are only available if your super user allows access to your companies calendar feeds.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

WhosOff for iPhone and Android Released

Connecting to your WhosOff account is now possible 24/7.

We are pleased to announce that our mobile apps for iPhone and Android are available to download from the App Store and Android Market

Both Apps are Free to download and make managing your staff leave and out-of-office times on the move very simple and easy.

Looks like BlackBerry app is not far behind !

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Whosoff for iPhone and Android

Mobile team are currently testing iPhone and Android apps.
It's going to make requesting leave/vacation so easy!

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Statistics and Auto Report Scheduling

Some great new features in WhosOff (currently in BETA) to help you manage your staff leave effectively:

On the 'My Staff' link you can see an overview of the your staff members' leave balances. You can also see some useful statistic analysis including a breakdown by leave type and the number of occurences by leave type.

Click on 'Report Scheduling' and you can schedule WhosOff to automatically send you reports for yesterday,today, this week or this month

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Over 1 Million leave requests processed

Wednesday 6th April 2011 saw the WhosOff leave request counter pass through 1,000,000
Watch the live statistics on the home page

Switch off Overtime Area

Switch off Overtime Area

If you manage your staff overtime outside of WhosOff, you now have the ability to switch off this area from your account. Simply follow these instructions to do this:

•Login to your WhosOff account
•Click on "Adminsitration", "Company Details"
•Under the heading WhosOff Setup, you can now specify whether the Overtime area/tools are available to the users on your account.
•Don't forget to save any changes you make