{"id":9399,"date":"2022-04-14T05:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/?p=9399"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:47:06","slug":"breaks-kiosk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/breaks-kiosk","title":{"rendered":"Track breaks on kiosk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Breaks on kiosk allow employees to specify when they\u2019re on a break via a <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/track-time-on-kiosk\">kiosk<\/a>. They can start or end their breaks using your kiosk terminal. Later, in reports, admins and managers can see when each employee was on a break and for how long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note translation-block\">Breaks are a <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/subscribe-upgrade\">paid feature<\/a>, which you can enable by upgrading your account to any paid plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tip\">Breaks can be enabled by admins in the Workspace settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To start a break:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to kiosk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your PIN (if required) or scan QR code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Choose <strong>Start break<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re clocked-in and start a break, you&#8217;ll be automatically clocked-out and a timer for break entry will start immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who are on a break will have an orange dot next to them on the kiosk list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Team <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/reports\/dashboard\">Dashboard<\/a> also shows who&#8217;s currently clocked-in and who&#8217;s on a break in the web app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-883x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17268\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-883x1024.png 883w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-768x890.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-1325x1536.png 1325w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12-10x12.png 10w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-12.26.12.png 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finish break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To finish a break:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to kiosk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your PIN (if required) or scan QR code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Choose <strong>Finish break<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>When you finish a break, you&#8217;ll be automatically clocked-in again. A break timer will end and a new clock-in timer will start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-884x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17267\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-884x1024.png 884w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-768x890.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-1325x1536.png 1325w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20-10x12.png 10w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-11.46.20.png 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reports for breaks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can distinguish break entries from regular work entries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the Timer Tracker, Detailed report, and Approval,  a break entry will have a gray &#8220;Break&#8221; tag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Calendar, a break entry will have a coffee cup icon on it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Timesheet, a new line shows all breaks summarized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can define to which project\/task break time will be tracked in the kiosk settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Go to <strong>Kiosk<\/strong> page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Click <strong>three dots<\/strong> next to some kiosk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a default project\/task for break<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save kiosk and all break time will be tracked to the selected project\/task<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that you can change the default project\/task break for one or multiple kiosks, if you&#8217;re a member of multiple kiosks. If you click a continue icon on a break entry (via Time Tracker or Calendar), a timer for a new break entry will start running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note translation-block\">Users on all <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/subscription-plans#basic\">paid plans<\/a> can create multiple kiosks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Timesheet, you can edit breaks, or copy them from previous week or via template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Detailed report and Time Tracker, break entries can be edited in the same way as other time entries. You can also include them in invoices if they&#8217;re billable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can filter reports by break and non-break status in the Status filter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see break status of each entry in the Detailed report export (Excel, CSV). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not possible to remove the break tag from an entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to manually create a break entry, duplicate an existing one and modify its information (e.g. start\/end time, user, etc.). If you duplicate it while the Break feature is disabled, a regular entry will be created instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re no longer on a paid plan, Break feature will be disabled, but time entries for break made by that point will remain visible, but not editable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/break-report-1024x332.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/break-report-1024x332.png 1024w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/break-report-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/break-report-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/break-report.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group related-articles\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list related-articles-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/track-time-on-kiosk\">Track time on kiosk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/customize-kiosk\">Customize kiosk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/pin#clock-in-via-pin\">Kiosk clock-in authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaks on kiosk allow employees to specify when they\u2019re on a break via a kiosk&#8230;","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_helpful_status":1,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-track-time-and-expenses","category-kiosk"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ClockifyStageAdmin","author_link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/author\/clockifystageadmin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9399"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27886,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399\/revisions\/27886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}