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Admin quick start guide

Everything an admin needs to know to get started with Begin.

Written by Merilin Peetris
Updated today

As an Admin, you have full access to all Begin features. This guide gives you a quick overview of the key tasks you will perform.

Your key responsibilities

  • Company setup — configure settings, create departments, set up overtime rules

  • Employee management — add employees, set roles and permissions, manage contracts

  • Time tracking devices — set up fingerprint readers, face readers, and tablets

  • Timesheet management — review, edit, and confirm employee working hours

  • Scheduling — create and publish work schedules

  • Reports and exports — generate reports and export data to payroll systems

First things to set up

  1. Company contacts — click your account name at the bottom of the sidebar, select Settings, then go to Company Contacts and enter your company details.

  2. Overtime rules — go to Settings → Overtime Calculation and configure how overtime is calculated.

  3. Departments — go to Organization in the sidebar and create your company's department structure.

  4. Employees — go to Employees and add your team members.

  5. Objects (optional) — if employees work at different locations, go to Objects and create your work sites.

Daily tasks

  • Check the Dashboard for an overview of who is working today

  • Review the Timesheets for any missing or incorrect entries

  • Approve or decline Requests from employees

End-of-period tasks

  • Confirm hours on the Timesheets page before generating reports

  • Go to Reports to generate the pay report or hours summary

  • Go to Exports to send data to your payroll system

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