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How to configure general company settings

Overview of the settings pages available to admins.

Written by Merilin Peetris
Updated today

Begin has several settings pages that admins can use to configure the system. This article gives an overview of the available settings.

Note: Some settings sections may not be visible depending on your plan, permissions, and enabled features.

How to access settings

Click Settings in the left sidebar. The settings page opens with a sidebar showing all available sections.

Settings sections

Company contacts

Your company's basic information: company name, invoice email, contact person name, phone, and email.

Overtime calculation

Configure overtime rules, normal working hours, calculation periods, and special hour multipliers (evening, night, weekend, holiday).

Working schedules

Configure default working schedule settings.

Compliance

Set up compliance checks for working time regulations. Requires compliance permissions.

Rounding

Configure time rounding rules for clock-in times, clock-out times, and total hours.

Automatic closure

Set up automatic period closure rules.

Pause

Configure automatic pause (break) deduction rules, including multiple pauses and reset thresholds.

Timesheets

Configure timesheet display and behavior settings.

Reports

Set the time format for reports (clock or decimal) and whether to show only confirmed hours.

Mobile app

Configure GPS requirements, app features, and company-wide clock-in/out reminder schedules.

Biometric terminal

Configure settings for fingerprint and face reader devices — break registration, object code entry, and identifier linking.

Tablet

Configure which fields are required on the tablet terminal form. Requires the tablet feature to be enabled.

API Tokens

Create and manage API access tokens for integrations. Requires the API tokens feature to be enabled. Admin only.

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