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MTSBob
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Jun 26, 2019
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Time report export from Shifts app has stopped working

On the Teams app (both desktop and web):

 

Attempting to export the clock in/out data via Shifts App--> Settings-->Time Clock-->Export

 

No file is generated/not prompted to save. This has been working up till recently. Can anyone confirm whether this is working for them?

 

Thanks,

Bob

  • I believe I have identified the scenario where this fails: Users are unable to export time clock data from Shifts. The only user who is able to perform an export successfully is the person who actually created the schedule - other users, despite being designated as Team Owners, are unable to export. They click the export button, and nothing happens, no file is downloaded. I have confirmed this behavior across several tenants and users/schedules. It fails in both the web app and the desktop app.

     

    Edit/Update: Confirmed as a bug w/MS Technical Support who was able to reproduce this issue. The only recourse is to suggest this in "User Voice" which seems like a dead-end, surely never to be looked at again. This bug effectively prevents several of my clients from adopting shifts, since there is no way for the folks in payroll, for example, who depend on this data to pull it themselves on demand - they have to wait/hope for the schedule owner to provide it to them, And in many cases, the person who created the schedule initially, is not the actual front-line manager responsible for the schedules.

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  • JDeckerICT's avatar
    JDeckerICT
    Copper Contributor

    MTSBob I am having this same issue that just started on 7/25/2023, but it is only affecting one of my Scheduling Groups. All of the other 7 Groups still export without issue. 

    • TomsiP's avatar
      TomsiP
      Copper Contributor

      JDeckerICT have you managed to find a solutions for this issue? It seems that for me this has just started occurring... I did the basic troubleshooting but nothing seems to be working.

      • RedNDusty's avatar
        RedNDusty
        Copper Contributor
        TomsiP same here. It just started this morning and it seems the entire organization is affected.
  • MTSBob This is working for me from the desktop app. I have never received a prompt/confirmation of file export. If I check my default downloads folder for Chrome, the file is in there. 

    • MTSBob's avatar
      MTSBob
      Iron Contributor

      I have a handful of users for whom this isn't working - but it is working for some. It behaves the same regardless of desktop or web.

       

      FWIW, when it does work, you do in fact get a toast notification that the file is downloading.

       

      I'm going to do what I find I have to do frequently: remove, then re-add the users to the various teams where they've been affected. Thankfully, they are team owners (manager types) and don't actually have shifts in the schedules.

       

      Thanks for the help folks!

      • MTSBob's avatar
        MTSBob
        Iron Contributor

        I believe I have identified the scenario where this fails: Users are unable to export time clock data from Shifts. The only user who is able to perform an export successfully is the person who actually created the schedule - other users, despite being designated as Team Owners, are unable to export. They click the export button, and nothing happens, no file is downloaded. I have confirmed this behavior across several tenants and users/schedules. It fails in both the web app and the desktop app.

         

        Edit/Update: Confirmed as a bug w/MS Technical Support who was able to reproduce this issue. The only recourse is to suggest this in "User Voice" which seems like a dead-end, surely never to be looked at again. This bug effectively prevents several of my clients from adopting shifts, since there is no way for the folks in payroll, for example, who depend on this data to pull it themselves on demand - they have to wait/hope for the schedule owner to provide it to them, And in many cases, the person who created the schedule initially, is not the actual front-line manager responsible for the schedules.

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