Settings Overview

Configure your FabWise account — how time is tracked, how shifts are scheduled and reviewed, your team's structure, devices, and company details.

Why it matters

Your settings control how FabWise records time, when shifts get flagged for review, and how your shop is organized. Getting them right upfront means less manual work later — shifts auto-approve correctly, schedules generate automatically, and your time records are clean for payroll.

FabWise captures accurate time records. It does not calculate pay or enforce labor law — your payroll provider (ADP, Gusto, QuickBooks, etc.) handles pay classification and compliance.

Where to find it

Path: Admin > Settings
Who can change it: Account admins
Layout: A navigation rail on the left lists every settings page, grouped by what it controls: General (Overview, Company, Briefing), Organization (Departments, Schedules, Scheduling, Labor Codes), Modules & Devices (Time Tracking, Features, Devices), and Account (Billing, Support access)

What you'll see

Each page owns one area of your account. Most settings have sensible defaults — you only change what's specific to your shop.

Overview

The health of your account at a glance: your plan, how many of your licensed seats are in use, and seat utilization. Below that, a Needs attention list — remaining setup steps when you're getting started, and anything misconfigured after that. When setup is complete and every check passes, the list goes quiet.

Company

Your business details, branding (logo and brand color), the Shop banner, and how jobs are labelled. The Shop banner is a note to everybody in the shop — whatever you write here appears at the top of every kiosk and workstation screen until you clear it. Each section has its own Save button.

Briefing

The daily briefing's controls: switch it on for your shop, choose its focus, see how many people are set to receive it, and restore any silenced tips. See [Daily Briefing](daily-briefing.md).

Departments and Schedules

Your team's structure and the schedule templates shifts generate from. Each is its own page now — see [Setting Up Departments and Workers](setting-up-departments-and-workers.md) and [Schedules](scheduling.md).

Scheduling

Shift types (each with a color used across the schedule views), scheduling preferences, and schedule actions like Rebuild Schedule.

Labor Codes

The codes workers tag their time to, used for job costing and payroll export. Create, edit, and delete them right here. Only admins can manage labor codes.

Time Tracking

The time math: Time & Pay (clock-time rounding and pay periods), Shift Review (the thresholds that decide which shifts get flagged vs. auto-approved), Shift Settings (e.g. the maximum shift duration before a shift is auto-ended), and Employee Visibility.

Features

Your shop's optional modules, each with a simple on/off switch: Time Off, Worker Push Notifications, Workstation Messages, Machine Tracking, Shop Supplies, Self Performance, and End-of-Day Allocation. Modules that need the Professional plan say so next to the switch.

Devices

Everything connected to your account, in three sections: Kiosk devices (add a new kiosk here, up to five), Workstations (workers' bound tablets — Professional plan), and iOS app (who's signed in to the FabWise Supervisor app on their phone). Every row has a prominent Revoke — one click cuts a lost or retired device off.

Billing

Your plan, what you're paying, and any Additional Users beyond your plan's included seats. History shows every payment; Analytics shows your team growth and billing trends.

Support access

Control whether FabWise support staff can access your account to help you.

What to do

First-time setup (recommended order)

Company — enter your business details
Time Tracking — set your rounding interval (15 min is standard) and pay-period setup
Departments, Schedules, and Scheduling — create your team structure, schedule templates, and shift types
Devices — pair your kiosk tablet
Users (Admin > Users) — add your workers with PINs and roles

The Overview page's Needs attention list walks you through the same steps.

Ongoing adjustments

Shift review thresholds: if too many shifts are flagged, loosen the Shift Review thresholds on the Time Tracking page
Schedules: update when shifts change seasonally or you add weekend work
Departments: add as your shop grows
Features: flip a module on when you're ready to try it

Common questions

Q: Can I change settings after we start tracking time?
A: Yes. Settings changes apply to future shifts. Past shifts keep the settings that were in effect when they were processed — so it's safe to adjust without retroactively changing anyone's records.

Q: Does FabWise calculate overtime or enforce break laws?
A: No. FabWise captures accurate time records — who worked when, breaks taken, time by labor code. Your payroll provider classifies overtime and handles labor-law compliance from those records.

Q: What happens if I misconfigure something?
A: FabWise validates settings — you can't enter values outside the allowed ranges, and the Overview page's Needs attention list flags combinations that don't make sense.

Q: Where did the settings tabs go?
A: Settings moved from tabs to a grouped list on the left side of the page. Everything is still here — module switches are together on Features, the daily briefing has its own Briefing page, and Departments and Schedules are their own entries.

[Schedules](scheduling.md)
[Managing Users](managing-users.md)
[Shift Approval](shift-approval.md)
[Time Rounding](../time-tracking/time-rounding.md)
[Daily Briefing](daily-briefing.md)

Last updated: 2026-08-11