Understanding Time & Attendance Clocks (ID: 6404)
The Time & Attendance Clocks category, designated by ID 6404, is part of the Office Supplies > Office Equipment taxonomy. This category is specifically designed for hardware devices used by businesses to record employee arrival and departure times for payroll and scheduling purposes.
What Belongs in This Category
This category includes a wide range of professional time-keeping equipment found in the US market. Examples include:
- Analog and electronic time recorders that print dates and times on physical paper cards.
- Biometric systems utilizing fingerprint scans or facial recognition technology.
- Digital and automated proximity badge reader kits for secure time tracking.
- Calculating time clocks that automatically tally total working hours.
- Atomic time clocks providing high-precision date and time stamping for documentation.
What Does Not Belong Here
Do not include office tools that perform different administrative functions. If your product falls into the following categories, use them instead:
- Calculators (for standard mathematical devices).
- Label Makers (for physical label printing equipment).
- Office Shredders (for document destruction machines).
- Postage Meters (for mail processing hardware).
- Typewriters (for manual or electronic document typing tools).
- Transcribers & Dictation Systems (for audio recording hardware).
Feed Implementation
You can populate the google_product_category attribute using the numeric ID 6404 or the full path: Office Supplies > Office Equipment > Time & Attendance Clocks. While this field is optional, providing the ID ensures Google applies the correct classification to your items, as the system does not support subcategories for this specific branch.