{"id":50017,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-deactivate-and-reactivate-a-geolocation-location"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:41:26","slug":"how-to-deactivate-and-reactivate-a-geolocation-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/how-to-deactivate-and-reactivate-a-geolocation-location\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deactivate and Reactivate a Geolocation Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Geolocation location has an Active switch that enables or disables the configured worksite without requiring the operator to redraw its map zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use it when work at a site is paused or a location should not be available for location-based attendance during a period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A saved location exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The administrator can edit the location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Active<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Switch determining whether the location is enabled.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Allowed Zones<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Remain configured in the editor.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Employee Access<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Remains visible and editable while changing status.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Geolocation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the existing location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm its name and address before changing it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the Active switch in Location Data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn it off to disable the location, or on to re-enable it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review the existing zones and employee list without changing them unnecessarily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Save.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return to the Geolocation list and check the Status column.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The location is saved with the selected active state.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Geolocation location has an Active switch that enables or disables the configured worksite without requiring the operator to redraw its map zones.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geolocation-zones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50202,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50017\/revisions\/50202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}