Apploye detects suspicious activity, tools, and apps that make a computer look busy when nobody is actually working. You'll find every flag in the Unusual Activity report.
To open it, go to Activity Insights and then select "Unusual Activity". The Dashboard's "Productivity this week" section also shows how many unusual activities were flagged this week.
What Apploye flags
Unusual Activity looks for tools that fake keyboard and mouse activity or keep a computer from going idle. Each flagged activity has a different severity and also names the kind of tool that's been detected in the Type column, for example:
- Mouse Jiggler: moves the mouse on its own so the computer never looks idle.
- Mouse Auto Clicker and Multi Functional Auto Clicker: click automatically, again and again.
- Sleep Preventer: keeps the computer awake and the session open.
- Macro App, Automation Software and Automation Tool: apps that click or type for someone, such as macro recorders.
These tools can push the activity percentage up while no one is at the computer. That's why Apploye flags them.
Unusual Activity Report
The report opens on the last 7 days. Click on Date Range at the top to change the period, the arrows to move backward or forward, or Today to view the current day's activity. To see one person's flags, pick them under Member.
To view more details about the flagged activity, click Investigate in the corresponding row. A panel opens on the right and shows screenshots taken while it ran, with the count.
Suspicious apps displays the type of application that was detected, such as Mouse Jigglers, auto-clickers, and sleep preventers. with its time range and how long it was active
Screenshots taken during the flag are the quickest way to see what was really on the screen. To see the whole stretch around it, open Screenshots or Screen Records.
Screen Records only has recordings if your organization has the Screen Recording add-on.
You may also see a suspicious badge on a timesheet or a screenshot. Click the badge to see what was flagged.
Note
Apploye doesn't recommend making employment decisions based solely on unusual activity data.
Treat a flag as a reason to look closer. Before deciding anything do the following:
- Open the screenshots for that period and screen records if you have them.
- Check what the member was working on that day by going to their timesheet and also checking their Productivity report.
- Speak with them. Ask if they are using any automation tools, macros, or applications that are preventing their computer from going idle. If so, ask them to explain the reason for using these tools and how they are used.
Some people may run a keep-awake app for a plain reason, like a long download or a presentation. Others use macros as part of their job. A conversation usually clears it up faster than anything in a report.
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