Marketplace

The Marketplace in Simplified HR is your central hub for discovering, installing, and managing both paid and free applications. These apps enhance your organization's capabilities by providing tools for productivity tracking, seat reservation, attendance management, email signature creation, and workflow automation.

This guide is designed for administrators, owners, and users with similar roles who need to manage organizational apps, as well as general users who want to access installed applications.
who want to access installed applications.

Prerequisites

• You must have an active Simplified HR account

• To install or uninstall apps, you need Owner, Admin, or equivalent permissions

• Your organization must have the appropriate subscription plan to access paid applications

Understanding app types

Paid apps

Paid apps are marked with a Pro tag and require a Pro subscription plan. These premium applications include:

• Easybook: A comprehensive booking system with an interactive interface for seat reservations across your organization

• Biometric: An attendance tracking application that monitors employee attendance through punch in/out using card readers or biometric devices

• Mailerlite: An email marketing tool and website builder that automates employee communications

• Work Journal: A productivity application for documenting daily work activities, maintaining records, and tracking progress over time

Free apps

Free apps are marked with a Free tag and are available on any subscription plan:

• Signature: An application that creates unique, branded email signatures for your company

Accessing the Marketplace

1. Locate Marketplace in the left navigation main menu

   

2. Click Marketplace to open the Marketplace page.

3. Note: Only users with Owner, Admin, or similar roles can install and configure apps for the organization.

Exploring the Marketplace interface

Main sections

The Marketplace contains two primary areas:

• Home: Browse all available applications.
  

• My Library: View and manage your installed applications.
  

Search and filtering tools

You can efficiently find apps using these features:

• Search bar: Enter keywords to locate specific applications.
  

• Filter by: Choose from All Apps, Free, Paid, or Free Trial options

• Sort by: Organize results by Name, Newest, or Popularity

Default settings: Filter and Sort will be set as All apps and Name respectively.

Installing applications

Installation process

1. Navigate to the Marketplace>Home section.

2. Locate the application you want to install.

3. Click the Install button next to the desired app.

4. A success notification will confirm the installation.

Important installation notes

• Installing an app makes it available to all users in your organization

• Apps can only be installed from Marketplace > Home

• Successfully installed apps display an "Installed" tag.

  

• Installed apps appear in multiple locations:

  • Marketplace > Home and Marketplace > My Library.

    

    

• My Apps in the navigation menu.

• Control Center page.

Uninstalling applications

1. Navigate to Marketplace > My Library.

2. Locate the app you want to remove.

3. Click the Delete button next to the application.
   

4. Confirm the action in the confirmation modal by clicking Uninstall.

5. A success message will confirm the uninstallation.
   

Important: Uninstalling an app removes it for all users in your organization, not just the person performing the action.

Launching applications

Access requirements: Access is provided as per Roles and Permission.

Launch locations

You can open installed applications from several areas:

For administrators and owners:

• Marketplace > Home or Marketplace > My Library (click Open).

• My Apps in the navigation menu.

• Control Center page.

For general users:

My Apps in the navigation menu.

Troubleshooting

Common issues and solutions

• Cannot install apps: Verify you have the correct role permissions and that your organization has the appropriate subscription plan

• App not appearing after installation: Refresh the page or clear your browser cache

• Unable to launch an app: Ensure the app is properly installed and check your role-based access permissions

• Uninstallation not working: Confirm you're accessing the feature from Marketplace > My Library and have the necessary permissions

Next steps

• Learn how to configure individual apps after installation by reviewing app-specific documentation

• Explore advanced features within each installed application

• Review your organization's user roles and permissions to understand access levels

• Contact your system administrator if you need additional apps or encounter installation issue