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Add_bulk_employees.js

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+/* ═══ CYPHER-HR Bulk Import Module ═══ */
+
+const AddBulkEmployees = {
+  showModal() {
+    showModal('Import Employees', `
+      <div class="bulk-import-container">
+        <div class="import-instructions" style="background:var(--bg3); padding:16px; border-radius:var(--radius); margin-bottom:20px; text-align:left;">
+          <h4 style="margin-top:0;">Instructions:</h4>
+          <ol style="margin-bottom:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:0.9rem;">
+            <li>Download the template below.</li>
+            <li>Fill out the employee details. <b>Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password are required.</b></li>
+            <li>Upload the completed <code>.csv</code>, <code>.xls</code>, or <code>.xlsx</code> file.</li>
+          </ol>
+        </div>
+        
+        <div class="form-group" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 24px;">
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline" onclick="AddBulkEmployees.downloadTemplate()">
+            ${icon('download', 18)} Download Template
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <label>Upload Completed File</label>
+          <input type="file" id="bulkUploadFile" accept=".csv, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, application/vnd.ms-excel" style="padding:10px; border:1px dashed var(--border2); border-radius:var(--radius); width:100%; cursor:pointer;">
+        </div>
+
+        <div id="bulkError" class="form-error" style="display:none; text-align:left;"></div>
+        <div id="bulkSuccess" class="form-success" style="display:none; color:var(--success); margin-top:10px; font-weight:600; text-align:center;"></div>
+      </div>
+    `, `
+      <button class="btn btn-outline" onclick="closeModal()">Cancel</button>
+      <button class="btn btn-primary" id="btnProcessImport" onclick="AddBulkEmployees.processFile()">Process Import</button>
+    `);
+  },
+
+  downloadTemplate() {
+    const csvContent = "first_name,last_name,email,password,department,position,phone\nJohn,Doe,john.doe@company.com,password123,IT,Developer,1234567890\nJane,Smith,jane.smith@company.com,password123,HR,Manager,0987654321";
+    const blob = new Blob([csvContent], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' });
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    const link = document.createElement("a");
+    link.setAttribute("href", url);
+    link.setAttribute("download", "CYPHER_HR_Employee_Template.csv");
+    document.body.appendChild(link);
+    link.click();
+    document.body.removeChild(link);
+  },
+
+  async processFile() {
+    const fileInput = document.getElementById('bulkUploadFile');
+    const errEl = document.getElementById('bulkError');
+    const succEl = document.getElementById('bulkSuccess');
+    const btn = document.getElementById('btnProcessImport');
+    
+    errEl.style.display = 'none';
+    succEl.style.display = 'none';
+
+    if (!fileInput.files || fileInput.files.length === 0) {
+      errEl.textContent = "Please select a file to upload.";
+      errEl.style.display = 'block';
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const file = fileInput.files[0];
+    
+    // Check if SheetJS is loaded
+    if (typeof XLSX === 'undefined') {
+      errEl.textContent = "Excel parser library not loaded. Please refresh the page.";
+      errEl.style.display = 'block';
+      return;
+    }
+
+    btn.disabled = true;
+    btn.innerHTML = `${icon('clock', 18)} Processing...`;
+
+    try {
+      const data = await file.arrayBuffer();
+      const workbook = XLSX.read(data);
+      const firstSheetName = workbook.SheetNames[0];
+      const worksheet = workbook.Sheets[firstSheetName];
+      const json = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(worksheet, { defval: "" });
+
+      if (json.length === 0) throw new Error("The uploaded file is empty.");
+
+      // Normalize keys and validate
+      const payload = json.map((row, index) => {
+        // Find keys case-insensitively
+        const getVal = (keyStr) => {
+          const key = Object.keys(row).find(k => k.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '_') === keyStr);
+          return key ? row[key] : '';
+        };
+
+        const emp = {
+          first_name: getVal('first_name'),
+          last_name: getVal('last_name'),
+          email: getVal('email'),
+          password: getVal('password'),
+          department: getVal('department'),
+          position: getVal('position'),
+          phone: getVal('phone')
+        };
+
+        if (!emp.first_name || !emp.last_name || !emp.email || !emp.password) {
+          throw new Error(`Row ${index + 2} is missing required fields (First Name, Last Name, Email, or Password).`);
+        }
+
+        return emp;
+      });
+
+      // Send to backend
+      const response = await App.api('/api/employees/bulk', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({ employees: payload })
+      });
+
+      succEl.textContent = `Successfully imported ${response.inserted} employees. Skipped ${response.skipped} duplicates.`;
+      succEl.style.display = 'block';
+      
+      // Refresh the grid underneath if Admin is on the employees view
+      if (typeof Admin !== 'undefined' && document.getElementById('employeesGrid')) {
+        const updatedGridHTML = await Admin.employeesContent();
+        const contentArea = document.getElementById('contentArea');
+        if (contentArea) contentArea.innerHTML = updatedGridHTML;
+      }
+
+      setTimeout(closeModal, 3000);
+
+    } catch (err) {
+      errEl.textContent = err.message || "Failed to process file.";
+      errEl.style.display = 'block';
+    } finally {
+      btn.disabled = false;
+      btn.textContent = "Process Import";
+    }
+  }
+};

CYPHER_HR_Employee_Template.csv

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+first_name,last_name,email,password,department,position,phone
+John,Doe,john.doe@company.com,password123,IT,Developer,1234567890
+Jane,Smith,jane.smith@company.com,password123,HR,Manager,0987654321
+Alex,Johnson,alex.j@company.com,password123,Sales,Executive,5551234567

README.md

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 - **Granular Leave Controls:** Create custom leave policies (e.g., Sick, Casual, Maternity) and set exact monthly limits.
 - **Direct Allowance Adjustments:** Manually increment or decrement individual employee leave balances when necessary.
 - **Automated Monthly Resets:** A built-in backend Cron Job automatically refreshes all enabled leave allowances at midnight on the 1st of every month.
+- **Bulk Employee Import:** Need to onboard 500 people? Upload an entire roster at once via Excel (`.xls`, `.xlsx`) or `.csv`. A pre-formatted `CYPHER_HR_Employee_Template.csv` is included directly in the repository for quick, seamless mass-onboarding. Files are parsed instantly in the browser using the blazing-fast SheetJS library.
 </details>
 
 <details open>
@@ -89,6 +90,33 @@ CYPHER-HR is built as an enterprise-grade Single Page Application (SPA), rivalin
 - **Custom Date Picker Engine:** Bypasses ugly native browser inputs with a fully custom, interactive calendar dropdown built in Vanilla JS.
 </details>
 
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Feature Deep-Dive
+
+We don't just list features; we build them right. Here is exactly how some of the most advanced capabilities of CYPHER-HR work under the hood.
+
+### 📈 Bulk Employee Onboarding (Excel & CSV)
+Manually typing out 100 new hires is a nightmare. CYPHER-HR includes a **Mass Import Engine**. 
+1. **The Template:** Find the `CYPHER_HR_Employee_Template.csv` file located directly in the repository root. Open it in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or Apple Numbers.
+2. **The Formatting:** Just fill out `first_name`, `last_name`, `email`, and `password`. The system is smart enough to handle missing optional fields (like department or phone).
+3. **The Engine:** Go to the Admin Dashboard -> Employees -> Click **Import Employees**. Upload your spreadsheet. 
+4. **Client-Side Parsing:** Using the blazing-fast `SheetJS` library via CDN, the dashboard parses the entire Excel file directly in your browser. This means zero lag and zero heavy lifting for your backend server!
+5. **Smart Skip:** If you accidentally upload an employee who already exists, the backend intelligently skips the duplicate email without crashing the rest of the batch.
+
+### 🌗 Global Dark Mode
+A true corporate system respects your eyes during late-night shifts. 
+- **Not just a theme:** The dark mode toggle actively shifts the entire CSS variable hierarchy (`--bg`, `--surface`, `--text`). 
+- **Persistent State:** Your preference is automatically saved to your browser's `localStorage`. Next time you boot up the dashboard, it remembers if you prefer light or dark mode.
+
+### 📄 PDF Reporting Engine
+Instead of just handing you raw data, CYPHER-HR creates beautiful, structured PDF documents.
+- **Powered by jsPDF:** Using `jsPDF` and `jspdf-autotable`, the frontend takes your filtered leave requests and dynamically draws a professional PDF document.
+- **Custom Headers:** The PDF automatically injects the current timestamp, the applied filters, and draws corporate-style tables that you can immediately send to payroll or management.
+
+### 🌍 Local Area Network (LAN) Ready
+CYPHER-HR isn't just stuck on `localhost`. The backend Express server is explicitly bound to `0.0.0.0`, meaning it is instantly accessible to anyone on your local network out-of-the-box. Spin it up on a spare office computer, and your entire HR department can securely connect via the host's local IP address without any complex reverse-proxy setup.
+
 <br />
 
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@@ -145,6 +173,7 @@ Want to modify the code? Here is exactly what every file in the project does:
 | **`employee.js`** | The employee portal. Renders personalized stat cards, leave allowance progress bars, and handles the logic for submitting new time-off requests. |
 | **`reports.js`** | The reporting UI controller. It manages the complex filtering forms, queries the API with URL parameters, and renders the data tables. |
 | **`pdf_reports.js`** | The specialized PDF export engine. It takes JSON data from `reports.js`, configures document layouts, creates custom headers, and utilizes `jspdf-autotable` to draw perfectly aligned tables before initiating a browser download. |
+| **`Add_bulk_employees.js`** | The Excel/CSV parsing engine. Hooks into the Admin portal, manages the file upload modal, parses spreadsheets locally using SheetJS, and shoots JSON payloads to the backend for mass insertion. |
 
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admin.js

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       return `
         <div class="content-header">
           <div class="search-box">${icon('search',18)}<input type="text" placeholder="Search employees..." oninput="Admin.filterEmployees(this.value)"></div>
-          <button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="Admin.showAddEmployee()">${icon('plus',18)} Add Employee</button>
+          <div style="display:flex; gap:10px;">
+            <button class="btn btn-outline" onclick="AddBulkEmployees.showModal()">${icon('download',18)} Import Employees</button>
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="Admin.showAddEmployee()">${icon('plus',18)} Add Employee</button>
+          </div>
         </div>
         <div class="employees-grid" id="employeesGrid">
           ${employees.length === 0 ? '<p class="empty-state">No employees yet. Add your first employee!</p>' :

index.html

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 <script src="leaves.js"></script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/2.5.1/jspdf.umd.min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf-autotable/3.5.31/jspdf.plugin.autotable.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.1/package/dist/xlsx.full.min.js"></script>
 <script src="pdf_reports.js"></script>
 <script src="reports.js"></script>
+<script src="Add_bulk_employees.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

server.js

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   } catch (err) { res.status(500).json({ error: err.message }); }
 });
 
+app.post('/api/employees/bulk', authMiddleware, adminOnly, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const { employees } = req.body;
+    if (!Array.isArray(employees)) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid payload format' });
+    
+    let inserted = 0;
+    let skipped = 0;
+    const colors = ['#6366f1','#8b5cf6','#ec4899','#f43f5e','#14b8a6','#f97316','#06b6d4','#84cc16','#eab308'];
+    const now = new Date();
+    const policies = await query('SELECT id,monthly_limit FROM leave_policies WHERE is_enabled=true');
+
+    for (const emp of employees) {
+      if (!emp.email || !emp.password || !emp.first_name || !emp.last_name) {
+        skipped++;
+        continue;
+      }
+      
+      const exists = await query('SELECT id FROM users WHERE email=$1', [emp.email.toLowerCase()]);
+      if (exists.rowCount > 0) {
+        skipped++;
+        continue;
+      }
+      
+      const hashed = await bcrypt.hash(emp.password, 12);
+      const color = colors[Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length)];
+      
+      const r = await query(
+        "INSERT INTO users(email,password,first_name,last_name,role,department,position,phone,avatar_color) VALUES($1,$2,$3,$4,'employee',$5,$6,$7,$8) RETURNING id",
+        [emp.email.toLowerCase(), hashed, emp.first_name, emp.last_name, emp.department || null, emp.position || null, emp.phone || null, color]
+      );
+      
+      const userId = r.rows[0].id;
+      
+      for (const p of policies.rows) {
+        await query('INSERT INTO leave_balances(user_id,leave_policy_id,balance,month,year) VALUES($1,$2,$3,$4,$5) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING',
+          [userId, p.id, p.monthly_limit, now.getMonth()+1, now.getFullYear()]);
+      }
+      
+      inserted++;
+    }
+    
+    res.json({ inserted, skipped });
+  } catch (err) { res.status(500).json({ error: err.message }); }
+});
+
 app.delete('/api/employees/:id', authMiddleware, adminOnly, async (req, res) => {
   try {
     await query('DELETE FROM users WHERE id=$1 AND role=$2', [req.params.id, 'employee']);