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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ Version 1.1 │
│ █ █ █ █ █▄▄ January 90 │
│ █ █ █▄▄█ █▄▄ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀ │
│ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ │
│ <<< QUE ACCOUNTING >>> │
│ Copyright (c) 1989,1990 │
│ Time and Attendance │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
OPERATIONS MANUAL
╔═════════════╗
║Installation ║
╚═════════════╝
Requirements
Memory - 525,000 bytes *
Drives - floppy or hard disk
Monitor - monochrome or color
Printer - any type 80 or 132 column
Operating System - DOS 2.0 or above but 3.3 or above is
preferred.
Config.sys -(files=20) minimum entry needed
QUE Time and Attendance may be used from floppy drives but
performance is greatly enhanced if it is installed on a hard
disk.
Instructions
The system may be installed in any directory on your hard drive
and if you desire the files may be moved to a separate area and
then accessed with the dos pathname.
For example:
a) simple hard drive installation To Run
C> MD QUETNA C> TAMAS
C> CD QUETNA
C> A:PKUNZIP A:QUETNA
b) hard drive installation with files placed on D drive
C> MD QUETNA C> TAMAS D:
C> CD QUETNA
C> A:PKUNZIP A:QUETNA
C> COPY *.DBF D:*.*
C> COPY *.NTX D:*.*
C> COPY *.DBT D:*.*
C) hard drive installation with files placed in a separate
directory
C> MD QUETNA C> TAMAS \FILES
C> CD QUETNA
C> A:PKUNZIP A:QUETNA
C> COPY *.DBF \FILES\*.*
C> COPY *.NTX \FILES\*.*
C> COPY *.DBT \FILES\*.*
* May be affected by TSR programs, device drivers and other
software concurrently running.
** Consult a DOS book for Config.sys and other unknown terms.╔═════════════════╗
║ OPERATION MANUAL║
╚═════════════════╝
Start-up
At your operating system prompt (eg. C>), under the directory on
which QUE was installed, type in TAMAS. If files are to be
accessed in another area place the path following TAMAS.
For example to access files stored on drive B, TAMAS B.
Sign-on Screen
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ Version 1.1 │
│ █ █ █ █ █▄▄ January 90 │
│ █ █ █▄▄█ █▄▄ │
│ ▀▀▀▀▀ │
│ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ │
│ <<< QUE ACCOUNTING >>> │
│ Copyright (c) 1989,1990 │
│ Time and Attendance │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
When you first bring up the system you are greeted with the
banner screen. If you have a demonstration copy, instructions
will appear on the bottom of the screen directing you on how to
obtain a registered version.
In the upper right hand corner of the screen, the version number
and date of issue are displayed. These numbers are important when
calling the helpline. Please have these handy for the Support
Service individual to hasten research.
Getting Started
Press enter to display the Company logon screen and enter the 3
character company identifier and Password to proceed.
For first time users, enter 'AAA' and 'test' to acquire access
into the system. In you desire to run the built-in practice
system enter ZZZ and 'test'.
Recommendation
Remember, once your own company records are entered, delete the
'AAA' record to avoid unauthorized entry.
Please refer to this manual as necessary. It is written as an
'hands-on' instructional operational tool but has a brief
narrative (Functional Description) section that helps to explain
the sometime complex issues inherent in such a powerful and
flexible package.
╔═══════════╗
║ Main Menu ║
╚═══════════╝
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│19:45:10 Time and Attendance 12/23/90 │
│Company-> ABC Main Menu Period: 7 │
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ QUIT EXIT from System │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ EM. Employee Files │ │
│ │ VR. Time Card Validations │ │
│ │ TS. Time Sheet Report │ │
│ │ PE. End of Period Close │ │
│ │ AR. Adhoc Report Menu │ │
│ │ CK. Clock and Polling Menu│ │
│ │ MT. Maintenance of Tables │ │
│ │ RW. Query and Report Write│ │
│ │ UT. Utility Menu │ │
│ └───────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The Main Menu provides the entry point to the various functions
within the system. The menu items are in the sequence most likely
to be used.
Items are selected by moving the highlight bar to the desired
option and pressing enter or by pressing the leftmost character
of the desired selection ( eg. V for VR Time Card Validations).
The top two lines are standard screen headings and indicate the
time and date the function was accessed, the company logged onto,
and the current period.
The third line describes the global function keys that may be
used throughout most of the system.
F1 Help Context senstive help
ESC Exit Exit current process
F6 Calculator Popup calculator
F10 Window Context sensitive lookup table
╔═══════════════════╗
║EM EMPLOYEE RECORDS║
╚═══════════════════╝
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 09:23: 3 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│ Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7 │
│ │
│ F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ │
│ Workrule: 99 │
│ Company: ALL │
│ │
│ │
│ This screen allows you to select only those individual │
│ related to a particular workrule and/or company. │
│ The default values, as they appear, will provide all │
│ employees in the system. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description:
The access screen to EM allows selection of a subset of
employees. The default values as they appear in the example will
grab all employees in the system. This segregation, although not
a requirement of the system, increases control and workflow by
presenting employees into logical groupings.
The values accepted in the Workrule field are any valid code that
exists in the workrule file as well as '99', the identifier used
for all workrules.
Corporate Access
Accordingly, the Company field will accept any entry from the
SETUP file and 'All', if the Corporate Access field in the SETUP
file is turned on ('T' value). Otherwise, only individuals from
the logged-on company will be accessible.
╔══════════════╗
║EM Main Screen║
╚══════════════╝
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 09:23: 3 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│ Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7 │
│ │
│ │
│ F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ Soc Sec Num Employee Name WR Job Company │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
│ │ 111-22-3331 Jay J A1 ABCD ││
│ │ 111-22-3333 Smith John A1 ABCD ││
│ │ 111-22-3335 McQueen Jerry ABCD ││
│ │ 222-22-2222 Kong King A2 ABCD AAA ││
│ │ 333-33-3333 Kzajan Goth ABCD ││
│ │ 444-44-4444 McLaughlin John A2 ABCD BBB ││
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│F2 Address F3 Print report F4 Schedule F5 Time Card│
│ │
│ A Add E Edit D Delete <> to move Esc to exit │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description:
The EM main screen acts like a control center for all employee
related functions. Except for F3, all functions work on an
individual employee.
An employee is selected by moving the highlight bar to the
desired individual. For quicker search methods, PgUP and PgDn
keys may be used to skip through the master file, a page at a
time.
If the selection screen requested a specific workrule and/or
company, only employees with that workrule and assigned to the
specified company would appear in the screen.
F2 Address Info
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 19:45:43 Time and Attendance 02/23/90│
│ Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7│
│ │
│ F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ ┌───────■<< ADDRESS INFORMATION >>■──────┐ │
│ │Name: J Jay │ │
│ │Workrule: A1 Socsec#:111-22-3331 │ │
│ │Job Class: ABCD Company: ABC │ │
│ ┌──■└────────────────────────────────────────┴─┐ │
│ │Street: 1123 Market Street │ │
│ │City: West Chester St:PA Zip:19182 │ │
│ │ Rate:10.000 Status:A Hiredate:01/01/83 │ │
│ │ Type: F │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
F2 is used to keep certain private information on employees. Only
the bottom portion of the screen is accessible in this mode. The
other information is recorded and modified through the Add and
Edit functions decribed later.
Edits
The Status field accepts two values: 'A' for active and 'I' for
inactive.
The Type field accepts either a 'P' or 'F', for Part-time and
full time, respectively.
The State field only accepts valid states while the Hiredate
entry must be a valid date.
** As the system matures, undoubtedly more fields will be added
to this screen. For now it is our intentions to keep the
application as simple as possible and to not duplicate a Payroll
System, especially our own, QUE Accounting Payroll.
F3 Print Master
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 19:49:18 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│ Company-> ALL Employee Print Period: 7 │
│ │
│ F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ │
│ Workrule: 99 │
│ Company: ALL │
│ │
│ This screen allows you to select only those individuals│
│ related to a particular workrule and/or company. │
│ The default values, as they appear, will provide all │
│ employees in the system. │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Sort by 1)last name 2)social sec num 3) workrule │ │
│ │ (Press ESC to exit without printing) │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
This option prints the information recorded in the employee
master file for all those employees meeting the criteria as
defined in the previous screen. Two lines of information are
printed for each employee.
The report should be periodically ran and stored offsite to
assure a recent list of employees is accessible, in case of a
mechanical failure.
The operator has the option of printing the report in three
different sequences. The social security number order is shown
below.
(report example goes here)
F4 Employee Schedule
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│19:45:43 Time and Attendance 02/23/90│
│Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window│
│ │
│ ┌─────────■<< Schedule >>■────────────┐ │
│ │Name: J Jay │ │
│ │Workrule: A1 Sosec#: 111-22-3333│ │
│ │Job Class: DISHR │ │
┌┘ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ └┐
│ 1/10/89 1/11/89 1/12/89 1/13/89 1/14/89 1/15/89 1/16/89│
│Strt 06:12 11:30 07:30 07:30│
│End 15:00 19:00 15:30 14:30│
│Code REG REG REG REG REG REG VAC │
│Add T F F F F F T │
│Job DISH DISH DISH DISH DISH DISH DISH│
│ │
│Ctrl-W save edits Esc exit without saving Ctrl-C delete │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The employee schedule is used to monitor variable shift employees
and to create time records for times when the employee is absent
or otherwise unable to use the clock.
Operations
If a schedule for the employee selected has not been created for
the current week, the operator will be prompted with a message
and the schedule will be created using the current week as
recorded in the SETUP table. Default values of 'REG', 'F' and the
jobclass from the employee's master file will be placed in the
Code, Add and Job fields ,respectively.
Not until a value is placed in the Strt and End fields will the
date be activated for use by the Validation Report (VR) as edits
for the arrival and departure checks.
Using the cursor and/or the CTRL Home and CTRL End keys the
cursor is moved about the screen. All Time fields, Codes, and
Jobs must be validated at the time of entry or an error will be
displayed and correction forced before continuing. If the value
is unknown, the F10 key may be pressed to display the appropriate
table of available values or ESC may be used to abort the current
process.
F5 Time Cards
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 19:45:43 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│ Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7 │
│ │
│ F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ Soc Sec Num Employee Name WR Job Company │
│ ┌────────────────■<<Time Records>>───────────────────┐ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Name: J Jay Socsec#: 111-22-3331 │ │
│ │ Workrule: A1 Job Class: DISHW │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Date Punch Acttime Adjtime Timecode Job Override │ │
│ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │10/10/89 1 12:23 12:24 REG DISHW │ │ │
│ │ │10/10/89 9 16:22 16:24 REG DISHW │ │ │
│ │ │10/11/89 1 07:30 07:30 VAC DISHW │ │ │
│ │ │10/11/89 9 12:00 12:00 VAC DISHW │ │ │
│ │ │10/12/89 1 07:23 07:24 REG COOK1 │ │ │
│ │ │10/12/89 11:23 11:24 REG COOK1 │ │ │
│ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ A Add E Edit D Delete <> to move Esc to exit │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The Time Card function offers a scrolling screen full of time
records for the selected employee. Similar to the EM main screen,
the desired record is chosen by highlighting it and pressing one
of the active function keys (A,E,D).
Edits
Proper validations are activated; valid date within the current
period, valid punch values(1,2,9 AND SPACE), military time
range(00:00 - 23:59), and timecode and override codes that exist
in the corresponding tables.
Windows are available while in the TimeCode, Job and Override
Code fields.
Add and Edit Function
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│19:45:43 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│Company-> ABC Employee Records Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window│
│ │
│ Soc Sec Num Employee Name WR Job Company│
┌┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─┐
│ (SSN) (First) (Last) (WR)(Job) (Comp)│
│111-22-3331 J Jay A1 ABCD │
└┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘
│ 111-22-3335 McQueen Jerry A1 ABCD AAA│
│ 222-22-2222 Kong King A2 ABCD AAA│
│ 333-33-3333 Karakin Gaya A1 ABCD BBB│
│ 444-44-4444 McLaughlin John A2 ABCD BBB│
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Ctrl-W save edits Esc exit without saving │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
Both the Add and Edit functions use the same expanded screen as
highlighted in the center of the screen. The example shown is the
EM function but a similar screen is available for time records.
Operations
Add will create a blank record for data entry. Upon exiting with
Ctrl W the new record will be saved into the file and placed in
the proper date sequence. If ESC is pressed the record is not
added and the employee's records will be restored to the previous
values.
Edit will popup the highlighted record for modification. Ctrl W
will save the new changes and ESC will abort them, restoring the
original values upon return to the screen.
All the validation checks as defined in the F5 Time Cards
function are entact.
Delete Screen
Pressing D for deletion will automatically warn the operator that
he/she has made the selection. A confirmation key press (Y or N)
is needed before the record is actually deleted.
Deletion of any record will reposition the remainding records on
the screen placing the cursor on the record prior to the one last
deleted.
╔═══════════════════════╗
║VR Time Card Validation║
║TS Time Sheet Report ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
Report Parameter Screen
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│06:50:38 Time and Attendance 02/24/9 │
│Company-> ABC Time Card Report Period: │
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ │
│ │
│ Enter Date Range From : 10/12/90 │
│ to be processed To : 10/12/90 │
│ │
│ Workrule Code for edit : 99 │
│ Print by 'A'lpha or 'S'ocial order? │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The parameter screen is used for both the Time Sheet and
Validation report programs. It allows selection of a range of
records based on date and workrule values.
Any date range within the current period may be entered.
(For a detailed description of both the Time Sheet Report
and Validation Report programs consult the functional description
portion of this manual.)
Validation Report
An example of a report is shown below:
(report example goes here)
Time Sheet Report
An example of a report is shown below:
(report example goes here)
The operator has the option of producing single sheet time sheets
or multiple employees on 1 page. The single sheet option is to
enhance privacy while an employee verifies his earnings and signs
for his receipt.╔═══════════════════════════╗
║PE End of Period Processing║
╚═══════════════════════════╝
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 19:45:43 Time and Attendance 02/23/90 │
│ Company-> ABC PE Period Process Period: 7 │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ Do you wish to continue? │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The PE end of period process clears out the current
transaction files, archives the Time Sheet entries into
history files and rolls forward the Employee Schedules and
current period dates.
Once performored the only way to go back into this closed period
is to restore files from diskettes.
If you are currently logged onto a company with corporate access,
you will be given the chance to close the periods for all
companies. If the Force VR/TS flag is turned on, each company in
the computer must have a 'go ahead' status to continue the Period
End Process.
To obtain the 'go ahead' state, run both the Validation Report
and the Time Sheet and clean up any errors before proceeding.
End of Year Process
When the current period is the same as the number of periods as
set in the company's setup record (SW), the end of period process
is activated. The operator will be prompted for the year just
closed and all records for employees in that compeny will be
copied from the yearly history file to a file named after the
closing year (eg. TAAA1989).
Each company must be closed separately at the end of year
process.╔════════════════════╗
║AR Adhoc Report Menu║
╚════════════════════╝
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│09:51:48 Time and Attendance 02/24/90 │
│Company-> ABC Adhoc Report Menu Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
│ │QUIT return to MAIN MENU│ │
│ │ │ │
│ │AO. Approaching Overtime│ │
│ │EL. Employee Listing │ │
│ │TS. Time Sheet Summary │ │
│ │SC. Employee Schedules │ │
│ └────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The Approaching Overtime report prompts for the number of hours,
the company code and the workrules to used in the selection
criteria.
The report is only an estimate of the actual time worked and does
not include modifications due to grace periods.
An example of a report appears below:
The Employee Listing is a listing of employees in a selected
range similar to the Time Card Validation report but excluding
any edits.
The History reports access the history file and may be used to
get reports based on time codes, social security numbers and job
classes.
** At the current time (version 1.1) the user is directed to use
the RW Query and Report Writer function to produce reports from
the history file (TAHIST). This is done for two reasons; a) to
receive feedback on what reports should be included in this
section and b) to receive feedback on the use of RW.
It is the intent in future releases to produce some commonly
requested report programs as options off of this menu.
The Employee Schedules may be printed in three different formats.
The two ghant charts may be used for posting of weekly schedules.
The symbol used to produce the ghant charts is retrieved from the
companies setup record (SW).
╔══════════╗
║Clock Menu║
╚══════════╝
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│09:51:48 Time and Attendance 02/24/90 │
│Company-> ABC Clock Menu Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
│ │QUIT return to MAIN MENU│ │
│ │ │ │
│ │SU. Transfer file Setup │ │
│ │TR. Transfer Time Record│ │
│ │BD. Badge Table │ │
│ │CK. Clock Table │ │
│ └────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The Clock Menu has the functions necessary to connect the QUE
Time and Attendance to time clocks and/or other computer systems.
However, none of these functions are necessary if you are only
keying in the data.
SU Setup Transfer Table
09:53:29 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Setup Transfer Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 1
Field Name Start Ending Length
■────────────────┬──────┬───────┬─────────■
DATE │ 1 │ 7 │ 8
HOUR │ 8 │ 9 │ 2
MIN │ 10 │ 11 │ 2
BADGE │ 12 │ 21 │ 10
JOB │ 22 │ 27 │ 6
│ ■ ■
Description
The Setup table relates the fields needed for Time and Attendance
to the source file produced from external sources. The field
locations as defined by the Start and Ending parameters to be
entered, are based upon the particular positions these values
possess in the input file. The values will of course depend on
the type of clock and/or system you are using to collect time
records.
CAUTION
If these locations are incorrect so will be the data derived from
these files. It is therefore very important to have accurate
figures and it is suggested that the file be printed out, the
positions counted by hand and the conversion process tested
thoroughly before placing into production.
Assume for example the following record is created for each time
entry pulled from the time clock.
000000X011390otherzz07:361000010010otherdata
| | | | |
Job Date Hr Min Badge
The needed information as underlined would be identified in the
Setup table as the following:
Field Name Start Ending Length
DATE 8 13 6
HOUR 21 22 2
MIN 24 25 2
BADGE 26 35 10
JOB 1 6 6
Although the JOB field is reserved for job transfers and job
costing requirements, other data may be used for other needs.
Note the field lengths are not negotiable but their positions in
the source file are. Also note that gaps are acceptable and will
be handled properly in the creation of the cross reference file
(TAXREF).
Once the table is complete and the screen exited the cross
reference file (TAXREF) is actually created. It may be reviewed
by selecting it in the RW function.
TR Transfer Time Records
This program uses the cross reference file(TAXREF) to transfer
time records into the proper format. It also validates all badge
numbers against the Badge Id table and kicks out all transactions
with invalid or inactive badges, and social security numbers not
on the master file.
The records printed on the error report are not transferred into
the system and must be entered by hand. This discipline enforces
usage of the system as intended.
(report example here)
Badge Table
09:53:29 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Badge Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 1
Badge Id SocSecNum Status
■─────────┬──────────┬───────■
1000010010│123445666 │ A
1000010011│123445668 │ I
■ ■
Description
The badge table keeps the cross reference of badges to employees.
It also provides the ability to mark badges as inactive or lost
(I status). Inactive badges will not transfer into the Time Card
file.
Only valid Social Security numbers may be entered. Therefore a
new hire must be assigned a master record before a badge can be
issued.
Clock Table
09:53:29 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Clock Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 1
Clock Id Location Type Connection
■─────┬───────────────┬───────┬───────────■
03 │ Morris Hall │ Amano │ Direct
04 │ Student Union│ Latham│ Modem
■ ■ ■
This information has little to do with actual operations. As
employed here, it simply records some basic information on
installed clocks. The table is not used in any other way with the
standard package.
** Most Time Clock manuafacturers will provide software that has
all the necessary tables needed to transfer records from the time
clock, determine when data is to be collected and record other
information about the time clocks.╔════════════════╗
║Maintenance Menu║
╚════════════════╝
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│09:51:48 Time and Attendance 02/24/90 │
│Company-> ABC Maintenance Menu Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
│ │QUIT return to MAIN MENU│ │
│ │ │ │
│ │JC. Job Class Table │ │
│ │TC. Time Code Table │ │
│ │OC. Override Code Table │ │
│ │HL. Holiday Table │ │
│ │WR. Workrule Table │ │
│ │SW. Setup Table │ │
│ └────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The maintenance menu provides the ability to modify and print the
system tables used in validation and in assuring system
integrity.
Each option on this menu uses the same key strokes for navigation
and updating procedures. Once you're familiar using these keys in
one program the knowledge is easily transferred to other tables.
For this reason description of these keys is only presented once:
Ctrl Home Beginning of record
Ctrl End End of Record
Ctrl -> Pan to the right
Ctrl <- Pan to the left
Enter Open a field for modification
F7 Find a specific value
CTRL-PgDn Goto Bottom of file
Ctrl-PgUp Goto Top of file
- Delete current record
+ Add a record
Also upon making a selection the operator will be asked whether
or not a printed report is desired. Each of the entries on the
menu has this print option.
Job Class Table
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│09:52:12 Time and Attendance 02/24/90│
│Company-> ABC Job class Table Period: │
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│Record 4 │
│ │
│ Job Class Description Rate │
├─────────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────┤
│ ABCD │ Dishwasher lead │ 11.111 │
│ CDEF │ Dishwasher II │ 12.340 │
│ GGGG │ Cook Helper │ 8.340 │
│ LLLL │ Supervisor │ 13.110 │
│ ZZZZZZ │ Last entry │ 0.000 │
├─────────────────────┴────────────────────┴───────────────┤
│< Select + Add - Delete F2 Go Bot F7 Find > Change Esc Exi│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
Used throughout the system to verify Job Class values entered on
the clock or through the EM Schedule, Time Cards and Add
functions.
The Time Sheet program uses the rate in determining exceptional
pay for temporary assignments.
Time Code Table
09:52:34 Time and Attendance 10/24/90
Company-> ABC Time Code Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 3
Time Code Description Factor Type
■─────────────┬───────────────────────┬──────────■
150 │ Time and a half │ 1.500 O
200 │ Double Time │ 2.000 O
HOL │ Holiday │ 1.000 N
REG │ Regular │ 1.000 N
SCK │ Sick time │ 1.000 N
VAC │ Vacation │ 1.000 N
Description
The Time Code table is used in verifying the types of
transactions processed and to record activity by time categories.
The Factor field is used in determining the actual overtime pay
given for daily and weekly ovetime hours. A 1.500 factor, for
instance, would pay an individual 1.5 times their normal rate for
each hour worked. * Type is currently inactive.Override Code Table
09:52:50 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Override Code Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 3
Override Code Description
■──────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────■
AUT │ Authorized
OK1 │ OK first time
OK2 │ OK second time but..
■
Description
The override code table contains whatever three characters you
prefer to designate as exception authorizations.
The override code is used to skip the suspension placed on
records with errors.
Holiday Table
09:53:11 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Holiday Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 5
Holiday Date Description
■──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────■
10/15/89 │ test holiday
01/01/90 │ New Year's
05/29/90 │ Birthday
07/04/90 │ July 4th
12/25/90 │ Christmas
Description
Keeps a file of all valid holidays in the coming year. All valid
employees will get pay for the holiday week as represented by a
HOL record created during the VR process.
Workrule Table
09:53:29 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Workrule Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 1
Workrule Description Skip Edits Weekly Hours Daily Hours
■──────┬──────────────┬─────────────┬───────────┬────────────■
A1 │ First Shift │ N │ 37.5 │ 6.5
■ ■ ■ ■
Time Unit Daily Rd Start Hr Start Min End Hr End Min Holiday
■───────┬────────┬────────┬─────────┬───────┬──────┬─────────■
3 │ 12 │ 07 │ 30 │ 15 │ 00 │ 1.230
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Minimal Punch Brk Duration Lunch Reqd? Paid for Lunch
■────────────┬─────────────┬──────────┬──────────────■
2 │ 30 │ Y │ N
■ ■ ■
Arrival Grace Lunch Grace Depart Grace Differential?
■────────────┬────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────■
5 10 │ 15 │ 10 5 │ Y
■ ■ ■
Mon fact Mon rate Tue fact Tue rat Wed fact Wed rate
■───────┬───────┬─────────┬───────┬─────────┬────────■
REG │ 0.00 │ 150 │ 0.00│ REG │ 0.00
Thu fact Thu rate Fri fact Fri rate Sat fact Sat rate
■───────┬───────┬─────────┬───────┬─────────┬────────■
REG │ 0.00 │ 150 │ 0.00│ REG │ 0.00
■ ■ ■ ■ ■
OT? Over Under Fact Over Under Fact Over Under Fact Weekly
■──┬──────────┬────┬─────────┬─────┬──────────┬─────┬───────■
Y │6.5 8.0 │150 │8.0 9.0│ 150 │9.0 24.0 │150 │ 150
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Description
There are several screens of information pertaining to each
workrule. These screens may be accessed by panning to the right
either on a field by field basis or by using the control keys
combination (CTRL->, Ctrl <-, Ctrl Home, Ctrl End).
The first four lines are basically related to edits performed
during the Validation Report.
Skip Edits - Y means don't suspend a record if there is
an error.
Weekly Hours - Number of normal hours worked during a week.
Anything over constitutes weekly overtime.
Daily Hours - Number of normal hours worked during a day.
Anything over constitutes daily overtime.
Time Unit - Rounding factor for Punches. If ' 1',
rounding is done on a daily basis using the
Daily Rd. amount.
Start Hr - The default starting time for this workrule.
Start Min Is used in VR when no scheduled times are
used.
End Hr - The default ending time for this workrule. Is
End Min used in VR when no scheduled times are used.
Holiday Pay - Factor applied to an employee who works a
Holiday.
Minimal Punch - The minimal number of punches necessary to
constitute a shift.
Brk Duration - The amount of time(minutes) allocated for
a break or lunch period.
Arrival Graces - The amount of leeway given for a punch.
Depart Graces
The remainding fields relate more to the actual pay calculations
performed in the Time Sheet report.
Lunch Reqd? - If 'Y' lunch must be deducted.
Paid for Lunch?- If 'Y' lunch is not deducted but the
duration is still calculated.
Mon-Sun Factors - The extra factor given to hours worked
on the assigned days.
Mon-Sun Rates - The differential rate in dollars given
for hours worked on specified days.
OT? - If 'Y' daily overtime will be considered.
Differential? - If 'Y' differentials will be assigned.
Over Under Factor - Determines the pay factors for daily
overtime ranges.
An example of a printed workrule appears below:
SW Setup Table
09:52:50 Time and Attendance 02/24/90
Company-> ABC Setup Table Period: 7
F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator Record 3
Week Date Company Passwo d Number of Periods Current
───────────┬────────┬───────┬────────────────────┬────────
01/01/90 │ AAA │ test │ 52 │ 26
│ │ │ │
Screen Head Report Head Print Code Auto Backup and Restore
────────────┬────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────────
Test AAA │ Test AAA │ 15 │ T │ F
Force VR/TS VR/TS Status Corporate Access Barcode
────────────┬────────────┬────────────────┬──────┬───────────
T │ 1 │ F │ > │
Description
The setup table controls:
1) access through the company password and corporate access
fields,
2) screen and report headings and print format through
Screen Head, Print Head and Print Code
3) period processing through the VR/TS status code and
Number of Periods, Week Date and Current values.
╔════════════╗
║File Listing║
╚════════════╝
This information is provided to work with the RW function but may
contain certain information that should be restricted from
personnel.
TACARDS Stores the time records as collected from the
clock or as keyed in (F5).
TASHEET Stores the time sheet entries created during the
Time Sheet report. Same as the summary section
for each employee
TAHIST Stores all time sheet entries for the year.
TASHEET is appended during the PE process
TA9999 Stores all time sheet entries for the year(9999)
TAHIST is appended during the End of Year PE
process.
TAMAS Employee master file. Includes name, address, job
class and other information.
TAWORK Workrule file. Includes the starting and ending
times for various workrules along with the grace
periods, differential rates and other criteria.
TNAMEM Company control file. A record exists for each
company in the system. Controls processing and
system access.
TASCHED Employee schedules.
TABADGE Stores badges assigned to employees. Used for
electronic time clocks and transferring punches
from other systems.
TACLOCK Miscellaneous Table that keeps information on time
clocks.
TAHOLD Holiday Table
TAJOBC Job class table
TAOCODE Override code table
TATCODE Time code table
╔════════════╗
║Utility Menu║
╚════════════╝
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│09:51:48 Time and Attendance 02/24/90 │
│Company-> ABC Utility Menu Period: 7│
│ │
│F1 Help ESC Exit F6 Calculator F10 Window │
│ ┌────────────────────────┐ │
│ │QUIT return to MAIN MENU│ │
│ │ │ │
│ │BU. Backup files │ │
│ │RS. Restore from Backups│ │
│ │IX. Reindex files │ │
│ │HP. Help Manual │ │
│ └────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Description
The utility menu includes miscellaneous functions and those
outside the normal realm of operations. They are however very
important elements of the system.
Backup / Restore / Reindex
The first three options on the menu prime responsibility is
recovering from hardware and unexpected system malfunctions.
The Backup feature copies the system files to backup diskettes.
So that in the case of an emergency they may be used to restore
the system back to the point in time the copy was made. It is a
good idea to perform this operation periodically based on a
specific event such as after the close of a period.
The Restore function is selected to perform the restoration of
files back onto the system. Diskettes must be saved using the
backup feature of this system in order to perform a restore.
The Reindexing utility is called automatically by the end of
period process but may be called more frequently. It recreates
your file linkages and cleans up any unused space reserved by
deleted records. It is usually the first recourse when
experiencing index problems as may be noted by missing or out of
sequence data.
The simple on screen instructions will guide you through the
operations of each function.
Help Manual
The Help Manual module provides the mechanism to display text
onto the CRT screen and allow for paging through the manual as if
paging through a book.
Since any ASCII files may be perused through this function, it
serves as an excellent conduit on which to provide notes, and
training material to individuals using the system.
Note files must have an extension of TXT in order to be visible
in the file selection window.