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Example:
If you have Day OT1 set to 8 hours and Alert Day Overtime OT set to 2 hours, an alert will be posted to the
Home
page when the employee reaches 8-2 = 6 hours worked for the day.
5.
Alert Week Overtime OT at
- this option will trigger an alert before an employee hits weekly overtime by using
the weekly overtime value that you set under
Overtime Preferences
.
Example:
If you have Week OT1 set to 40 hours and Alert Week Overtime OT set to 8 hours, an alert will be posted to the
Home
page when the employee reaches 40-8 = 32 hours worked for the week.
6.
Check Alerts Every
- new alerts will be checked and posted to the
Home
page based on the time entered here.
To maximize systems speed and performance, we recommend setting this value to 10 minutes or more.
7.
Update Employee Hours Every
- enter in minutes how often punch information from the employee time clock is
updated on your report screen. If the system seems to be running slowly, enter a larger number in this field.
You have now set your Alert Preferences. Click on Submit to save your settings
.
For additional Alert configuration, use your mouse cursor and click
Settings
and then
Alert Setup
.
Alert Setup
Follow the instructions below to set up alerts to be posted on the
Home
page.
1.
Enabling/Disabling Alerts
- to disable an alert, deselect the
checkbox in the far left column. This will prevent the alert from
being posted to the
Home
page.
Tip:
We recommend disabling any unused alerts in order to
minimize the resources used by your time clock and to optimize
system performance.
2.
Lifetime
-
using the drop-down menu under the
Lifetime
column, select the amount of time the alert is to
remain on the time clock
Home
page. After that time, the alert will be automatically removed.
You have now completed Alert Setup. Click Submit and move on to Setting Your User Fields.
Setting Your User Fields
User Fields are used to set customer fields to track information, as shown
in the example to the right.
This option is often used to track an employee hire date, social security
number, or department account number as shown in the example to the
right.
