The Attendance Calendar page is used to track the attendance information of the employee selected in the main Employee dropdown. Users who have access to this page can review employee trends in attendance exceptions, record reasons for the exceptions, excuse them, and keep track of resulting points tracking when applicable. Certain Pay Types entered on the Hours page can also be saved here, such as Sick or Vacation.

1. In the Main Navigation menu, open the Daily Procedures folder.

2. Open the Exceptions subfolder.

3. Click on the Attendance page.

1. Summary Bar

• • A. Points – Total points for the current pay period when a points policy is in place
  • B. Minutes – Totals minutes tracked within the minutes column
  • C. Employee Number – Assigned employee number
  • D. Employee Badge – Employee’s badge number if hardware clocks are in use

2. Attendance Filtering – Filters the data on the page to a specified subset of information. To set a filter, select filter option(s) and click Go. Filtering options are below:

• • E. View Range – Select from a preset date range or place in a start and end date within which the request was sent
  • F. Filter Expired – Include or remove attendance records with expired points
  • G. Filter Excused – Include or remove attendance records marked as excused

3. Attendance Records – Each attendance record from the employee is listed on this section of the page.

4. Unnamed Column – Buttons that allow additional interaction with the attendance record, including:

• • Edit – Edit details of the attendance record
  •   Delete – Delete the attendance record
  • Audit Log – View details of the audit log associated with the attendance record

Below is a list of the fields in alphabetical order that may be on the main Attendance page or within the Detail View pop-up window when editing or adding an attendance record. Access to these fields is dependent on each company’s set up.

1. Attendance Category – Type of attendance record

2. Attendance Comment – Comment to be associated with the attendance record

3. Date/Time – Date and time that the attendance exception occurred

4. Effective – Effective date of attendance record

5. Effective Date – Effective date of attendance record

6. Excused – Marks the attendance record as excused when checked. Points must be set to 0.00 to be disregarded with an excused attendance record.

7. Excused Flag – Marks the attendance record as excused when checked

8. Expiration Date – Expiration of points if a points policy is in place

9. Minutes – Minutes associated with the attendance record

10. Pay Type – Pay Type associated with the attendance record

11. Points – Points associated with the attendance record if a points policy is in place. Points can be automatically applied based on company rules, or they can be manually added.

12. Points Comment – Comment to be associated with points information if a points policy is in place

13. Reason Code – Reason for attendance exception

With the appropriate security, any item that displays on the main portion of the Attendance page can be edited simply by selecting and overwriting the data within the appropriate field. When finished, click Save.

Additional attendance information can be edited using the following steps:

1. Click the Edit button of the attendance record to be edited.

2. Adjust the field(s) as needed. * At minimum, the Effective Date and Attendance Category fields must be completed.

3. Click Save.

An attendance record can be deleted using the following steps:

1. Click the Delete button of the attendance record to be removed. A warning message will appear to confirm the deletion of the attendance record.

2. Click OK.

To add an attendance record:

1. Click the Add button, located at the bottom left of the page.

2. Adjust the field(s) as needed. At minimum, the Effective Date and Attendance Category fields must be completed.

3. Click Save.