Time and Attendance views and access differ largely based on specific company setup and individual security.

The screenshot below shows an example of the Time and Attendance home screen upon logging in to the system.

1.  Employee Toolbar – Used to select the employees and pay periods to display in any employee or pay period-specific pages.  Also provides notifications/shortcuts to requests and alerts.

2. Main Navigation Menu – The location of all Time and Attendance pages, organized within folders.

3. Dashboard – Displays the page that has been selected using the Main Navigation Menu. This is where most activity in Time and Attendance will take place.

1. Menu Options

• •  Main Navigation Tree – Clicking on this icon will take you to your main navigation options
  •  Favorites – Clicking on this icon will take you to the pages you have marked as a favorite
  •  Saved Filters – Clicking on this icon will display any saved filters that may have been established
  •  Reports – Clicking on this icon will show you System Reports as well as saved User Reports and Shared Reports
  • Quick Launch – Clicking on this icon will display pages that have been set up to launch in a new browser window
  •  Support – Clicking on this icon will open a TimeStar support web page
  • Alerts – Clicking on this icon will open the Alerts page. Alternatively, Alerts can also be accessed through the Alerts page located under the Daily Procedures folder within the Exceptions subfolder.
  • Requests – Clicking on this icon will open the Requests page. Alternatively, Requests can also be accessed through the Requests page located under the Daily Procedures folder

2. Navigation Menu – List of available pages, filters, and reports based on the menu option selected.

1. Employee List

• •  Employee Bust – Clicking on this icon will display an employees Pay Group, Effective Date and Hire Date. Data displayed will depend on the permissions of the individual logged in.
  • Employee Drop-Down – Used to choose an employee whose information to view on any employee-specific pages.
  •  Numerical Listing – Clicking on this icon will list the employees in the Employee Drop-Down numerically by employee number rather than alphabetically by last name.
  •  Next/Previous Employee – Clicking on the left arrow will pull up the previous employee in the Employee Drop-Down list.  Clicking on the right arrow will pull up the next employee in the Employee Drop-Down list.
  • Search Current Employees – Clicking on this icon will allow you to search through the list of currently active employees.  Search Criteria can be based on the following:
    • Badge Number
    • Birth Date
    • Employee Number
    • Job Title
    • Last Name
    • SSN

Criteria can then be set to include, begin with, end with, or match exactly.

• •  Filter Employee List – Clicking on this icon pulls up the Filter where you can set up parameters to filter the employees displayed in the Employee Drop-Down.  To learn more about setting up filters in TimeStar, see Using Filters In TimeStar.

2. Pay Period List

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  • Pay Period Drop-Down – Used to choose a pay period to view on any pay period-specific pages.
  •  Next/Previous Pay Period – Clicking on the left arrow will pull up the previous Pay Period in the Pay Period Drop-Down list.  Clicking on the right arrow will pull up the next Pay Period in the Pay Period Drop-Down list.
  • Pay Period Indicator – Indicates whether the pay period selected in the Pay Period drop-down is in the current, future, or past pay period. Indicators display as the following:
    • Current Pay Period – Indicates that the current pay period is selected in the Pay Period drop-down.
    • Future Pay Period – Indicates that a future pay period is selected in the Pay Period drop-down. Can be clicked to be taken back to the current pay period.
    •  Past Pay Period – Indicates that a past pay period is selected in the Pay Period drop-down. Can be clicked to be taken back to the current pay period.
  •  Company Information – Clicking on this icon will show the current company. If your system is set up with multiple companies within a single URL, you may flip between those companies here.
  •  Refresh – Clicking on this icon will refresh the data on the Dashboard.