General Tab of Employee Info Center

Use the General tab to enter, edit, or review an employee’s profile information, including employee name, ID number, organization, title, phone numbers, and other personal information.

Contents

Field Description
Employee Enter the employee's unique identification number.

If you configure GovWin Capture Management to use the automatic numbering feature, you cannot enter a number in this field. Instead, [AUTONUMBER] displays in this field.

You establish the length and format of your employee numbers when you install GovWin Capture Management. To change the length or format of your employee numbers, use the Key Conversions or Key Formats utilities.

This field is active only when you click New to add a new employee record to your database. You cannot use this field to change an employee number after you have created an employee record.

Vendor/Partner/Customer When you select this option, the current record can be used on proposals to indicate a vendor/partner or customer that does work for your firm. Selecting this option changes the name of the Team field to Vendor/Partner/Customer and includes a drop-down list where you can specify the type of relationship for the employee record.

If you also use Proposals, select this option to make the employee record available for use on proposals.

Prefix Use the drop-down list in this field to select a prefix to use with the employee's name. You define prefix options in Code Table Configuration.
First Name Enter the employee's first name. When you enter the employee's first name, GovWin Capture Management searches your database to look for duplicate records.
Middle Name Enter the employee's middle name or initial.
Last Name Enter the employee's last name. When you enter the employee's last name in this field, GovWin Capture Management searches your database to look for duplicate records.
Suffix Use the drop-down list in this field to select a suffix to use with the employee's name. You define suffix options in Code Table Configuration.
Preferred Name Enter the employee's preferred name.
Title Use this drop-down list to select the employee's job title or job function. You can select a title from the drop-down list in this field. However, if the contact has a title not included in the list, you can enter the title directly in this field. You define employee title options in Code Table Configuration.
Team Enter the team for which the employee works. Teams are discrete business units within your company. Enter the team directly in this field, click Search and select a team from the lookup.

If you select the Vendor/Partner/Customer option to indicate that the employee is a vendor/partner or customer, the name of this field changes to Vendor/Partner/Customer and includes a drop-down list where you can specify the type of employee for the record. You can then use this field to enter the name of the vendor/partner or consultant company. Enter the vendor/partner or customer name, click Search, and select a vendor/partner or customer from the lookup.

Vendor/Partner/Customer drop-down list This drop-down list displays if you select the Vendor/Partner/Customer option. Use this drop-down list to specify whether the associated record is a vendor/partner or a customer.
Vendor/Partner/Customer lookup This lookup displays if you select the Vendor/Partner/Customer option. Use this lookup to select the vendor/partner or customer associated with the employee. The contents of this lookup depend on the selection made in the Vendor/Partner/Customer drop-down list.
Supervisor Enter the name of the employee's supervisor. Enter the name directly in this field, click Search and select a name from the lookup. When you enter an employee name in this field, GovWin Capture Management creates a hyperlink between the employee name and the corresponding record.

Click the name to open the record in the current browser window or right-click the name and then click the Open in new window option to open the record in a separate browser window.

Email Enter the employee's email address in this field. After you enter an email address in the Email field, you can click the email address to open your default email application and send an email to the employee. When you enter the employee's email address in this field, GovWin Capture Management searches your database to look for duplicate records.

To edit an employee's email address, right-click the email address and click Edit or click in this field. These actions disable the feature and allow you to edit the information in this field.

Work Phone Enter the employee's work telephone number. Your system administrator defines the format for phone numbers. You can select a different format.
Ext Enter the extension for the employee's work telephone number.
Mobile Phone Enter the employee's mobile telephone number. Your system administrator defines the format for phone numbers.
Fax Enter the employee's fax number.
Hire Date Enter the employee's hire date.

You can enter a date directly in this field or click Calendar and select a date.

Status Use this drop-down list to select the employee's status. An employee's status determines the validity of certain employee-related transactions in GovWin Capture Management. The status settings are:
  • Active — You can complete any valid transaction that requires an employee number.
  • InactiveGovWin Capture Management displays a warning if you try to use the employee number in any transaction that requires an employee number. You must explicitly choose to proceed with the transaction after you receive the warning.
  • TerminatedGovWin Capture Management prevents you from using the employee number in any transaction that requires an employee number. However, you can still print reports and W-2 forms for the employee.
Years with Other Firms Enter the number of years the employee worked for other firms.
Prior Years with This Firm Enter the number of years the employee has worked for your firm.