Period (AutoTime 6)

The Period (AutoTime 6) tab displays an employee’s timecard from the AutoTime 6 application.

If you are upgrading from AutoTime 6, you can use this tab to view older transactions that were entered in AutoTime 6 and exist only in the AutoTime 6 database.

The Period (AutoTime 6) tab is view-only. You will not be able to modify transactions, sign/unsign, or lock/unlock the records. If you need to modify the records, you will need to do so in your AutoTime 6 application. Event colors will not display on the Period (AutoTime 6) tab. You cannot view daily details or view individual transaction details.

Requirements to view this tab:

The above configuration is explained in more detail in the AutoTime 6 Period View Time Card section.

See Also:

Period (AutoTime 6) Fields

Find Records

Download Records

Preferences Settings

 

Period (AutoTime 6) Fields

Note: See “Find Records” (below) for descriptions of the fields in the Filter area of the form.

The Period (AutoTime 6) timecard includes the following fields. You can make these fields available/unavailable by modifying your Form Profile. You can change the field names using the Dictionary Label form.

Event

Entity Num

Operation Num

Task

Activity

Description

Charge Acct

Org Pointer

Shift Num

Split Second Half - This column indicates whether hours were posted to the first or second half of a split day in a 9-80 schedule. If this field is blank, none of the hours in the line item were posted on a split day. If this field displays "Y", then hours for the line item were posted on the second half of a split day. An "N" indicates the hours were posted on the first half of a split day.

See Also: Configuring and Sorting Columns

Name

This field displays the employee’s first and last name.

Employee

This field displays the employee number.

Status

This fields indicates whether the entire period is signed by the employee or supervisor, or if the period has been payroll locked.

The Status icons also indicate if the period is unsigned or unlocked.

Note: For split days in 9-80 schedules, AutoTime 6 does not support the separate signing/locking of each half. If at least one half of the split day is signed/locked, the entire day is considered signed/locked.

Effective Date

This field determines which pay period is displayed on the tab. A pay period may consist of one week, two weeks, half a month, or an entire month, depending on the settings in the employee’s AutoTime 6 Payroll Policy. When you select an Effective Date, the pay period that includes this date will be displayed.

Click the or buttons to scroll to the previous or next pay period. Click to display a calendar from which you can select another date. All the days in the pay period will display on the Period tab.

Period Begin Date

This field displays the first day of the pay period that includes the Effective Date.

Period End Date

This field displays the last day of the pay period that includes the Effective Date.

 

Find Records

To find records:

  1. Click the Filter button at the top of the Period (AutoTime 6) tab.

  2. Enter the Effective Date of the period you want to view.

  3. Click Find.

Note: You can show or hide the Find button by enabling or disabling it in your Security Role.

 

Download Records

To download the pay period records on the Period (AutoTime 6) tab:

  1. Click the Download button.

    A message displays asking if you want to open or save the .csv file.

  2. Click Open to view it immediately or click Save to place a copy in your disk.

 

Preferences Settings

The following Preferences settings affect the display of the Period (AutoTime 6) timecard:

Name Format

This indicates how the employee name is displayed in the Name field.

Options are:

Duration Format

This indicates how the time is displayed.

Options are:

Show Seconds

If the Duration Format is set to CLOCK, this setting determines whether seconds will display with the hours in the timecard (e.g., 08:30:00).

The other Preferences settings will not affect the display of the Period (AutoTime 6) timecard.