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Workforce Central Suite
Feature Chronology Overview
I Purpose
The purpose of this document is to assist you in the process of upgrading to Kronos Workforce Timekeeper v6 from an earlier version of Workforce Timekeeper (formerly knownas Timekeeper C/S). The document outlines the majority of new features and enhancements that have been added with each release, beginning with v3.0.
II Overview
If youre considering an upgrade to Workforce Timekeeper v6, youll want to understand the major differences in functionality and system architecture that this platform offers. Theinformation that follows describes these differences at a high level. In addition, the feature chronology chart lists the majority of features introduced with each new version.
System ArchitectureInitial releases of Timekeeper C/S v1 and v2and subsequently, Workforce Timekeeper v3operated in a traditional client/server environment. This architecture involved
distributed, two-tiered processing between thick clients networked to a central database server. With the introduction of Workforce Timekeeper v4, Kronos made available anentirely Web-based, three-tier architecture consisting of browser-enabled clients communicating over the network with Web and application servers on the back end. Released inJune 2007, Workforce Timekeeper v6, when running on Oracle, can scale to handle from 100 employees to more than 1 million. Whats more, Workforce Timekeeper v6 is J2EEcompliant, making it an open and scalable platform language.
On the desktop, Workforce Timekeeper v6 uses Java applets and HTML to deliver the user interface. Your power users will typically need sophisticated display functions with ahighly interactive user interface that can efficiently access multiple employee records. To meet these needs, the Kronos solution provides Java applets. While the thin Web clientoffers a low bandwidth option for remote usersor for those with low-end desktops or Macintosh computers.
In versions 2 and 3, apart from time entry and timecard approvals, which were licensed via Workforce Web, access to manager functions was available from Windows desktops only.Now, with Workforce Central v6, access for both employees and managers is browser-based. Workforce Employee licenses are required for employees who enter their time and
leave via the Web. Workforce Manager licenses are required for employees who need to access manager functions such as timecard approvals.
Feature UpdatesThe feature chronology chart that follows includes a list of features and product components associated with the version and date of release.
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Workforce Timekeeper Feature Chronology
Feature Description
V4.0
Introduction of fully Web-based Workforce Central Suite with three-tier architecture
Fully interactive, Web-based client
Embedded workflow technology
Intuitive Web interface that can be tailored to the preference of each user
Exclusive Workforce Geniequeries
Workforce Genies:
o Detail Genie (T&A)
o Roll-up Genie (T&A)
o Quickfind Genie (T&A and People Suite search)
o Schedule Planner Genie (scheduling)
o Schedule Snapshot Genie (scheduling)
o Schedule Outline Genie (scheduling)
E-mail integration
Workflow notification
Display totals and accrual balances at the clock
Three Web-based time-entry formats:o Hourly timecard: punch-based
o Project timecard: duration-based
o Time stamp
Employee self-service features
Newly designed embedded Scheduler:
o Four ways to build, maintain, and view schedules in v4.0:
Schedule Planner
Schedule Outline
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Individual Schedule
Schedule Snapshot
o Scheduler features:
Schedule periods
Shift templates
Pattern templates
Simple Sums in Schedule Genies
Schedule builder
Newly designed Hyperfind searches for all types of people (both managers and employees): combines Hyperfind I and II
Event manager:
o Schedule events such as reports, imports, batch events, and automatic instantiation of employee shifts
New People Editor: replaces common employee application and user account browser
New employee-only data elements: general information such as demographics, person ID, home labor account assignments, person-specific dates,and contact information
New employee attributes added in People Editor, including:
o E-mail address
o Expected hours fields (daily, weekly, per Pay Period)
o Manager field for Employee
o Ten site-definable custom fields with custom labels
o An additional telephone field as well as site-definable custom labels for all telephone fields
o Multiple Profile assignments for Workforce Manager and Professional roles including Pay Code Profiles, Work Rule Profiles, and Labor LevelTransfer Sets
o Employee group
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o Manager reports profile
o Function access profile
o Display profile
Three types of access profiles define how a user can access the system and what the user can see and use:
o Logon profiles
o Data access profiles
o Display profiles
Introduction of Crystal Reports: simple report writer tool with wizard capability
Ability to link custom reports into application menus
Expanded report options: allow users to filter data on report beyond Hyperfind
New actual vs. schedule report
Define labor level sets
New import features:
o Import one or more import tables
o Schedule imports
o View Import Statistics and/or errors via reports
o Delete data from import table(s) via GUI
o New import of Labor Level Sets
Remote system administration
NT domain and LDAP authentication support
URL-addressable components to enable the product to be embedded into an organization's B2E portal or intranet
Development Toolkit - Standard XML-based APIs permit t ight integration into existing back office systems
New system-logging package implemented to allow better detect and correct errors
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New System Settings user interface
Internationalization:
o A 100% internationalized user interface for both Web and Windows
o The ability to use a single database for multinational or multilingual organizations
o Multiple application servers, with each server supporting a single language
o Translated documentation and training materials
o Translated sales collateral
o Support for localized time, date, and currency
o Ability for customer to translate text
Data Collection Manager v4.2 new features:
o Totals and accruals
o Sentinel startup set from system services:
Device manager
Device wizard
Advanced device manager
Communications monitor
Advanced communications monitor
Activity code applet
DCM access profiles applet
Device configurator
Transaction data editor
V4.1
UNIX Web Server support (Sun Solaris, IBM AIX) Today timeframe added for Workforce Genies, reports, editors
Hyperfind: search on employees based on whether they worked the home account or transferred in
Accrual list reports
V 4.2 Time stamp: display application server time and time zone
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New access control point for accessing individual employee reports in My Reports
New Workforce Genie enhancements:
o New columns: approved manager names, individual labor-level description
o Sub-sort capability Hyperfind: create and assign personal Hyperfind queries for other people
System information: run log reports against multiple servers
People Editor: view employment status history
Labor level set restrictions
Reports:
o Timecard audit trail report
o Punch origin report
o Data access profiles list reports
Basic scheduler:
o Off days with work rules
o Create personal schedule Groups on the fly
Security: single sign-on support
Setup applications:
o Hide accrual codes in timecard editor and reports
o Specified number of days reset value added to overtime work rule building block (FLSA Support for police/fire)
o Work rule day divide based on schedule
Suite-wide usability features:
o Tool tips display until mouse pointer is repositioned
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o Automatic refresh of data after Hyperfind or time period is changed
DB2 database on NT, 2000 Server
Timecard:
o Ability to remove a comment from a punch, amount, or event
o Option to restrict entries to inactive/terminated employees
o Option to carry over labor account transfers from previous to current pay period
o Option for auto-totalization
V4.3 Workforce Record Manager:
o Copy, archive, purge historical data to archive database
o Copy rules from test to production database
Workforce Accruals:
o Addition to fixed and earned accrual
o Grants to include grant expiration at the end of the month
o New definition of day in accrual rules
o Grants expire to a different Accruals bucket
o Ability to reset partial carryover increments based on date patterns
Workforce Genies:
o New Accrual columns in Genies permit Accrual columns in detail or rollup
o Genies for both accrual debits and accrual credits by accrual code
Import:
o Ability to terminate employees with effective date in a signed-off pay period In People Import
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o Import ignores employee group security
o Addition of ad hoc labor-level entries via People Import
People Editor:
o Improved Granularity of Badge number assignments
o Deletion of people along with transaction data
o Personal overtime (contract hours)
o People time zone improvements
Reports:
o Function access data list report
o Custom report options
o Display Totals pay code configuration setting reflected in reports as well as pay code report option
Scheduling:
o Pay code comment visual indicator in schedules
o Indicator if a transfer exists on a shift in schedules
o Schedule view-only access control point for managers
o Schedule outline by employee
o Pattern editor/pattern template editor redesign
o Pay codes in patterns
o Multiple pay codes and shifts in a day presentation
Setup applications:
o Order of assignment rules in pay rule
o Sign-off restrictions. Option to limit a supervisors ability to perform sign-off based on the state of the employees timecards:
Missing punches
Unexcused absences
Zero Hours in a specified pay category
o Flexitime
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o Core Hours: time not worked within defined core hour period tracked and reported as an exception
System settings and information:
o Employee totalization status and option to submit to totalize
o Validation of system setting changes
o Ability to filter reconcile errors on log report
o Additional database information in system information
o Administrator e-mail notifications
Suite-wide usability:
o Horizontal pull-down menu structure
Timecard editor:
o Move accrual amount dialog boxes in timecard editor
o Reset accrual amount dialog boxes in timecard editor
o Display accrual balances and totals at the same time in the timecard editor
o Repeating absences and transfers
o Edits using scheduled amounts
o Unapproved overtime
Technology:
o IBM AIX 5L 5.1 Web server support
o Oracle 9i support
o DB2 on OS/390 support Workforce Employee:
o HTML client support
Time stamp-specific function access control points
Core hours: time not worked within defined core hour period tracked and reported as an exception
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Personal Overtime (Contract Hours) - define one or more overtime rules differing from standard overtime rules, specific to an employee(s)
Define multiple home accounts with start and end dates
Workforce Accruals:o Flextime
o Move accrual amount and reset accrual amount dialogs in Timecard Editor
o New interval type (calendar months) in qualifier for earned accrual grants
o Ability to reset earned accrual grant carryover amount based on a date pattern
New sign-off controls: limit ability to sign off on employees timecards based on the following disqualifying conditions:
o Missing punches
o Unexcused absences
o Zero hours in a specified pay category
New group-edit error summary
Effective dating for badge assignment and reuse
New reset value in overtime rule: supports overtime rules for any number of standard hours for any work period
Accruals overview window: control the display ornon-display of these untracked accrual codes
Workforce Accruals:
o Addition to fixed and earned accrual grants to include grant expiration at the end of the month
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o Accruals: grants expire to a different Accruals bucket
V5.0 Organizational maps and jobs:
o Effective dating
o Job transfer sets
o Labor account validation Historical edits with retroactive pay
Effective dating of work and pay rules
Daily approvals
o Enables approval of timecard data on daily basis
o New access rights prevent edits to previously approved timecard
Overtime Equalization Genie
o Overtime refused, offered, accepted
o Overtime equalization reporto Filter by job seniority
Reports
o New organizational maps and jobs configuration reports
o Support for Crystal 9.0
o New comment categories
Schedule editor enhancements:
o Customizable columns
o Navigation improvements
o New visual indicators
o Restore deleted shift or pay code
o Improvements to net hour totals
XML import enhancements:
o Reports
o Schedule XML import as an event
o Maintain and delete existing values
o Transaction assistant
Support for multiple database schemas
Support for Workforce Manager HTML client
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Workforce Employee self -service enhancements:
o Enter employee availability and schedule preferences
o Enter job-specific transfers
o View online pay stubs
o Request for time off
o Vacation bidding
Introduction of Workforce Scheduler:
o Automated employee scheduling
Introduction of Workforce Activities:
o Labor activity tracking
V5.1 Calendar Genies:
o View worked time, schedules, and absences in an online, intuitive calendar format
o Available in Java and HTML client
o Available for manager and employee self service
Web-based setup application:
o Pay rules, wage profiles, labor levels are Web-based and accessible via the nav bar in Workforce Central
APIs for Setup Applications:
o New XML API's for simple import and export of data (e.g., import wage profiles via API)
Pay rule auditing:
o Capture login information, session activity, and functional activity within a login session
9/80 rule for non-standard pay periods
Hidden pay codes:
o Ability to exclude pay codes from body of timecard and typical pay code reports
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o New visible-in-report options and report totals allow selection of pay codes in reports, but not in timecard totals, or vice versa
Punch interpretation rules (formerly terminal restriction rules):
o New simple-schedule enforcement
o New full-schedule enforcement
o New break restrictions
Workforce Accruals enhancements:
o Future accrual projection enhancements
o Taking-based grants
o Accrual balance limits
Working time directive (European customers)
Schedule editor enhancements:
o Schedule Groups enables employees to belong to multiple groups
o New schedule group Rollup Genie
o New Schedule Group Multi-line Genie
o Shift editing functions for multiple employees
o Add shifts across multiple days
o Perform partial shift overrides
o New shift builder result cleanup alert
Process manager templates:
o New workflow templates
o Localization of Process Manager
Vacation bidding:
o Bid editor enables managers to request bids for a future time period
Optimized Reports for Faster Run Times:
o Accrual detail
o Time detail
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o Accruals summary
o Accrual balances and projections
o Timecard audit trail
Record retention policies:
o Options to configure number of days of data to retain for certain data types:
Logon audits
Session audits
Import batches
Messages
Workflow instances
Pay stub data
Scheduling reports data
Common data schema for time and labor, scheduling, and HRMS schemas to unified database
Support for multiple database connections and multiple languages on single physical server
Improved security:
o Enables separation of web and application servers to different physical machines for support of DMZs
V5.2 Workforce Genies:
o Export Genie columns to Excel or CSV
People Editor:
o Effective dating of employee base wage
o Edit and view pay code data access profiles
Calendars:
o Ability to add employee sign-off status as a timekeeping data element in calendar views
Supervisor delegate authority
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o Ability for a manager to delegate authority for their management responsibilities to another licensed manager
Timecard audit trail qualifiers:
o Ability to filter timecard audit-trail data using new filter selections, data source, and manager name
Scheduling: new transfer home option v6.1
Workforce setup applications:
o All remaining configuration building blocks are accessible from the Web client, including access profiles, accruals, comments, and displaypreferences v6.1
Percent allocation:
oAutomatically allocates an employees work hours between two or more accounts based upon pre-configured percentage splits
Rest between shifts building-block rules:
o Ability to properly allocate worked time to overtime, or premium rates when an employee is denied a contractual or legislated rest interval
Rules analysis:
o Diagnostic tool that enables analysis of pay-related employee issues
V 6.0 Expanded multinational support:
o Support for Unicode and double-byte Unicode accommodates right- to-left languages and multi-byte storage of character, such as those used inlanguages in Asia Pacific regions
o Phonetic and Romanized employee name fields have been added to the People Editor to aid with pronunciation
o Bradford factor
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o Multi-regional configuration numbers, dates, and currencies are automatically displayed and formatted based on locale preferences. Pay rules andholidays can be administered and enforced separately by operating unit .
User-experience enhancements
o Fresh, new user interface, improved navigation and style sheets allow users to modify the look and feel to suit their preferences
o Powerful reporting tools: Microsoft reporting services are now used, permitting data drill-down capability
Business-driven intelligence:
o Web-based views
o New industry-specific analysis tools, e.g., for manufacturing: a new measure of efficiency, quality, and productivity, called Overall LaborEffectiveness (OLE). OLE is the equivalent to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Innovative scheduling features:
o Priority Schedule Generation: automatically create schedules that comply with seniority, skills, and labor rules
o Optimized Schedule Generation: healthcare staffing managers can automatically create schedules that optimize skills, certifications, cost, andhours per patient day (HPPD)
o Call List: fill open shifts from a list of the most qualified, cost effective, available employees by filtering and prioritizing based on union, regulatory, orcompany rules
o Action palette
o Schedule groups
Workforce Timekeeper:
o Time card audit-trail enhancements eliminate unwanted information from timecards
o Time stamp restrictions can now be enforced from Workforce Employee timecards
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o Indicate if hours reported to one overtime type should "count" toward other types of overtime.
o Display accruals in days/hundredths or days or days/hours and minutes
Absence management applications Workforce Attendance:
o Supports lost time-attendance policies
o Supports non-chargeable time by incidents such as "snow days" to be flagged as non-absences, exempting attendance events, such as absenceswhile inactive.
o Bradford factor: a business metric used in the EU to quantify the impact of lost time on operations. It is a calculated score for each employee. Ituses a weighted formula that considers a specific period of time and the length of absences.
Workforce Leave:
o Managers can enter FMLA time on a schedule or timecard. This application integration reduces time and errors.
o Historical leave edits can be linked to attendance events to avoid duplication
o Unlimited user-defined data fields and validation provide flexibility and reduce implementation time
o Documents-status audit trail supports compliance adherence and security requirements
V 6.1Addressing TCO/CIOWorkforce Integration Manager
Replace Connect with WIM, a web-based application built into WFCLowers system TCO by reducing hardware footprint and streamlining maintenanceWIM will be SAP certified for customers that require vendors to have SAP- certified integrations
Workforce Device Manager
Replace DCM with WDM, a web-based application built into WFC
Lowers system TCO by reducing hardware footprint and streamlining maintenance
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Series 4500 Device-Initiated Protocol
Configurable feature allows device to initiate all communication
4500s can communicate securely over the open internet without a VPN connectionEnhanced Security
Stronger password encryption
Configurable password strength controls
Improved system account password management
User password reset self-service - #1 cause of help desk calls for most customers
Easy integration with 3r party system monitoring toolsImportant system health and performance information exposed via J2EE JMX standard
Easy consumption by common 3rd
party system monitoring tools customers have already invested in
Health and performance metrics for the following:i) Totalization processes and background processor componentsii) Data Collection processesiii) Integration (WIM) processesiv) WFC Health metrics (JVM Free, overall memory, DB connections)
Enhance Error Capture/ Problem prevention
Log Oracle and SQL Server database parameters at startup
Ability to turn on SQL Trace without restarting
Expand coverage of internal utility in its use to troubleshoot WFC
Expand to work with WFC 5.2 and 6.0
Best Practice ViolationsVisual indicators display configurations that do not follow best practice recommendations
Logs display changes to system settings that travel in and out of best practices
HyperFind risk scores BestPractices.log at startup
Expand to work with WFC 5.2 and 6.0Process Manager Troubleshooting
Enhanced search filters within Process Administrator improves ability to troubleshoot tasks
New tools enable Kronos professional services and global support to be more efficient supporting customer Process Manager con figurations
SAP Certification
Workforce integration Manager will be certified to meet SAP interface standards
Control risk and cost of adding a non-SAP application into the SAP environmentKronos Global Initiative
User Interface now provided in Dutch, German and French (France)Multiple currencies enabled allows local currencies to be applied to calculations on a site-by-site basis without a unique server for each location,and includes a configurable conversion rate for centralized rollupSupports customers who have employment contracts for their employees, rather than an employment at will agreement.- common in Europe andChina. Changes made to People Editor, Schedule Editor, HyperFinds, Genies, reports and holiday profiles to help track and manage stipulations ofthe employment contract.Simplified pay code edits: additional options for pay code edits to help support terms of employment contracts used worldwide. Configurable optionsinclude:
Cascading pay codes configurable order for using accrual balances to satisfy time off requestsDay-based pay codes* use of days, rather than hours to better support exempt employees
Duration pay codes paid as scheduledMarked Exceptionsability to change timecard exceptions to resolved so they will not be displayed in exception HyperFind queries
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Absence manager to support day-based pay codes (as described above*)Advanced overtime calculations configurations are now available that support overtime pre-processing, reverse allocation and prorated overtimeWage and Bonus Adjustments: effective dated wage changes and special bonuses can be allocated for specific jobs, labor accounts or pay codeshelps adhere to standards common in global marketsWorkforce central can now transmit source to gross labor data to payroll before a pay period is over common practice in EuropeProactive Alerts: Timekeeper can monitor employees worked hours and alert managers when they exceed a pre-defined threshold for overtimelegislation compliance and enforcement very relevant for Europe, India and Asian marketsCapability to monitor and restrict cumulative total break time, as well as break sequence, ex: 15 minute break must be taken before 1 hour lunch
break. This is especially important in FranceAverage working time limits: Overtime can be averaged over a period longer than a single pay period. If average hours dont exceed the overtimethreshold, no overtime is paid.Legislated working time reports for India 3 reports added to help businesses comply with manufacturing legislationChina overtime request and Approval- Process Manager form is now available that allows employees the opportunity to approve overtime before it isassignedEasier interface for editing time zone settingsCertifications acquired for shipping Series 4500 terminals to Japan, France, India, Dubai, Singapore, American Samoa, Romania, Hungary, CzechRepublic, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, SloveniaCustomer-Driven Core Enhancements
Workforce Worksheet
Workforce Worksheet is a direct connection via Microsoft Excel 2007 to live data within Kronos Workforce Central
Users can customize spreadsheet format, or merge Workforce Central data with data captured from other systems. Excel templates can berefreshed on-demand, without disrupting formatting or design made by the user
Workforce Worksheet provides greater access to Workforce Central data, and more freedom for users ot work with via Excel 2007, a commonand familiar desktop tool. As a result, users have less reliance on I/T to develop custom reports
Business Objects Adaptor
Microsoft reporting technology (RDLC) replaces Crystal Reports - only RDLC will be embedded in WFC and supported
The Kronos Business Objects Adaptor (Kronos BOA) is a way for customers to take advantage of more visually effective standard reportsdeveloped in Microsoft RDLC, while leveraging their investment in custom reports developed for Crystal
Kronos BOA is a gateway to produce custom Crystal reports via an external Business Objects environment, yet through a seamless userexperience in the Workforce Central UI
Effective Dated Assignments
Employee records that control calculations for worked hours, wages and leave balances now offer more control over when a rule change willtake effect
HyperFind Access ProfilesAssignable profiles can be created, helping to control which HyperFind queries each user has access to
Users will only have access to relevant HyperFinds eliminating clutter and improving usabilityHistorical Edits Visibility
Visual cues display when retroactive edits have been made to a timecard verifying that an error was caught and corrected
Prevents duplicate edits from being made and provides a historical referenceImproved Biometric Enrollment and Viewing
An extra configuration setting lets customers choose whether non-enrolled employees can use the 4500 biometric terminal without verifying theiridentity, or restrict these employees until they enroll
Employees can no longer purposely skip the enrollment process and continue buddy punching when the setting is turned on
General improvements have been made to the enrollment process at the terminal to minimize future problems with verification
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Strengthening Strategic Products
Workforce Activities
Web parts provide a real-time comprehensive dashboard of shopfloor activity data, enabling managers to make mid-shift adjustments to improveproductivity 6.1 includes the following web partsi) Navigator provides an overall summary of shop floor activityii) Inactive past Due commitments Identifies bottlenecks by showing inactive tasks that are past dueiii) Shop Expense Alerts Identifies employees or resources charging time to non-productive activitiesiv) Current Shop Status Helps managers identify what labor and resources can be redeployed to respond to bottlenecksv) Activities By Due Date Summarizes active work orders with due dates to help prioritize resources
Resource Utilization allows customers to track utilization of machines and equipment, making Workforce Activities a more complete solution thatcan now track labor, material and machine data in one integrated solution
Enhanced Cell Tracking - groups of people, groups of resources or a combination of both can now be tracked as a single unit to better fit theway that many companies operate and reduce data collection time and efforts
Event Monitor Customers can navigate, view and manage shop floor data by work order, widget or any other element of their shop floor, wheredata was previously organized solely in an employee-centric manner
Simple Swipe allows employees to clock in and out, and start and stop activities events automatically with one swipe
Actual Cost of Labor Job costing will now reference wage rate based on the appropriate date, overtime, holidays and other business rules
Workforce Activities Record Manager Administrators can now cop, purge and archive data from Activities, reducing the amount of data storedin the database and avoid performance issues that may be caused by large volumes of data
Workforce Absence ManagerWorkforce Leave and Workforce Attendance will now be sold together as Workforce Absence Manager, a simpler and more complete absencesolution
On-demand Leave Grant Calculation automates the common practice of calculating leave time accrued based on hours worked during theprevious 12 weeks, rather than fixed amounts. This will reduce manual calculations for managers, which will reduce errors and improveproductivity
Workforce Scheduler
Improved employee self-scheduling that provides a new simplified one-screen interface with features that improve automation of scheduling
Schedule Planner provides new configurable options that create an easier-to-use interface for managers, requiring less training and less timeactually using the application. Options include:i) A set of saved locations for future useii) Control of what tabs are displayed
iii) Export to Microsoft Exceliv) A new metrics tab displays new user-defined hours calculationsv) Search and modify multiple shifts at once
New Assignments Decision Support proactively suggests changes in departmental coverage to address over and understaffing
Joint Commission Compliance: provides a specific audit trail regarding date-specific staffing levels and how staffing decisions were made on thatday to help pass Joint Comission audit
Workforce Scheduler now utilizes the Workforce Timekeeper Callable Totalizer, so schedule hours are in alignment with timecard hours
In accordance with adjustments made in Workforce Timekeeper to accommodate contract hours, Workforce Scheduler can now apply contracthours to the rules violation and Priority Scheduling Engine
Hours of operation is now available for viewing directly on the Schedule Planner useful for retail customers
Workforce Forecast Manager
Formerly a part of Workforce Scheduler with Optimization is now re-packaged as its own entity
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Effective dating is now available on forecasting to help reflect and report organizational changes
Important forecast metrics are available in the Schedule Planners metrics tab which will help managers measure how they optimize schedules
Users can now freeze headings when navigating a plan to help keep data in context similar to functionality found in common spreadsheetapplications
Workforce Analytics
A near real-time feed is established between Workforce Timekeeper and Workforce Analytics as opposed to the previous interval, which wasonce daily. The end result for customers is data within the Workforce Analytics data mart that is current to the last minue- enabling virtually any
kind of report to be developed against the Workforce Analytics data mart, providing superior performance without overhead on the WorkforceCentral application server.
Tips & Tokes
A new add-on module added for the domestic gaming industry
Enables tracking and reporting of employee tips for compliance with the Gaming Industry Tip Compliance Agreement Program with the IRS
Tips rates are calculated based on occupational categories
Enables tracking of Toke pools which are distributed daily or weekly to eligible employees
Allocation is usually based on time worked in eligible job, tasks and labor accounts