Appendix D – Company/System Parameters
Parameters are set at either the Company or System level.
NOTE - If all options will be the same for all companies, the parameters should be set at the System level. If each company would like different parameters, then they would be set at the company level. Below are details for each of the options.
Allow Blank SSN – Determines whether to allow blank social security numbers in TimeStar™.
Allow Duplicate Employee Number – Determines whether to have duplicate employee numbers in TimeStar™.
Allow Duplicate SSN – Determines whether to allow duplicate social security numbers in different companies.
Allowable Range Outside Period – When posting punches, this tells the system how many periods in advance to post punches directly to the Timesheet.
Attendance Export – Identifies which attendance system to interface with TimeStar™.
Attendance Export Custom DTS – Identifies the name of the package that is used to send data to systems attendance page (if applicable).
Audit Approvals – When set to ‘Yes’ an audit trail for each record a supervisor and employee approves will be recorded.
Audit Web Punches – When set to ‘Yes’ an audit trail for employee’s punches on the web clock page will be recorded.
Auto Approve Employees with Zero Hours – When set to ‘No’ users are required to approve employees with no hours.
Automatically Generate Other Hours & Schedule Deviations – when you enter a schedule deviation, option controls if you will have the option to enter an hours record on the same page.
Clear Employee Accrual Balances on Input – Determines if the balances should be cleared out first when importing balances from another system.
Clock Input Custom DTS – This option will enable a custom clock file format to be imported into TimeStar™.
Clock Input File Format – Identifies the type of clock that will be used in conjunction with TimeStar™.
Clock Input Format File (Path) – Identifies the path to the clock’s file format.
Clock Input File (Path) – Identifies the path to the file from the clock.
Copy Attendance Comments – When an hour record or punch is added, this option will copy the comment to the associated attendance transaction, if applicable.
Default Pay Type – Other Dollars –Determines the default pay type when a user adds a Dollars record.
Default Pay Type – Other Hours – Determines the default pay type when a user adds an Hours record.
Default Pay Type – Worksheet – Determines the default pay type when a user adds an Hours record in the Timesheet.
Default Punch Category – Determines the default punch type when a user adds a punch (i.e. IND).
Default Time Zone – Determines the server’s time zone.
Default Timesheet Date –Determines the date the record will default to when adding a punch.
Default Unit Type – Determines the default unit type when a user adds a Unit record.
Default View – Total Hours – Determines the default view that will appear on the Daily Procedures – Total Hours page.
Display Org Levels by Description – Determines if organization levels are listed alphabetically by description or code in the system.
Employee Approval – Determines if the system will display employee approval options.
Employee Input Custom DTS – This option will enable a custom employee file format for import into TimeStar™.
Employee Input File Format – Identifies the name of the HR software employee information is being imported to TimeStar™ from.
Employee Input Format File (Path) – Identifies the path to the employee file’s format layout file.
Employee Input File (Path) – Identifies the path to the employee export file from the HR system.
Employee/Supervisor Approval Order – This option determines the order in which approvals will be made. If an option other than ‘Either’ is selected, the option that is second will be unable to be approved until the first option is approved (i.e. if the parameter is set to Employee First, the supervisor approval may not be available until employee approval is completed).
Export with Errors – Determines if the payroll export can be created even if there are errors. The payroll file will be generated and saved, and then a report will display with a list of errors.
License Key – the license key is assigned by Insperity Time and Attendance and indicates which modules of the system your company has purchased.
Login Alert Processing – Next Pay Period – Determines whether or not alerts for the next pay period are generated on login.
Payroll Export – Process – Determines which export process the system will use when running export payroll process. The default export process is recommended for most clients. Unless advised otherwise, keep the default export process in place.
Payroll Export Format – Determines which format the export file will be displayed with.
Payroll File Custom DTS/SP – This identifies if a custom payroll export process is used by the system.
Payroll File Export Name – Identifies the name of the file exported.
Payroll File Export Path – Identifies where the export files should be placed on the network.
Supervisor Approval – Determines if the system should display supervisor approval options.
Suppress Employee Numbers in User Interface – This option will hide the employee numbers from the following areas of TimeStar™: All Timesheet Pages, Home Page (in logged in employee display), User Security (in employee menu), Diagnostics - Employee Search (in search results), Pay Period Close (in error messaging) and Export Payroll (in error messaging).
Suppress Employee Numbers on Quick Reports – Determines if employee numbers should display on any Quick Reports in TimeStar™.
Total Hours – Allow Time up to Now – This option determines whether or not to display the ‘Total Time up to Now’ button on the Total Hours page.
Unpaid Lunch/Break Minutes – This parameter is not currently in use within the main modules of TimeStar™.
The following are found on the System Parameters page and NOT on the Company Parameters page:
Attendance Export Filename – The file name for the attendance export file.
Attendance Export Path – Where the attendance export file will be saved.
Audit Trail – This option enables or disables audit tracking for the entire TimeStar™ system. You may still set audit approvals or audit web punching independently, but to do any tracking, ‘Audit Trail’ must be set to ‘True’.
Database Revision – Displays the version of your TimeStar™ system.
Database Server System – The server system your company uses (SQL for example).
Display Password Links in the UI – This option will enable or disable the change password links within TimeStar™ on the login page and on the Web Punch page.
Email – System Type – This option specifies the system type (MSSQL Mail, CDO Mail or None).
Email From Address – Identifies the email address that TimeStar™ generated emails will be from.
Email SMTP Server – This option identifies your company’s SMTP email server.
Other Hours – Alert on 0 hour entry – This option will display a pop-up message if a user attempts to enter an Hours record for zero hours.
Other Hours – Prompt if exceeds accrual balance– This option will display a pop-up message if a user attempts to enter an Hours record that exceeds the associated accrual balance.
Web Punch – Allow Transfers – This setting will controls whether or not the ‘default org levels’ options display on the Web Punch page in TimeStar™.