Widgets

On the home page of TimeStar™, in the center pane, there are important windows of information displayed. Two tabs appear called Take Action and Analyze. The Take Action widgets will allow users to complete tasks in different areas of TimeStar™ from the home screen. The Analyze Widgets will allow users to view different layouts of data in TimeStar™.

Take Action Widgets	Purpose
Alerts	Users can review alerts as well as take action on the alerts listed.
Approvals	Users can approve employee’s time via the widget.
Employee Requests	Users will be able to approve/decline requests that have been sent to them.
My Requests	Users will be able to submit requests to supervisors and see previously submitted requests.
Analyze Widgets	Purpose
Employees	Users can view employees in the system that are active, new hires, and terminated.
Hours & Wages	Users can view hours/gross pay for current and previous pay periods.
My Schedule	Users can view their schedule for the current pay period.
Schedules	Users can view employees who are scheduled for today and employees who are currently working.

· Widgets will be available according to security settings.

NOTE – In order to update widgets the refresh icon will need to be selected and not the global refresh icon.

· By clicking the iconthe widget will be refreshed. If new data has been added it will now appear in the widget.

· By clicking the icon an export will be generated in .csv format containing the data displayed on the widget. After clicking the icon the following will display:

NOTE - Only one Widget can be expanded at a time similar to the navigation tree.