Define Employee Card Parameters

Explanation

This activity is used to setup the employee card information in the system. The format of the card data determines how the information of the card holder is registered within the card. In this activity, you can setup how this card data should be used by the system in order to identify the card holder. You can define separate setups for different users so that each person can use a card with a unique setup.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity, employee should already be created in the required company.

System Effects

There are no system effects.

Window

Employee Card Parameters

Related Window Descriptions

Employee Card Parameters

Procedure

  1. Open the Employee Card Parameters window and create a new record.
  2. In the User ID field, enter the user ID of the employee for whom you want to specify the card parameters. You can select a value from the list.
  3. In the Total Card Data Length field, specify the total number of characters which holds the card data.
  4. In the Start Character field, enter the first character in the card data.
  5. In the Company ID is derived from group box, specify the start and end positions in the card data which will hold the company ID of the card holder employee.
  6. The card holders employee ID or card ID should be included in the card data so that the system can identify the correct employee information when the card is used. You can specify whether the employee ID or the Card ID should be included in the card data by selecting the Employee ID or Card ID option.
    Also, in the Which is derived from field, you can specify the start and end positions in the card data which will hold the employee ID or card ID of the card holder.