Global Updates Overview

Global Updates Overview

Global Update functionality allows you to enter pay codes for a selected group of employees. You can use this feature to pay employees bonuses, tips, and so forth. The global update inserts pay code transactions on time cards for the specified group of employees on a specified date. You can then process updates for an entire group of employees at one time.

The Global Updates wizard guides you through the steps of selecting employees eligible for the update, specifying the pay code information, the date of the update, and so forth. Once you select employees and pay code options, you can review and edit the information prior to submitting the global update.

As you progress through the steps of the Global Updates wizard, you can return to previous steps by clicking the Previous button. Clicking Previous discards the selections on the current page and returns you to the previous step.

Your security rights determine the information you can view, add, edit, and delete in TimeSaver. For an overview of security information, see Security Overview.

To access the Global Updates page, you must have View and Update access to the Global Updates Screen security function.

TimeSaver uses three labor levels and provides flexibility for naming the labor levels. Throughout TimeSaver documentation you will see the default names for the levels: Site, Department and Position. If you see a different name on your TimeSaver web page, it is because your organization is using the flexible labelling feature. For more information, see Labels for Labor Levels.

Accessing the Page

Starting from the TimeSaver home page, make the following selections:

System Tools area ~ Global Updates link

Using the Search Option in the Site Field

The Site field on the Determine Employees for Update page allows you to narrow the employees who are eligible for the global update by assigned site. If the number of sites to which you have access exceeds the governor limit, a Search option displays in the field. Select Search to narrow the list of sites as follows:

  1. Select Search from the Site field. The Site Search window displays.
  2. Select an option from the Search field (by Code or by Site Name).
  3. In the search text box, type all or part of the text you want to find for the selected Search option.
  4. Click Search. Any matches for the data typed in the search text box display in the Search Results field. A governor may also limit this search if your criteria are too broad.
  5. Make your selection from the Search Results field.
  6. Click Select, and you return to the Determine Employees for Update page (the Enter Search Criteria step) with your new selection displaying in the Site field.