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Glossary
Access Control – controlled access to an area. Requires clock interface with related software
which provides the ability to define scheduled times of access.
Active – an item defined in the system that is currently in use. May be an employee
or department.
Autopoll – process of automatically retrieving punch information from the terminal.
Autopoll is user configurable. (Requires additional related software.)
Badge – plastic card that contains numerical data, either in the form of a bar code or
magnetic stripe, used for registering transactions at the time clock.
Benefit – entitlement made available in accordance with business rules, such as paid
vacation, sick time, etc.
Category – categories are transactions other than employee punches even though
employee punches can be grouped into categories. Categories are user
defined and include such items as bereavement pay, unpaid breaks and
floating holidays.
Department – a method of grouping employees in the ATR9800 system. Also, when using
job
costing, it is the first level for time accrual in the job costing hierarchy.
Day Change – the time a new day begins. Day change time is normally midnight, but can
be changed to insure that time worked totals can be accredited to the day
intended.
Dock – The minimum minutes an employee will lose from time worked totals if
punching in after the Start Time or before the Stop Time.
Exception – a transaction that is in violation of the schedule policy or business rules to
which they are assigned. For example, a missed punch or an early punch.
Fixed Shift – a shift that has a definite start and stop time and contains rules to which
employees must adhere.
Grace – the minutes after the Start Time or before the Stop Time during which
employee punches will be treated as if they occurred on the Start and Stop
times.
Group – a method of grouping employees in the ATR9800 system.
Inactive – an item defined in the system that is currently not in use. Used mainly to
identify employees who are temporarily not using the system or unused
departments.