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10.10.3. Search for Employee

To search for an Employee, select the "Search for Employee" option. The following screen will appear:

Search for Employee

When searching to retrieve Employee information from the database, you are presented with the following options:

Search for

Enter any character or combination of characters you want to match, followed by the TAB key. The "Search for" field supports pattern matching with Regular Expressions.

Tip

Hitting the TAB key activates the search operation.

Show Inactive Employees

Select to show inactive Employees as well as active Employees. By default, inactive Employees are not displayed.

All Sites

Select to show Employees who have permissions for all sites.

Selected

Select to show Employees who have permissions only for site specified from drop down list.

Search through

Specify which of the following criteria you want to include in the search:

Employee Codes

Select to search by Employee code.

Employee Numbers

Select to search by Employee number.

Manager Codes and Numbers

Select to search by Manager codes and numbers.

Departments

Select to search by Department.

Shifts

Select to search by Shift.

Employees

Display will show search results for Employees, using specified parameters.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

EDIT

Enables you to edit highlighted Employee. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new Employee—except that when editing, the fields will contain Employee information. Double-clicking on an Employee will also bring you to the editing screen.

VIEW

Highlight an Employee and then select this button to reach a read-only view of the "Edit" screen.

Right-clicking on an Employee in the Employee list enables you to select from the following menu options:

View

Highlight an Employee and then select this button to reach a read-only view of the "Edit" screen.

Edit

Enables you to edit highlighted Employee. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new Employee—except that when editing, the fields will contain Employee information. Double-clicking on an Employee will also bring you to the editing screen.

Export Contents

Export the data displayed on the screen into a plain-text, TAB-delimited file. This file may subsequently be imported into a spreadsheet or other office tool.