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10.10.4. Employee Groups

10.10.4.1. New Employee Group

Employee Groups are used for categorizing groups of related Employees. To access the master list of Employee Groups, select the "Employee Groups" option. The following screen will appear:

Employee Groups Master List

The "Employee Groups" screen displays information on all existing Employee Groups, including Employee Group names and descriptions.

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

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

NEW

Opens screen for creating a new Employee Group.

EDIT

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

VIEW

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

DELETE

Highlight an Employee Group and then select this button to remove the Employee Group from the list.

10.10.4.1. New Employee Group

To create a new Employee Group, use the following screen:

Create New Employee Group

When creating a new Employee Group, you are presented with the following options:

Name

Enter a name to identify the Employee Group.

Description

Enter a brief description of the Employee Group.

Member Employees

Displays information about any Employees who have been added to the Employee Group.

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

NEW

Opens screen for adding a new Employee to the Employee Group.

DELETE

Highlight an Employee and then select this button to remove the Employee from the Employee Group.

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

CANCEL

Closes the screen without creating the Employee Group, returning you to the previous screen.

SAVE

Creates the Employee Group and adds it to the list of Employee Groups.