Enables you to specify various system wide settings and defaults.

To access this window, enter fast path HR97S8 and select User Control > System.

General

System Title

Enter the title of the system which is displayed in the status bar when the main menu is displayed.

Logoff Function

Enter CTLOGON or MD97S1 to redisplay Logon to The HRS System when logging off the system, or enter OFF to log off the system completely.

Transaction Confirmation

Enter the default type of confirmation required when an operator exits from a screen by clicking the COMMIT or CANCEL button, or select one from the drop-down list. This confirmation type can be overridden against individual security profiles if required.

Allow Personal Info. Request

Select this check box to enable a PIR to be requested for an employee via PIR Request.

Use System Default Password

Enter Y to default a new operator’s password to the system default password, which is shown in the following field.

If this field is set to Y, you are prompted to choose whether you want to use the system default password or not when creating a new operator. If you choose to use the system default password, the new operator is prompted to change their password the first time they log on.

System Default Password

ⓘ  We strongly recommend that you use a value in this field that it is at least 12 characters long and includes upper case, lower case, numbers, and special characters such as !"£$%^&*().

Enter the default password that is assigned to an operator when their password is reset via Operator Security Maintenance.

Time Out (Mins)

Enter the number of minutes of inactivity permitted. Once the duration has been reached, the system will behave in one of two ways:

If left blank, the Time Out defaults to 30 minutes.

Suspend Time-Out

Select this check box to allow the Time Out timer to be suspended when running a Long Running Process. Long Running Processes are defined as any that are active without user intervention for over 15 minutes in addition to all ResourceLink Reporting Services tasks. Once the Long Running Process has completed, the tab has been closed or user intervention has been made with the tab, the Time Out timer will be resumed.

Time-Out Warning Duration (Mins)

Enter an optional duration for the warning message indicating that the user will be logged off if no activity is performed.

Selection Results Limit

Enter the maximum number of records to be displayed in the paging area of a tabbed selection screen.

Surname Validation

Select this check box to provide surname validation in Employee Personal Detail and Add Personal Detail - Employee. If selected, you can only enter alpha characters, hyphens or single quote marks, for example, O’Connor, when entering a surname. If you enter any other non-alpha characters, a warning is displayed.

Enable ZAPCALC Triggers

This is used to control whether the group list is checked for the following pay changes:

If the parameter is ticked, then only new starters, employees who have been removed from the pay calculate, and employees in the group list with the listed changes are removed and recalculated. The parameter is unticked by default. When it is unticked, all employees in the group list are removed and recalculated.

Save Employee List Option

Enter Y to continue displaying Save Employee Selections upon exiting Employees Matching Criteria, or enter N to suppress Save Employee Selections being displayed.

Show Warning For Leavers

Enter Y to display a warning message when an employee with an employment end date is selected.

Control Total Year Override

Enter a four digit year to use when creating a Control Totals report, which overrides the current tax year. If this field is blank, the current tax year is used to create the Control Totals report.

Default WorkList

Select the default type of person from the drop-down list that is used when searching via the Person Search in the Desktop theme. The options are set up in the DFWLST narrative category.

Default Date Format

Enter the default date format that should be used throughout the system, or select one from the drop-down list. The options are set up in the DTFMT narrative category.

ⓘ  When using spreadsheet imports, you must ensure your PC date settings match the date format specified. In addition, the date format used in data migration must always be DDMMYYYY.

European Number Format

Select this check box to use the European number format throughout the system, for example 9.999.999,99. If this check box is blank, the non-European number format is used, for example 9,999,999.99.

Software Product Name

Enter the name of the software used to run your payroll, which is typically ResourceLink.

Default Output Device

Enter the ID of the default report device to be used by operators who do not have any devices set up in Maintain Operator Report Devices, or select one from the drop-down list.

Buttons

Tasks

Click this button to display Tasks, where you can maintain task related parameters.

Button Labels

Click this button to display Button Labels, where you can maintain button labels used throughout the system.

Expiry Date Settings

Click this button to display Expiry Date Settings, where you can maintain the software key expiry settings.

Toolbar

Click this button to display Toolbar Display Parameters, where you can alter the appearance of the toolbar containing the navigational buttons such as commit and cancel.

Support Password

Click this button to display Maintain Support Ctrl Break Password, where you can maintain the CTRL + BREAK password.

Multi-Stream

Click this button to display Multi-Stream Parameters, where you can maintain the Multi-Stream Processing parameters, which are used in the offline scheduling tasks to split the process into multiple processes.

GDPR Settings

Click this button to display GDPR Settings, where you can maintain the security options for the GDPR associated tasks. The Bank Account Deletion parameter is maintained here.

T&A Print/Display Limit

Click this button to display T&A Print/Display Limit, where you can maintain the maximum record size for Time and Attendance module record reports.

CEO Password

Click this button to display CEO Pay Ratio Password Setting, where you can maintain the CEO pay ratio password.

HrX SFTP

Click this button to display HrX Transfer Parameters, where you can maintain the push SFTP parameters used when sending files from ResourceLink to Alight HrX.

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