{"id":30,"date":"2016-03-28T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsource.theholidaytracker.co.uk\/?p=30"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T08:30:24","slug":"update-3-0-storing-employee-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholidaytracke-4xhy3odrd6.live-website.com\/2016\/03\/28\/update-3-0-storing-employee-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Update 3.0 \u2013 Storing Employee Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
This latest update is the first stage in transforming The Holiday Tracker into a HR management tool \u2013 you can now store much more data against each of your employees. Below is a summary of the key features in this update.<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s the summary, we go into more detail on each of those features below.<\/p>\n
The first step in our journey towards becoming a HR management tool is to allow the storage of more useful data against each employee, for example: Job Title, Payroll ID and Emergency Contact Details. In order to facilitate these new fields we\u2019ve split the Employee page into multiple pages which you can navigate using the new sidebar:<\/p>\n
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Each of the new fields have been carefully selected and organised into sections and pages. However, not all of the fields may be relevant to every business, so we\u2019ve given you the ability to hide fields that you don\u2019t want to use. Using the Fields button at the bottom of the side panel, you can turn on the Field Visibility Mode. This places toggle boxes over the fields that can be hidden:<\/p>\n
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Click on a toggle box to toggle the visibility of a field and then click the Fields button again to save your preference.<\/p>\n
The field visibility is set for the company as a whole, not individual employees. So you can\u2019t hide a field for one employee and have it visible for another.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve also added a new report to the Reports page called the Employee Data Report. This enables you to export all of this additional data to an Excel spreadsheet should you need to.<\/p>\n
A simple but incredibly useful feature, the Who Is Off page can be accessed from the Admin menu, and gives you a complete picture of who is off today, the rest of this week and next week:<\/p>\n
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Tucked away in the Account Details section of the Employee Details page, you can now opt an employee out of receiving Attendance Register notification emails. Do you have managers who don\u2019t complete their own Attendance Register, so don\u2019t need the notifications? Or maybe you have more than one admin user and not all of them require the chase emails? In either scenario, simply tick the \u201cDo Not Send\u2026\u201d box for that employee, and the emails will be silenced.<\/p>\n
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As you\u2019re no doubt aware, we email all of your managers on a Monday morning, letting them know which of their employees are on holiday this week and next. Well now you can have this e-mail sent to your admins too, letting them know which employees, across the entire company, are on holiday this week and next.<\/p>\n
The second feature makes use of the new Date of Birth field. Enabling this feature will add a list of which employees will be celebrating a birthday, this week and next, to the Weekly email. A great opportunity to ensure your employees feel valued by ensuring you don\u2019t forget to light some candles.<\/p>\n
These two features are disabled by default, but if you want one or both of them enabling, then let us know and we\u2019ll flick the switch.<\/p>\n
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If you have any questions or feedback regarding this update, don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch: anthony@theholidaytracker.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This latest update is the first stage in transforming The Holiday Tracker into a HR management tool \u2013 you can now store much more data against each of your employees. Below is a summary of the key features in this update. Employee Data The employee data page has been re-imagined, is now spread across multiple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"yoast_head":"\n