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Overview
Employee Groups are designed as a shortcut (and best practice) to assign Security, Area, and Departmental rights all at once, rather than on an individual basis. Settings and security are assigned to the Group, and then Employees are added to the Group, to help with consistency of application as well as increased efficiency in Employee maintenance. Use Case |
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Navigation
To access Employee Groups, select Employees across the top toolbar, and choose Groups.
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The primary functions associated with managing Employee Groups are embedded in the tabs of the Group setup, which can be accessed by double-clicking on an existing Group, or clicking the New button.
Group Setup - Tab Overview
In this section, we will review the various tabs within an Employee Group.
General Information
1) Enter the Name and Description (optional) of the Employee Group.
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4) Training Mode - If checked, any POS charges completed by an employee within the group, will be put into a test charge batch. The system will not allow this batch to be posted to prevent skewed financials.
Areas
The Areas Tab contains which areas the Employee can access in the POS, as well as the reporting module.
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Groups will have access to Areas designated in the Selected column. Also note, the Select All, and Deselect All buttons are available to assist with quick assignment and unassignment. For example, if the Group should have access to all areas, click Select All to quickly assign access to all areas.
Employees
The Employees tab displays the employees within a particular group.
Although it is recommended to add/remove employees within the individual employee profile, this can also be done here by simply checking or unchecking the flag within the Selected column. Also note, the Select All, and Deselect All buttons are available to assist with quick assignment and unassignment.
Roles/Security Rights
The Roles tab contains the security matrix (roles and modules) as assignable to the Employee. Note: Please see the Security Rights Manual for complete explanation of Category and Security Rights. Security can be assigned by placing a check in the grid. Additionally, security Categories can be filtered for ease of reference or review. Also note check boxes above the grid can be utilized for easy assignment (check), or un-assignment (uncheck) of entire column.
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If there is not a check-box for the Edit, Create, or Delete permission levels, simply check the View permission level, and the employee will have full access to the security feature.
Departments
Groups must have rights to at least one department. The Departments tab is used for department security purposes. More specifically, the Departments tab can be used to hide certain aspects of the system from the Group (and respective employees of the Group). Please see examples below:
Supervisors - In the Employees module, supervisors will only be able to see employees in departments to which they have been granted access.
GL Accounts - To see certain GL accounts, employees must have rights to the department(s) flagged within the GL account.
Vendors - To see certain vendors, employees must have rights to the department(s) flagged within the vendor profile.
Companies - With the new multi-company capabilities, to see anything associated with a specific company, the Group will need rights to a department that is linked to that company.
Members/Member Types - With the new multi-company capabilities, Member Types are linked to a specific company. To see any Members or Member Types associated with a specific company, the employee must have rights to a department linked to that company.
Apply departmental permissions by checking the appropriate boxes in the Selected column. Note that the Select All, and Deselect All buttons are also available to use for quick assignment and unassignment. For example, if Employee should have access to all Departments, choose Select All to quickly assign.
Note: For timekeeping purposes, employees must have rights to the departments linked within the areas they will be working. For instance, if the Servers will be working in the Dining Room area, and the Dining Room area is linked to the Food & Beverage department, the Servers must have rights to the Food & Beverage department, for timekeeping to report properly. If the employees do not have the correct departmental rights, they will not show on the Employee Hours report.
Most Commonly Used Actions - Group Mgmt
Create New Employee Group for an Existing Position
If a new Employee Group will perform similar functions as an already existing Employee Group, best practice is to copy the existing Employee Group’s setup.
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8) Lastly, click Save & Close to complete the setup of the new Employee Group.
Create New Employee Group for a New Position
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4) Lastly, click Save & Close to complete the setup of the new Employee Group.
Best Practices
Set security at a Group level (rather than at an Individual Employee level) to increase consistency of security application and efficiency of assignment.
To set up a new Group based on a similar existing group, make a copy of an existing group by opening the existing group and utilizing the Save as New function. Then, edit as necessary.
FAQs
Q. What is the best way to set up a new Employee with a new position?
A. First, set up a new Employee Group to house the new employee. Assign settings/permissions to the new Employee Group, and then assign the Employee to the Employee Group, either in the Employee Profile (preferred), or on the Employee tab in the Employee Groups set up.
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