Employee Maintenance: Assignments Tab

The Assignments tab enables assigning the following entities to an employee:

Department
Facility
Work Center
Production Line
Employee Roles
Employee Skills
Employee Work Centers
Employee Reason Codes

Any changes to Employee configuration made in this tab will be visible in the system after the lapse of period specified in the CacheValidationDelay key in the Central Configuration file. This key governs the period between each cache refresh. The default value is 300 seconds. For detailed information on Central Configuration key, refer to the "Framework" section of the Central Configuration Documentation.

Department

To define a Department, click (Link), and the Departments assignment screen will be displayed
To remove a Department, click (Unlink)
To see the properties of a Department, click (Properties)

Department assignment screen

Departments Screen Assignment Actions

To link a Department on the Departments assignment screen, select it and click (Select)
To add a new Department, click (Add), and the Department editor screen will open
To remove a Department, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of a Department, select it and click (Properties)

Facility

To define a Facility, click (Link), and the Facilities assignment screen will be displayed
To remove a Facility, click (Unlink)
To see the properties of a Facility, click (Properties)

Facility Screen Assignment Action

To link a Facility, select it and click (Select)
To add a new Facility, click (Add), and the Facility editor screen will be opened
To remove a Facility, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of a Facility, select it and click (Properties)

Work Center

This is a default Work Center assigned to the given employee.

To define a Work Center, click (Link), and the Work Centers assignment screen will be displayed
To remove a Work Center, click (Unlink).
To see the properties of a Work Center, click (Properties).

Work Center Screen Assignment Actions

To link a Work Center, select it and click (Select)
To add a new Work Center, click (Add), and the Work Center editor screen will be opened
To remove a Work Center, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of a Work Center, select it and click (Properties)
To see the Work Schedule for a Work Center, select it and click (Work Schedule)

Production Line

To define a Production Line, click (Link), and the Production Lines assignment screen will be displayed
To remove a Production Line, click (Unlink)
To see the properties of a Production Line, click (Properties)

Production Line Screen Assignment Actions

To link a Production Line, select it and click (Select)
To add a new Production Line, click (Add), and the Production Line editor screen will be opened
To remove a Production Line, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of a Production Line, select it and click (Properties)

Employee Roles

Clicking the Employee Roles link will open the Employee Roles screen, where you can select the desired Role and click (Link). To remove an employee Role, select it and click (Unlink).

Employee Skills

Clicking the Employee Skills link will open the Employee Skills screen, where you can select a desired Skill and click (Link), which will open the Skills browser. To remove an employee Skill, select it and click (Unlink). To see the properties, select the Skill and click (Properties).

Skills Browser Actions

To link an employee Skill, select it and click (Select)
To add a new employee Skill, click (Add), and the Skill Properties screen will be opened, where you can provide the name of the Skill and its description as well as link the employees directly to the new Skill
To remove an employee Skill, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of an employee Skill, select it and click (Properties)

Employee Work Centers

This screen enables linking additional Work Centers to a given employee. To link a default Work Center, refer to the Work Center section above.

Click the Employee Work Centers link, select the desired Work Center, and click (Link), which will open the Work Centers assignment screen. To remove an employee Work Center, select it and click (Unlink). To see the properties, select an employee Work Center and click (Properties).

Work Centers Screen Assignment Action

To link an employee Work Center, select it and click (Select)
To add a new employee Work Center, click (Add), and the Work Center editor screen will be opened
To remove an employee Work Center, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of an employee Work Center, select it and click (Properties)
To see the Work Schedule for an employee Work Center, select it and click (Work Schedule)

Employee Reason Codes

Click the Employee Reason Codes link and click (Link). The Select Labor Type window will appear, where you need to choose one of the types from the drop-down menu and click Next. The Reason Codes assignment screen will then open, where you can select the desired Reason Code and click (Select). To remove an employee Reason Code, select it sand click (Unlink).

Reason Codes Screen Assignment Actions

To link a Reason Code, select it and click (Select)
To add a new Reason Code, click (Add), and the Reason Code editor screen will be opened
To remove a Reason Coed, select it and click (Remove)
To see the properties of a Reason Code, select it and click (Properties)