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- FLEXITIME & TIME LOGGING SYSTEM VERSION 5
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- SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S MANUAL
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- 1. Installation and Setup
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- Put the floppy distribution disk in drive a: or b:, change to that drive and
- enter the command INSTALL - an installation routine will undertake the
- necessary installation for you after prompting for a destination drive and
- directory which you can change if you wish.
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- Once the program has been properly installed start it by entering the command
- FTTL.
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- As this is the first time the system has been run it will create empty data
- and default system files.
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- After the opening screen a calendar will appear. In most cases today's date
- will be highlighted so all you need to do is press ENTER. If it is not use the
- cursor keys to highlight the correct date and press ENTER. If you have had to
- change the date it means that your system clock is wrong and you should check
- this at the earliest convenience - otherwise you will always have to be
- changing the date every time you run the program. This something which
- ordinary users will quickly tire of and probably "forget" which could cause
- incorrect operation of the system.
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- You can press F1 at anytime for help. A help screen will be displayed and the
- contents may be viewed by using the cursor keys to move down and up as
- required. Press ESC to return to the program.
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- A warning will appear indicating that there is no data in the people
- (employees) file. Press ENTER to remove the warning.
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- A message will appear indicating how many more employees can be added - this
- depends on the original licence purchased. Press ENTER to remove this message.
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- A blank employee record screen will appear. Fill in your details (or the
- details of the system administrator) as required. Press ENTER to move from
- field to field. Use the UP arrow to move back through the fields. DO NOT
- CHANGE THE SECURITY LEVEL FROM 1! When you move off the last field by pressing
- ENTER you will be asked to confirm that you are satisfied. Press Y to write
- this record to the file or press N to start again. You can add as many
- employee records as you like at this time but you only have enter 1 to make
- the system work.
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- The security level can be 1, 2 or 3. 1 is the highest and gives access to the
- whole system. Level 2 gives access to the main flexisheet menu, periods and
- employees menus but not to the system menu - this would be suitable for local
- supervisors/team leaders. Nobody can give themselves a higher security than
- they already have, which it why it is critical to always have one person with
- a security level of 1!
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- You will then be warned that no period has been selected. A "period" is a
- start date for a 28 day (4 week) logging/reporting period. The system uses a
- combination of an employee's reference number and the period start date to
- create and maintain a unique flexisheet for that period/person.
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- You will be asked to select a starting date for the first period. This MUST
- be a Monday. This will set the date from which everything will follow for the
- rest of the time you operate the system so it is important to get this right!
- You cannot change it later.
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- Press ESC once you have set up and selected the first starting period.
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- The system will then run as it will usually run in the future. You will then
- be prompted once again for the required person - enter the surname and
- password of the employee you have just created. Please make sure you choose
- somebody with Level 1 security as a number of system defaults now need to be
- checked which require access to the whole system.
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- From the top menu choose SYSTEM (Press S). If you are running this system on
- a network you will be asked to confirm that nobody else is using the system.
- This is important because you must have exclusive access to the files in the
- system at this point. As you are just setting the system up it is highly
- likely that you are still the only person using the system!
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- Choose PRINTER SETTINGS (Press 2) then choose CHOOSE PRINTER DRIVER (Press 1).
- A menu of printer drivers will appear. Highlight the desired driver and press
- ENTER. If you cannot see a suitable driver you can create a new one or edit
- an existing one to suit using the other two items on this menu. Press F1 while
- using these selections for help on changing the printer control codes. If you
- get stuck please do not hesitate to telephone us. When you have selected the
- desired driver ESC back to the SYSTEM sub-menu.
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- Now choose SYSTEM SETTINGS (Press 3). On the first page change the settings
- to suit and keep pressing ENTER to reveal a second page of defaults. It is
- most important to get these right now because they will affect everything that
- follows. These defaults are read every time a new employee is created. What
- you put in these defaults is, of course, dependent on organisation policy (we
- assume we are allowed to use the last two words in the same sentence). Again
- pressing F1 gives more help.
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- ESC back to the SYSTEM sub-menu. You may wish to switch the backup warning off
- if you are taking backups at network level, otherwise leave it on to remind
- yourself to take regular backups.
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- Do not change any other settings at this stage.
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- ESC back to the main menu.
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- You now need to set up your organisation's TIME FILES - this can either be
- done by you or by somebody with a Level 2 security clearance and is more fully
- described in the Supervisor's Manual. You must have at least one entry in each
- time file, however, or the system will not work properly.
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- You can now proceed to set all your users up on the system. You need to make
- sure that each work station is set to FILES=99 and BUFFERS=30 in the
- CONFIG.SYS file. If you get a DOS 4 error message when running the program the
- most likely cause is failure to have enough file handles available at the
- offending workstation.
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