The user emulation feature allows one manager to access the Time & Attendance module records of employees who are usually the responsibility of another manager. This feature is generally used to allow one manager to cover for an absent colleague. Each manager controls who, if anyone, can emulate him or her.

Use the following links to select which manager can emulate you or to learn how to emulate another manager:

• Specifying Who Can Emulate You

  1. In the upper right corner of any main Time & Attendance module page, click the Options link.

  2. If the User Emulation form is not visible on the right side of the Options page, click User Emulation in the left section of the page.

  3. In the Select users who can emulate you area, use the and buttons to move names in to or out of the Selected box.

     Tip: The Available box contains a scrolling list of all of the managers you can authorize to emulate you. To move a manager from the Available box to the Selected box, click the manager 's name to highlight it and then click . To remove a manager from the list of Selected managers , click the manager 's name in the Selected box and then click .

  4. When you are satisfied with the list in the Selected box, click Submit.

• Emulating Another Manager

  1. In the upper right corner of any main Time & Attendance page, click the Options link.

  2. If the User Emulation form is not visible on the right side of the Options page, click User Emulation in the left section of the page.

  3. In the Select users to emulate section, click the Emulate check box.

     Tip: The Emulate check box will only be available if at least one other manager has authorized you to emulate him or her. If this box is not visible, you will see the following informational message: You are not setup to emulate any users.

  4. Click and select from the list the name of the manager to be emulated.

  5. Click Submit.

     You are now emulating the manager you selected. The next time you open a page that displays employee data, you will be viewing data for the manager you are emulating.  

     Notes:
     The user emulation will continue until you return to the Options page and click the Emulate check box (to clear it) or select another manager to emulate, or until you log out .
     
     If you select another manager to emulate while the Emulate box is still checked, the change will take effect immediately.
     
     Emulation only affects the manager role . If you switch to the employee role you will see only your own data. If you switch to the practitioner role , you will have access to the same information you normally do.
     
     Emulation set from the Time & Attendance Options page also only affects Time & Attendance pages.

Note: The edit audit trail always logs the ID of the actual individual who changes a record, even if that person is emulating another manager.