Limiting Data to a Particular Period of Time

Many Time & Attendance module pages allow you to limit the data displayed by specifying a time period. The two most common methods for restricting data to a particular time period are:

Some types of data (such as timecard information), have generic time frames for which information is requested. For instance, the current pay period or the current day. Time & Attendance module uses the drop-down menu to make it easy to select data for these common time frames.

Note: You can specify a different or custom time frame even when generic time frames are provided.

The My Labor page is a good example of the use of generic date ranges. When you first click My Labor, your timecard information for the week displays with the current day (the Date Selection drop-down is set to Today). To change the time frame for which data is displayed:

Click to view the other options.
Select the time period for which you want data to be displayed. The typical options are:

Current Pay Period
Next Pay Period
Previous Pay Period
Today
Other Pay Period

Notes:
If you select Current Pay Period, Next Pay Period, Previous Pay Period, or Today, the data refreshes immediately to display data for the selected time period.

If you select Other Pay Period, enter the date for which you want data to be displayed and click Find. When you enter a date, the pay period containing that date is displayed after you click Find.

On forms that present information that is not viewed often, or in situations where very specific time frames are used often, two date fields are provided to allow you to specify the exact time period for which you want to view information. The Attendance Notification History page provides a good example of how to create a date filter by specifying both a start and end date.

On the Home page in the employee role, click View Attendance Notifications.

Note that the initial display of attendance notification data is already filtered to a specific date range (upper left).
To view information for a different range of dates, enter a new start and end date, or use the calendar lookups to select dates (see Specifying Dates for full instructions).
Click Find to run the search with the newly specified date range.

Note: The Schedules page in the manager role can display scheduling information for up to 100 employees and up to 31 days. The date selection tools on this page include a special calendar lookup button (

) for selecting the end date of your desired date range. When you click this button, a pop-up calendar opens that begins with the selected start date and contains only 31 dates. If you hover the mouse pointer over a date on this calendar, the calendar indicates how many days would be included in the schedule grid if you clicked that particular date. This tool prevents you from selecting a date range of more than 31 days. For more information about using the date selection tools on the Schedules page , see Viewing Scheduling Information for a Specific Date Range .