The Time & Attendance module uses a series of links, buttons, and icons to make it easy for you to enter, find, and understand your time and attendance data. Click each term below for information about how each element works.

• Text Links - A text link (often referred to simply as a link) is an underlined word or series of words that you can click. Usually, clicking a link takes you to another location in the application, causes different information to be displayed in the window you are viewing, or opens a new window. For more examples of links, see Standard Page Elements, which describes some links that appear on all Time & Attendance module main pages.

Tip: You can tell whether a word can be clicked by placing your cursor over the word. If the word is part of a link, your cursor will turn into a pointing hand. Words that function as links are also usually underlined.

• Buttons - Buttons are areas of the screen, usually enclosed within a border, that can be clicked. Like text links, some buttons can be used to open new windows or display new information in a current window. Unlike links, however, many buttons also cause some sort of processing to occur. One of the most common buttons is the Submit button, which causes your data to be saved to the database.
  
  Although some buttons, like the Submit button, have words on them, many buttons are labeled with images instead of words. If you are not sure what one of these graphic buttons does, place your cursor over the button for a few seconds. A tooltip (a very small pop-up window) will be displayed that indicates the button's name and/or function.
  
  For information about special buttons that are used for entering data, see Submitting Your Data. There are many other buttons in that are described in the context of the specific pages on which they appear.

• Icons - An icon is an image or symbol used to convey information succinctly. For example the icon appears next to certain messages to indicate that the messages contain warning information. Unlike buttons, icons cannot be clicked (your cursor will not change to a pointing hand when you move your cursor over an icon). To see some of the most common Time & Attendance module icons, click here.

Note: Some graphic images function as both icons and buttons, depending on their context in the application. In other words, a single image may function at some times as only a symbol (merely conveying information) and at other times as button (that causes something to happen). You can tell whether an image is a button by placing you cursor over the image. If the item is a button (that is, if clicking it will cause some sort of action), your cursor will turn into a small pointing hand.