Employee In/Out Box

The Employee In/Out Box enables you to track employees as they are logged in and out of TAM and allows the employee to update his or her status.

Note: In order for all areas of TAM to recognize an employee and properly report the attendance status, the OpID must be the same on the Employee Detail screen and on the User Account tab in Security Manager.

To access the list, from the Home Base Options menu, select Employee In/Out Box.

• Employee In/Out Box Screen
• Change Your Attendance Status
• Change Status at Login
• Hide TAM Login Status
• Status and Receptionist
• Status and Attendance List

Employee In/Out Box Screen

The screen lists all employees entered in Employees and includes the following information:

• Employee ID
• Phone extension
• Name
• Login status (In or Out)
• Date
• Time
• Attendance status

Change Your Attendance Status

Use the following steps to change your attendance status.

1. From Home Base, click Options on the menubar and select Employee In/Out Box.
2. From the Employee In/Out Box screen Options menu, select Change Status.
3. Select your status.
   • Present
   • Break
   • Lunch
   • Meeting
   • Out of the office
4. Enter a Description if desired.
5. Select the Return Date and Return Time if desired.
6. Click OK.
   
   Your selections appear at the bottom of the Employee In/Out Box screen.
   
   

4. To close the screen, click the X in the upper right corner, or from the File menu, select Exit.

Change Status at Login

When you enter TAM and you have previously changed your attendance status to out, you may change the status when you sign in.

Hide TAM Login Status

Use the following steps to prevent an employee's login status from displaying in the In/Out Box.

1. From the Home Base Tools menu, select System Setup.
2. On the Settings tab, scroll through the list to find In/Out Box - Hide TAM Login Status.
3. Click the In/Out Box - Hide TAM Login Status checkbox.
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK to close the message box.

All users must exit TAM before changes will take effect.

Status and Receptionist

Within Receptionist, you may designate an employee as out for the following reasons:

• Present
• Break
• Lunch
• Meeting
• Out of the Office

If an employee has been designated as Out via the Attendance List, you may not modify the status through Receptionist.

Status and Attendance List

From the Attendance List within Employees, you may designate an employee as Out for Vacation, Sick, or Other. This requires permissions granted in Security Manager.

Status in the In/Out Box will reflect Sick, Vacation, or Other.

The Attendance List always dominates the status set in the In/Out Box. This is the only place an employee can be marked out for vacation or sick time.

For more information, see Attendance List.