Setting system parameters

Follow these instructions to set system-level parameters for JAMIS e-timecard. You can read more detailed explanations of these system parameters.

To set system parameters

1. From the JAMIS Administration home page > Setup tab, under Application Setup, click Parameter setup. Or, from the top of any JAMIS Administration screen, click Application Setup > Parameter Setup. The Parameter Setup screen appears.

2. Click the System tab.

3. The Use database server date and time check box defaults to turned on. If you would rather have the system use the time on the web server when it checks for late entries, late submits, and earning code entries on future dates, uncheck this box.

4. Click the Consider time zone for late entries/submits and future dates check box if you want e-timecard to consider the time zone when it checks for late entries, late submits, and earning code entries on future dates.
   
   If you turn on this check box, make sure that you set the time zone distance of the server from each location code on the Valid Values screen.

5. The Log locked user accounts check box defaults to turned off. If you want the system to write a record to the event log when a user fails to log in more than the allowed number of times, turn on this check box.

6. For the Disable users after failed login attempts field, select one of the following options to determine whether the system disables user access after failed logins, and to indicate how many login attempts are allowed before the system disables the user.

• Don’t Disable User (this is the default)

• After 1 Failed Login

• After 2 Failed Logins

• After 3 Failed Logins

• After 4 Failed Logins

• After 5 Failed Logins

7. The Enable users when they request passwords check box defaults to turned off. To automatically restore a disabled user's access when s/he requests a new password, turn on this check box.

8. Click the Disable time card web entry check box if you need to temporarily cut off all users’ access to the e-timecard web application. To allow users to access e-timecard on the web, leave this check box turned off.

9. The Enable attachments check box defaults to turned off. Check this box if you want to let users attach files to time cards, pre-authorization requests, and expense reports. You must also perform step 12 below to enable attachments in the database.

10. The Hide comments and explanations during time card entry check box defaults to turned off. Check this box if you want to disable text comments on time cards as well as text explanations for reason codes.

11. The Date format field defaults to MM/DD/YYYY. You can change it to DD/MM/YYYY if your company uses that format. See Explanations of system parameters to find out the impacts and requirements of selecting DD/MM/YYYY.

12. Click Save.

13. If you want to enable attachments (see step 9), do the following. If you do not have the ability or permissions to perform these steps, ask your system administrator for help.

1. Using SQL Studio Manager, connect to the JAMIS e-timecard database as the database owner or sa.

2. Run the following scripts.

<install directory>\install\msql\jmattachment.msql

<install directory>\install\msql\jmattachmenta.msql

<install directory>\msqlproc\expenseReportIO.sql

<install directory>\msqlproc\preAuthorizationIO.sql

<install directory>\install\msqlproc\attachmentIO.sql