Contents of the Time Groups Form

Set up time groups and assign employees to the groups on this form. Time groups are optional.

Field Description
Company Name If you use multiple companies, the name of the active company displays at the top of the form. You enter time groups for each company.

Time Groups Grid

Use this grid to set up time groups.

Grid Tools

Field Description
+ Add Time Group To add a time group to the grid, click this option below the Time Groups grid. This adds a blank row to the grid. Complete the information in the row.
Hover over a row in the grid, click at the end of the row, and select one of the following options from the shortcut menu to apply to the row:
  • Assign Employees: Click this option to open the Assign Employees to Group dialog box and assign employees to the selected time group. The assignments that you make here prefill in the Group field on the Time & Expense tab in the Employees hub for an employee. If you change the time group for an employee in either location, the change is updated in both locations.
  • Delete: Click this option to delete the selected time group. If a time group is already in use, you cannot delete it.
Click this icon at the top right of the grid to filter the list of time groups in the grid to display only the time groups that fit the criteria that you enter. In the Group or Description field in the blank row that is added to the top of the grid, enter text to filter the list. For example, if you enter M in the Group field, only the time groups whose group ID starts with an M display in the grid. To clear the filter criteria, select the value in the field and delete it. Click again to close the filter.
or To sort the grid rows by one of the grid columns in ascending or descending order, hover over the column heading and click or to the right of the column heading.

Grid Fields

Field Description
Group Enter an alphanumeric code to identify the time group. After you add a time group, you cannot change the group code. To change the group code, delete the time group, add a new time group to the grid, and enter the new code for it.
Description Enter a description for the time group. The description that you enter here displays in the Group field drop-down list on the Time & Expense tab of the Employees hub. You assign a time group to each employee. After you add a time group, you can change the description information for a time group.