Acknowledging an attendance point

You can review attendance points that have been attributed to employee records on the Attendance screen. When an employee is absent or late to arrive for a scheduled shift, a point card appears in the Points Pending Review section of the screen. Selecting a point card in this section opens the Point Details pane, where you can excuse or acknowledge the point.

1. In the upper-left corner of the screen, select Access your applications (  ).
   The menu expands.

2. In the menu pane, select T&A > Attendance Points and Events.
   The Attendance screen appears.

3. If necessary, select Points view.
   The Points view is the default view for the screen. 

   Click here for field descriptions.

   

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    Fields on the Points view of the Attendance screen

   #	Field	Description	Notes
   1	Expandable sections	Expand a section to view points that are pending review, excused, or acknowledged.
   	Points Pending Review	Expand to view points that require manager review.
   	Points Acknowledged	Expand to view points marked as acknowledged.
   	Points Excused	Expand to view points marked as excused.
   2	Point card	Displays a quick view of details for the point. Select a point card to open the Point Details pane where you can excuse, acknowledge, or delete the point.
   	Points	Number of points assessed.	Read-only.
   	Name	Name of the employee who received the point(s).	Read-only.
   	Date	Date on which the point was assessed.	Read-only.
   	Reason	Reason the point was assessed.	Read-only.
   	Duration	Number of hours affected by the violation.	Read-only.
   	Hours	Start time and end time for the affected shift.	Read-only.
   	Source	Icon that indicates whether a point or event was manually entered by a manager or was automatically generated by a work rule. Rule ()—The point was automatically applied by a work rule. Manual ()—The point was added manually.	Read-only.
   3	Point Details pane	Select a point card to open the Point Details pane where you can excuse, acknowledge, or delete the point.
   	Name	Name of the employee who received the point(s).	Read-only.
   	Date	Date on which the point was assessed.	Read-only.
   	Reason	Reason the point was assessed.	Read-only.
   	Hours	Number of hours affected by the violation.	Read-only.
   	Points	Number of points assessed.	Read-only.
   	Job	Job for the affected shift.	Read-only.
   	Scheduled shift	Displays details for the affected shift.	Read-only.
   	Point type	Type of point. The point type reflects the action that caused the point to be assessed. For example, if an employee punched in late, the point type is Late In.	Read-only.
   	Source	If the point was entered manually, this field displays the username of the person who added the point. If the point was generated automatically by RMS, this field displays the rule item that created the point.	Read-only.
   	Created on	Date and time when the point was assessed.	Read-only.
   	Status	If the point has been acknowledged or excused, this field displays the details of the status change.	Read-only. If the point is pending review, no status is shown.
   	Note	Enter a note for the point.
   	Excuse	Mark the point as excused. Excused points are not counted in the total point accumulation that results in an event.
   	Acknowledge	Mark the point as acknowledged to denote that a manager has reviewed and addressed the point.
   	Delete	Delete the point.

4. Expand () the Points Pending Review section.

5. Select the point card for the point that you want to acknowledge.
   The Point Details pane appears on the right side of the screen.

6. Select Acknowledge.
   The header on the Point Details pane turns gray, indicating that the point has been reviewed.
   Details of the status change are recorded, and the point card moves to the Points Acknowledged section of the screen.