Time Clock

Employees can use the time clock to clock in and out of work.

In the Manage Module, at the upper-right, is the Time Clock area.

See our webinar: Time Cards.

Before using the time clock, the following tasks must be completed.

  1. Add employees. See Employees.
  2. Create user profiles for each employee. See User Edit.
  3. Add pay periods in Time Card Setup.

Buttons

Manage: Manage employee time cards, calculate daily/weekly totals, and run reports. See Manage Time Cards. Only enabled for users with Edit All Time Cards Permission.

View Time Card: View or edit the selected employee's Time Card.

View Breaks: View or edit the selected employee's breaks in the Time Card.

View Schedule: Open Schedule for the selected employees.

Server Time: The server time is used to time stamp all events in the database (commlogs, audit trail, tasks, etc). This time is pulled from the server hosting the Open Dental database. If the time is changed on the server, a restart of the MySQL service may be required.

By default, the time displayed is the time of the server. To use a workstation's local time instead, see Miscellaneous Setup.

Clock In: Highlight an employee, then click to add a Clock In Date And Time.

Clock Out For: Highlight an employee, select a status (Home, Lunch, Break), then click to add a Clock Out Date And Time to the current clock event.

Employee Grid

Employees must be added to the Employees list to display in the grid.

When using clinics, the clinic selected in the Main Menu determines which employees are listed. When clocking in, this clinic is associated to the clock in event and subsequent clock out events.

Filter by Name: Search for an employee to narrow down Employee list. Automatically refreshes while typing.

Status: Displays current status of the employee: