Auto-Post Manufacturing Labor

On the General tab of Data Collection Parameters form, select this field to automatically validate the job labor, work center labor, and work center machine time transactions in the data collection tables and to post valid transactions with a status of "Pending" or "Unposted" to the database. During error processing, you process only those transactions that the system has flagged with an error status. Valid transactions remain in the holding files until the next polling cycle.

We recommend that you do not select the Auto-Post Manufacturing Labor option until you have been posting data from the data collection tables for long enough to gain familiarity and confidence (perhaps three to six months) - the system creates indirect transactions that can result in incorrect transactions in certain situations.

Note: Selecting this field simply enables auto-posting. On the Background tab, you must also click the Background button next to this field to set up and start the Auto Posting background process.

If this field is not selected, transactions are not posted until you manually post them from the Error Processing form.

To clear this field after a background task is set up, you must first delete the appropriate task on the Active Background Tasks form.

For more information, see Posting and Validating Data Collection Transactions.

Example: If an employee does not clock out until the beginning of the next shift, the system creates an indirect transaction using the start time of the last transaction on the previous day. The result for the employee is a 15-hour work day, which is a valid transaction for the system but not an accurate account of hours worked.