Employee Authentication
This form is displayed when a user logs into Factory Track with a user account that is not linked to an employee. The employee can use this form to sign in as a generic user. As a generic user the employee is able to perform transactions using the Work Center Navigation Home and Work Center UI forms. When performing a discrete transaction as a generic user, the employee is signed out automatically and must sign in again using the Employee Authentication form before performing another transaction.
Transactions that have the Discrete Transaction parameter set to true are considered discrete transactions and the employee is logged out when the transaction is complete for this purpose. The generic employee is not logged out automatically, if a transaction’s Discrete Transaction parameter is set to false. The PIN number is an additional security check for employees signing into Factory Track using the employee authentication screen. The PIN is a string that can be the employee’s badge to uniquely identify the employees.
Factory Track only displays the PIN on the employee authentication screen when the global parameter PIN Required is set to true. Any administrator or user having access to the Employees transaction can set an employee’s PIN. If the employee is added through the data synch (downloading information from the ERP), then the PIN can be set to a blank value or a specific default. The PIN is stored in the database encrypted like a password.
The field PIN Change Required on the employee record indicates that the employee must change the PIN number when they access the Employee Authentication form next time.