Configuring a prompt for labor metrics

When employees enter labor metrics in the 9000 Series clock, the default behavior is that the employee must select the labor metric value from a list. You can optionally configure the clock to prompt the employee to enter a labor metric rather than selecting it from the list. The clock's clock.xml file can be modified to enable this feature.

  1. Edit the clock.xml with your preferred editor.
  2. Enter this configuration syntax:
    
<item action="{labor metric type}" order="0" data="PROMPT" />

Example

In this example, a button is configured on the clock to allow an employee to change to a time code or department via a prompt. For example:


<item action="TIMECODE_CHANGE" order="0" data="PROMPT" />
<item action="DEPARTMENT_CHANGE" order="0" data="PROMPT" />

Optionally, the clock can show a virtual keypad for the labor metric prompt. To configure the keypad, use this property in the clock.properties file.

LM_DATA_ENTRY.virtual_keypad = true

In the clock.properties file, you can also specify the localized text for TIMECODE_CHANGE and DEPARTMENT_CHANGE. For example:


TIMECODE_CHANGE = Time/nCode
DEPARTMENT_CHANGE = Dept./nChange
Note: /n in the above example is used for line breaks.

After you are satisfied with your configuration changes, you can use the clock configuration update process to push the change to a group of clocks or all of your clocks.

See Configuration updates for the clock.