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Understanding Security Profiles in Chris21
The concept of security profiles in Chris21 can be the cause of some confusion, especially if you are new to the system. In essence, a security profile is a collection of Chris21 forms that user's needs access to in order to perform their duties. The same security...
Troubleshooting the Update Skills Process in Chris21
Update Skills (SKU) is run as part of your Training procedures in Chris21. If this is one of the processes that you run, keep in mind that it uses what it finds in Session Skills (CSS). If you notice that some skills aren't being updated this is the first place to...
Relationships in Chris21 and Your HR21 Implementation
Relationships in Chris21 is an important concept if you are using, or if you are considering implementing HR21. The Relationships(REL) form is used to define your organisation structure, in other words, the reporting structure. This structure is used by HR21 to...
Understanding Position Security in Chris21
Using position security in Chris21 to limit access to staff data Position security in Chris21 can be an unfamiliar or misunderstood concept amongst Chris21 users. Essentially its purpose is to restrict access to the data belonging to certain groups of staff members by...
Customising Chris21- Hidden Fields and Field Numbers
When customising Chris21 you will usually make changes to the Data Dictionary (DMA) and the Field Definitions (FLD) forms. DMA is for changes to the structure of a file while FLD lets you customise the way the form looks in Chris21. See my blogs Customising Chris21...
Displaying Leave Accruals in Chris21
In my previous article I talked about setting up leave accruals in Chris21 so that they are calculated according to your organisation’s requirements. The other part of the setup is determining how these balances are displayed on the Leave Balances (LAC) page and in...
Chris21 Leave Accruals Configuration
The rules for Chris21 leave accruals must be configured for each of your accruing leave types. The most common of these are annual, long service and sick leave but there could be others depending on your organisation's requirements. If we look at the common three you...
Switch to an Improved Chris21 Leave Balances Summary Display
This is a tip for Chris21 payroll users or any other users who have access to Chris21 leave balances. The standard way to view leave balances is using the Balances (LAC) form. You will be familiar with the Chris21 Leave Balances form: The limitation of this form is...
How to Avoid Broken Workflow Processes
Broken workflow issues often arise when processing leave with HR21. You will know a workflow has broken when an escalation is directed to the fallback manager. Escalations occur when the time allocated for a workflow request to be actioned has elapsed and so the...
How to Add Chris21 Reports to a Menu
Usually you will access your Chris21 reports directly from the report designer. This is fine for reports that you only want to run yourself but what if that report is useful for all the Chris21 users in your team? Rather than each user having to search for the report...
Hi, I'm Tony Danher
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