Setting the General Preferences

Items Per Page

Type the number of items that will display, per page, in a grid A grid is a table that may display in the Center Pane. The grid will list records that apply to the selected link..

20

Employer Form Category Levels

Type the number of category levels allowed in the Forms section of the Employer Forms page.

2

Employer Form Max # of Files

Type the maximum number of files allowed in the Forms section of the Employer Forms page.

100

Employer Form Max File Size (MB)

Type the maximum file size that may be uploaded in the Forms section of the Employer Forms page.

100

Employer Form Allowed File Types

Type the extension for each type of file that can be added to the Forms section of the Employer forms page, separated by a comma (e.g., doc,docx,txt,xls).

ppt,pptx,zip,jpg,png

Request Attachment Max # of Files

Type the maximum number of attachments that may be attached to a request.

Set this value to 0 to not allow employees to attach files to their requests.

10

Request Attachment Max File Size

Type the maximum file size that may be attached to a time entry request, the Employee Documents page, and the My Documents page.

100

Request Attachment Allowed File Types

Type the extension for each type of file that can be attached to a request, the Employee Documents page, and the My Documents page,separated by a comma (e.g., doc,docx,txt,xls).

doc,docx,txt,xls,xlsx,pdf, ppt,pptx,zip,jpg,png

Personal Information

Click the Drop Down List button to select the option used to control the Personal Directory Setting defaults on the Account page in the Employee Interface.

• Hide — Employee can override to display the Personal Directory Setting check boxes as not selected (not populated by a check mark). The employee can change the default settings.

• Show — Employee can override to display the Personal Directory Setting check boxes as selected (populated with a check mark). The employee can change the default settings.

• Unavailable — No personal information to prevent an employee's personal information from displaying in the Employee Directory. The employee is not allowed to change this setting.

Hide — Employee can override

LINQ Employee Portal URL

Type the full URL for the LINQ Employee Portal software solution. This URL is inserted as a link to the application in the system-generated e-mail messages. You can type up to 100 alphanumeric characters.

N/A

LINQ EP Administrator Name

Type the name of the person who is responsible for administration of the LINQ Employee Portal software solution. The LINQ EP Administrator Name displays on the Admin Home page. You can type up to 100 alphanumeric characters.

N/A

LINQ EP Administrator E-mail

Type the e-mail address of the person who is responsible for administration of the LINQ Employee Portal software solution. The LINQ EP Administrator Name displays on the Admin Home page. It is also used to send system-generated e-mail messages when specific events occur in LINQ EP. You can type up to 100 alphanumeric characters.

The portal validates the e-mail address format.

N/A

Master Password

Type the password that a person can use to log into the LINQ Employee Portal as another user.

You must enter a master password that is at least eight characters in length that meets these conditions:

• Contains at least one lowercase letter

• Contains at least one number

• Contains at least one special character from the following list: !@#$%^&*?_~

When the General Preferences page is saved, an error message will display if the master password does not meet this criteria.

N/A

Birth Date Type

Click the Drop Down List button to select the date type used in Alio to identify an employee's birth date.

BIRTH DATE

Hire Date Type

Click the Drop Down List button to select the date type used in Alio to identify an employee's most recent hire date.

CURRENT HIRE DATE

Original Hire Date Type

Click the Drop Down List button to select the date type used in Alio to identify an employee's original hire date.

ORIGINAL HIRE DATE

Default Calendar Start Month

Click the Drop Down List button to select the default start month that will display in the Calendar Start Month field on the Account page > Application Settings the first time a user logs into LINQ EP.

The Calendar Start Month identifies the first month that will display in the calendars throughout LINQ EP. The user can modify this preference on the Account page.

July

Portal Timeout Set By

Click the Drop Down List button to select the option used to apply the Portal Timeout setting. Your choices are:

• User Roles to use the Portal Timeout setting defined for each user role active in LINQ EP. You must define the Role Timeout (Minutes) on the Add User Role or Modify User Role page to define the number of minutes that a user's portal session is inactive before the portal session times out.
  
  Note: If the User Roles option is selected, and the user is not assigned to a User Role, the Portal Time (Minutes) field value defined on the General Preferences page is activated for that user.

• Preferences to use the Portal Timeout (Minutes) field value to define the number of minutes that a user's portal session is inactive before the portal session times out.

Preferences

Portal Timeout (Minutes)

Type the number of minutes that a user's portal session is inactive before the portal session times out, if the:

• Portal Timeout Set By is set to Preferences; or

• Portal Timeout Set By field value is set to User Role and the user is not assigned to a User Role

20

Display Emergency Comments on Personal Card

Click to select this check box to allow comments entered for an employee's emergency contact to display on the My Personal Card.

Click to clear this check box to hid the emergency contract comments.

Not checked