Admin Tools (Employer Tab)

This screen provides a series of tools that allow you to perform important administrative operations such as performing a payroll backup and restore procedure, and assigning a logo/banner for branding purposes.

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Common Buttons

Visit the Button Descriptions help page to view detailed descriptions of each button that appears on your screen (whether in the Button Bar at the top of the table, or in the table itself). Note: If a button is unavailable (i.e. its text appears in Gray), either the command is not applicable to the current screen, or its function has already been applied (e.g. you clicked the New button for an item that can only be added one time).

The following section of this help page describes the various columns that can appear in the main table on this screen. If you see a column description below that does not appear on your screen, you can add the column to your view by using the Customize option under the Views button (located at the left side of the screen just above the table). Refer to the Customize View help page for more help on this feature.

Backup

Backup - This button allows you to create a backup file that contains your complete company database. This includes the information from all program modules (Payroll, HR, Recruitment, etc.), and all of the necessary data required to restore your data to the last program state when the backup was created.

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Choosing the button initiates the backup procedure and a .DAT file is created immediately. Depending on your browser settings, the file will either be stored in your Downloads folder or you may be presented with a window that will prompt you where to save the file. This file can be stored in a secure location for future use in the event that a complete database restore is needed.

The .DAT file is prefixed with the payroll's previous closing date, payroll run type, and various other identifiers as follows:

Backup file naming convention

Restore

Restore - This button allows you to reload or restore a payroll database file to the last current state as defined in a backup .DAT file. Choosing the button opens the Restore Employer Data page, where you can choose the location of your backup .DAT file.

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Delete - If you encounter a warning message after selecting the Restore button, place a check in this box and then retry the restore procedure. When this box does not contain a check, the Restore button performs an incremental restore that includes only the most recent changes made to your program database. Checking this box will perform a full payroll restore instead of an incremental restore only.
Browse - Choose this button to display a window where you can select the backup file that is to be restored. Only valid .DAT files created in eNETEmployer's Backup procedure can be used for this procedure.
Restore - Choose this button to start the restore procedure and create a .DAT file that stores the results. Depending on your browser settings, the file will either be stored in your Downloads folder or you may be presented with a window that will prompt you where to save the file.
Logoff - Choose this button once you have successfully completed the restore procedure.

CAUTION: Restoring your company database will replace the data for all program modules. This includes any changes made in all other tabs since the last backup (e.g. HR, Recruitment, Employer - not just the Payroll module). As such, the restore procedure should be used as a last resort only after you have considered other alternatives (such as the Un-Close payroll command or Reversal Pay option).

Additional Restore Procedure Notes:

Restore Times - Restoring a payroll database can take a few moments or a few minutes, depending on the size of your payroll. To ensure data integrity, you should not interrupt the browser window while the restore is taking place. After successfully restoring the data you must logout and close the browser to start a new session.
Record Keeping - The Restore option does not provide a record of the procedure itself. Therefore, if your company's methodology requires an accurate record of every payroll transaction and its accompanying reason, you may wish to use the pay sequence's Description cell to comment that the pay run was restored (and include a brief reason if necessary).

Logo

This button allows you to specify a logo image that will appear at the top of the Pay Statements (Pressure Seal) report.

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Use Logo - Check this box if you wish to use the custom logo feature. When the box is checked, the Browse button will become enabled so that you can specify the image that will be used. If you remove the check from this box, any image that you specified will be removed.
Browse - Choosing this button allows you to specify the image file that will be used as the custom logo. Most common image file types are supported, including; .jpg, .gif, .png., and bmp. When this button is selected, a window will appear so that you can locate the desired image file. Once you have chosen a file, it will be displayed below the button.
Close - Choose this button to close the pop-up window.

Banner

This button allows you to specify a banner image that will appear at the top of your Recruitment web page.

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Use Banner - Check this box if you wish to use the custom banner feature. When the box is checked, the Browse button will become enabled so that you can specify the image that will be used. If you remove the check from this box, any image that you specified will be removed.
Browse - Choosing this button allows you to specify the image file that will be used as the custom banner. Most common image file types are supported, including; .jpg, .gif, .png., and bmp. When this button is selected, a window will appear so that you can locate the desired image file. Once you have chosen a file, it will be displayed below the button.
Close - Choose this button to close the pop-up window.

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