Universal Device Manager and Timekeeping

To access and use Universal Device Manager (UDM) Manages the configuration of terminals and communication with the system. in Timekeeping, you must be assigned a Function Access Profile with the Universal Device Manager access control points set to Allowed. You must also assign employees to UDM Universal Device Manager manages the configuration of terminals and communication with the system. Device Groups.

To set up the access control points required for anyone responsible for configuring Universal Device Manager:

  1. Log on to Timekeeping.
  2. Select Administration > Application setup > Access Profiles >Function Access Profiles.
  3. Do one of the following:
    1. Click Tap New.
    2. Select a profile and then click tap Edit or Duplicate.
  4. (Optional) Enter or modify the name of the profile (maximum of 250 characters). If you are duplicating the profile, change the name.
  5. (Optional) Enter or modify the description.
  6. Select the Default check box to make this access profile the default for your system.
  7. In the Search text box, enter universal device and click tap Find Next. The Function column is expanded and the Universal Device Manager section is highlighted under —Common Setup.
  8. Expand the Universal Device Manager item.
  9. Enable the access control points, as desired:
    • To allow access to suite Universal Device Manager administrative functions (such as specifying the UDM Device Group for an employee in the People information), select Allowed from the drop-down box for the admin in the Universal Device Manager components in Timekeeper access control point.
    • To allow a user to manage a given tenant and configure its devices in UDM, select Allowed from the drop-down box for the Universal Device Manager Setup access control point.
    • To allow a user to monitor the status of devices in UDM, select Allowed from the drop-down box for the Universal Device Manager Monitoring access control point.
    • To allow a user to access all Universal Device Manager functions, select Allowed from the drop-down box for the upper level Universal Device Manager access control point.
  10. If the settings for the three sub-entries are different, the drop-down box for the upper level Universal Device Manager access control point shows “Various.”
  11. Click Tap Save & Return to save your edits. Click Tap Refresh to update the workspace with any new or updated information that has been saved. When you are using an editor to change a workspace, save the changes before you click tap Refresh.

To configure the employees to use devices managed by UDM, navigate to Maintenance > People information in the Timekeeping application, select the applicable employees from the People Records, and edit the following:

In the Device section:

UDM Device Group —Determines the devices where an employee is a home employee. Employee information is downloaded only to devices in the assigned device group. Employees cannot be assigned to device groups until groups are set up in Universal Device Manager.