This article will explain how to setup both your Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking including setup your Blackpurl if you want to give the ability to your Technicians to pause job clocking on jobs 


For more details about Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking, please review our article - What is Payroll Clocking / Job Clocking / Productivity Reporting



Setup for Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking


To setup both the Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking, these are the following steps:


  • From the Blackpurl Header > Click User-added image > System settings


User-added image


  • From the System Settings Dashboard > click on User-added image


User-added image


  • There are two tabs on the User options:


  • Licenced Users


  • Time Clocking Staff


For both Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking setups, you will need to be on the Time Clocking Staff tab:



  • To add a new staff member to Time Clocking Staff - complete the following:


First Name field


Last Name field


  • Then move the toggle if they are a Technician (this is the indicator to tell the system if Job Clocking is a requirement for this staff member)


  • Then click on User-added image


In our example below, we are adding the staff member Kristelle Dubois who is also a Technician


  • As we have indicated that Kristelle is a Technician, a new screen will pop up for you to set the labor cost and work schedule of this Technician by filling in the relevant fields        

Once you have finished, click on User-added image

Tip
This is also the screen when you record their leave (days off) by clicking onto 



  • Once the new staff member has been added, they will list in the bottom section of the screen - Staff member list





Setup - PAUSE Job Clocking


If you want to give your Technicians the ability to pause their Job Clocking, then you will also need to enable the System Setting > Settings & Control - Shop Settings - Allow pause of job clocking 




This action will now provide the Technicians with the ability to pause their Job Clocking sessions without actually job clocking off the job 


The amount of paused time will be taken into consideration when setting the actually hours logged on a job and the accounting entries related to them


All Technician Hour reporting will now also include paused time


For further information, please review the section on Shop Settings in this article - System Settings > Settings and Controls