Review all Position concept and reference
topics. A thorough understanding of position concepts and configuration
scenarios is required before you begin to create positions to prevent
or minimize configuration mistakes.
Customers using Dimensions
create positions in this application using Primary Jobs managed
in Dimensions. This means if a job is missing in the Rank menu,
you will need to add the primary job in Dimensions and synchronize.
Recommended Topics: About Assigning Shifts to
Positions, and Configuring for Unassigned Personnel
To open
or create a new Position:
- Go to Setup > Organizations > Institutions > Agency
> Region > Station >Units > Positions.
- Choices are:
- Select a Rank for this position.
Customers using Dimensions, when selecting a job in Rank,
note the External ID tag. This is the tag that identifies the pay
rule in Dimensions for the employee working the selected position.
- In Active When, enter the day this Position is
active. This field applies to newly created Positions; not Positions
generated during the initial creation of the database.
- Configure the remaining fields and check boxes provided
as desired.
- Click Save.