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I Dream of Genies... Being Used. Workforce Genies that is

Posted by Jeffry Charnow on Mon, May 09, 2011
  
  
  
  
  

The idea of a Genie, a being that could bring you whatever you wished for, is a pretty cool idea.  Let’s think about it from a Kronos Workforce Central point of view for a minute.  What information do you wish to see as soon as you log in to Timekeeper?  As a Shift Leader, you may want to see shift information; Schedulers would like to see schedule information; describe the imageManagers, those shift exceptions as soon as the shift is over.  Different people have different wishes.  Kronos Genies allow these information wishes to come true.
 
Different groups of people, via Display Profiles, can have different Genies. Most importantly, each group can start by having a different Genie displayed as soon as they log in.   Too many implementations that I see after they are already up and running, start with the standard QuickFind Genie (did you know these too can be modified?).  QuickFind is nice, but it is singular in its focus, it does not tell you anything right away. When managers log in, they want to see useful information on all their people. in front of them, right away. Make it meaningful, save your managers’ time, give them something they can act on as soon as they log in. Let your Genies grant their wishes!

Wish you can get that Genie information into Excel easily?  That wish is already yours to command ...

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Genies often do not do enough as they only give you part of the information. My managers want a genie to tell them how much overtime an employee has. Easy enough you say, right? But employees transfer and the the overtime appears in the genie like it's all being charged to the person looking at the data. Some genies like the expiring certification genie are horrendous. It gives too much information, along with those certs that are expiring it displays all of the certifications. No genies are a good idea gone bad, I'll stick to reports.
Posted @ Friday, May 13, 2011 3:27 PM by Steve
Steve, you are correct that Genies only give you some of the information you may want. That is why you still need reports! Genies give you a chance to view information quickly with no calculations, and allow you to drill down to the timecard/schedule for more information. With Kronos Workforce Central 6.2, one of your wishes is granted in the new Worked Hours Genie type. These new Rollup Genies can be configured to contain only totals that you want for a specified account (can you hear the applause). 
Please remember Genies are configurable. If you do not need all of the columns in a supplied Genie, you can always remove those you won’t use, or configure a new Genie just with those you do want. You can also modify the default sort that is applied to a column. Remember also that Genies are based on HyperFinds. You may be able to tweak the HyperFind to exclude things you do not want to see – like limit the certifications by expiration status…. 
Posted @ Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:18 PM by Jeffry Charnow
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