Contents of the Manage Employee User-Defined Information Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Employee User-Defined Information screen.

Identification

Field Description
Employee

Click to find and select the ID of the employee for whom you want to enter data. You must set up the employee on the Manage Employee Information screen before adding the employee here.

Employee Name

This field displays the name of the employee.

User-Defined Info

Field Description
Data Type

This field, which is defined for each row on the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen, displays the data type that determines which category of text is allowed in the Values field. Valid values are:

  • D: Date. You can enter a date.
  • N: Number. You can enter a number.
  • T: Text. You can enter alphanumeric text.

If the Required column is set to Y (Yes), you must specify a setting in the Values field.

Labels

This field displays the label that were entered on the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen. You can assign values to the selected employee.

Text Value

If the Data Type for the selected row is T (Text) and the Validated Text field contains a Y (Yes), enter, or use to select, a text row for this label that was established on the Validated Text subtask of the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen.

If the Data Type T (Text) and the Validated Text field contains an N (No), enter, or use to select, a column from an already existing data table.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must specify a setting for one of the Values fields.

Numeric Value

If the Data Type is N (Number), enter an employee-specific numeric value based on the label.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must specify a setting for one of the Values fields.

Date Value

If the Data Type is D (Date), enter an employee-specific date based on the label for the selected row.

If the Required column is Y (Yes), you must specify a setting for one of the Values fields.

Costpoint Validation Field

This field displays the selected column from an existing data table when the Validated Text field is N and the data type for the label is Text in the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen.

Validated Text

This field displays a Y (Yes) if entries for this label are restricted to specific alphanumeric text in the Values column and the Data Type for the label is Text. You can maintain text rows and their descriptions in the Validated Text subtask of the Manage Employee User-Defined Labels screen.

Required

This field displays a Y (Yes) if the user-defined information in the Values column is required.