Searching for an Employee Using Extended Attributes

Extended Employee Attributes are used in conjunction with ARCOS' Business Continuity Module. Extended Employee Attributes are defined in ARCOS by using the web interface. After Extended Employee Attributes are configured in the system, they can be assigned to employees. Depending on your system's configuration the Extended Employee Attributes can be assigned to employees via web service, data load, or on the Employee Modify page. See Extended Employee Attributes Admin to learn more about creating and maintaining Extended Employee Attributes.

To Search for Employees by Extended Attributes

1. Click the Attr Search button on the Employee tab. The Extended Employee Attributes Search page displays.

   

2. Select the type of attribute you would like to search for.

   • Std: These are the standard attributes, found on the employee page, for your company. These are items such as WEB ID, E-mail, Classification, etc.

   • Extended: These are the extended attributes that are created by using the Extended Employee Attribute page.

   • All: This is a combination of the standard and extended attributes, in one dropdown.

3. Select an attribute from the Attribute dropdown. The Value selector turns into a dropdown or a textbox depending on the selected data type for the attribute on the Extended Employee Attributes Admin page.

4. Select a value from the Value(the dropdown will display if the attribute type selected is "Value" or "Multi-Value," or if the attribute contains more than one option) – OR –

   Enter search text in the textbox in the Value column.

   Note: If searching for a checkbox attribute type, a check box will display in the Value section. Check the checkbox to enable searching by checked value.

   Note: To narrow the search results, click the Add button in the Attribute column to search by additional attributes and repeat steps 2 and 3. Adding additional attributes to search by works like an "and" filter, meaning only employees who meet all of the searched criteria will be displayed in the search results.

5. Select an attribute column from the Select Columns to Display table, to view details of searched employees. At least one attribute must be selected.

   Note: To display multiple columns in search results, click the Add button at the bottom of the table and repeat step 4.

6. Click the Search button at the bottom of the page once desired criteria is selected.

Note: Search results will not display if attribute or column selectors have nothing selected. Click the minus sign next to unused selectors to remove them.

Example of returned search results:

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*Note: ARCOS documentation is a living document. For inconsistencies or missing features, contact ARCOS Support. Not all companies have all items in the Online Help.