The Authorization Levels tab displays information about authorization levels for both user groups . A Time & Attendance user can be assigned an approval level for approving earnings. Higher and specific users. You can define approval levels at both the group and user levels. Higher numeric values indicate a higher level of authorization.
If approval authorization levels are assigned at the group level, all users in that group have the same approval level.
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Note: Users who previously had security access to approve shifts or approve all shifts should be given an approval level of 1, indicating that they can still approve shifts after an upgrade to version 9.06.03. |
Approval levels can be defined at both the group and user levels. Property-level users can modify approval levels without involving UniFocus Support.
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Important: Defining an approval level for a user overrides the user’s group approval level. For example, if you assign an approval level of 7 to a user who is part of a group with an approval level of 5, the user’s new approval level is 7. |
Fields on the Authorization Levels tab
This table describes the default fields and controls for this tab.
| Field | Description | Notes |
| Property |
Select | Drop-down menu to select the property |
for which you are viewing/overriding authorization levels| with which this user or group is associated. | |
| Authorization Level Type |
Type functionality for which selected user is granted an | authorization level type. Example: Earnings Payroll Approval. | |
| Inherited Group Level Value | The inherited approval level value for the user group |
. | to which the selected user belongs. | This field is visible only when a user is selected. This field does not appear if you are viewing user groups. |
Override? | Select the check box to override the group-level authorization value. |
| This field is visible only when a user is selected. This field does not appear if you are viewing user groups. |
| Level Value (0–255) | If the Override? check box is not selected, this value indicates the group-level approval value for the user group. If the Override? check box is selected, you enter an approval level for the selected user. This value overrides the group-level value. Setting the value to blank reverts the value back to the group-level value. |
This READ-ONLY | blank by default and can be edited only if the Override? check box is selected. |