national finance center system for time and attendance reporting (web-based version 5.0)
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National Finance Center
System for Time and Attendance
Reporting (Web-Based Version 5.0)
STAR 5.0
• Available since 2003• Designed, developed, and maintained by NFC• 91 Agencies use STAR• 27 Agriculture agencies use STAR• Approximately 200,000 employees paid each pay
period• Over 500 different Transaction Code (TC)
combinations available• 24-Hour help desk support
Cost Benefit
Cost to current customers is 99¢ per employee
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee Entry
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee EntryLeave Calculator
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee EntryLeave CalculatorLeave Request Form
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee EntryLeave CalculatorLeave Request FormWorkflow – Employee& Timekeeper
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee EntryLeave CalculatorLeave Request FormWorkflow – Employee& Timekeeper
Data Accessible Via FocusData Accessible Via Focus
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0 Employee Entry
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
•EEmployee accesses their EPP and selects the“Time Manager” option for entry of time and attendance data.
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
STAR 5.0 Employee Entry
STARV5.0 TimekeeperTimekeeper
STAR DATA BASE
EmployeeEmployee
Employee Personal PageMy EPP
– OOnce the Timekeeper is satisfied with the T&A, a printout is given to the supervisor for approval.
Once approval is obtained, the record is marked completed for NFC to process.
STAR 5.0
• Used to prepare, print, and transmit time and attendance reports to be sent to NFC for processing
• Real time validation of accounting data against accounting tables
• Automatically populates employee data by location
• Database resides at NFC, allowing backup and archive functions to be performed by NFC
STAR 5.0
• Allows for employee daily entry via the Time Manager option of the Employee Personal Page (EPP)
• Offers timekeeper entry for daily and/or bi-weekly Time & Attendance processing
• Allows the ability to establish default schedules to use as a starting point each pay period
STAR 5.0
• Provides for project accounting via the customized agency accounting table
• Allows for agency maintenance of accounting and transaction code tables
• Defines ad hoc reporting capabilities to the Focus Reporting System (FOCUS)
Roles and Security
• Timekeeper• Transmitter• Agency Administrator• Agency Table Administrator• Inquiry
• Employee
Ready To GO!
• Log In Window
Agency Accounting Tables
• Accounting Tables
Agency Accounting Tables, cont’d
• Creating your Accounting Table
Agency & State
Agency, State, & City
Agency, State, City, Unit, & Timekeeper
Agency
Agency, State, City, & Unit
Agency Accounting Tables
Agency Transaction Code Tables
• Transaction Code Table– Handout available
Agency Transaction Code Descriptor Tables
• Transaction Code Descriptor Table
Setting Up STAR
Employee Detail Record
Leave Account
Leave Types
• Annual• Sick/Family Friendly Leave• Compensatory Time/ Comp Time Travel/Religious Comp• Military Leave• Leave without Pay/Absent without Leave• Other Leave
– Jury Duty, Examination, Funeral, Voting, Federal Holiday, Transfer of Official Station, Court, State or Local Holiday, Administrative Leave, Hazardous Weather Dismissal, Bone Marrow/Organ Donor
• Restored Annual• Time Off Awards
T&A Header
T&A - Biweekly
T&A - Corrected
Leave Error Report
T&A – Daily Entry by Timekeeper
Rolling Over
Employee Personal Page
Time Manager Tabs
• Time Manager Tabs expanded by Contact Point
T&A – Daily Entry by Employee
Accounting Favorites
• Accounting Favorites
Default Schedule
Leave Calculator