Access control refers to the restriction of people’s ability to clock on biometric devices based on location and/or time. Advanced access control includes anti-passback and zone sequencing.

Access Groups in Jarrison Time are combinations of Devices and Time Zones, used to determine on which devices and at which times members of the Access Groups may clock. Access Groups also facilitate restrictions based on too much or too little clocking in specified time-frames.

Access Groups can by synchronized or imported by Third-Party Import, or by users.

In Jarrison Time an Access Zone is how devices are grouped together to form logical zones for the purposes of access control. The option is available with the JT Live module.

Adjustments are the method of covering absence of time by employees in Jarrison Time. Examples of adjustments would be Annual leave and Sick leave. Adjustments are typically applied by a user via Daily Details as needed, or can be imported from file. It’s very important that Adjustments are correctly configured and applied as paid or unpaid. (Unpaid will result in Short Time.)

Approval Bypass is a feature of Jarrison Time Approvals that allows for the first approval tier to be approved without any exceptions being cleared.

Authentication in the context of access control or T&A is the means by which a person identifies themselves to biometric devices for clocking purposes.

In Jarrison Time it is possible to allow employees to earn unapproved overtime when working additional hours. The unapproved time must then be authorized (to change to payable OT) or declined by a user. Authorization categories are setup so the system knows where to send approved or declined time.

A biometric device is a type of device (also known as a reader), usually wall-mounted but can be handheld, used to authenticate a person’s identity by recognizing some part of their body. Jarrison Time is directly compatible with a wide range of biometric devices covering the following means of authentication: Fingerprint, Face, Palm. Tags and PINs can also be accepted if the device supports it.

Breaks in Jarrison Time are used to allow time off duty during the day. Breaks must be correctly configured and applied as paid or unpaid. (Unpaid breaks affect Target Time.)

Clocking can refer to the action of authenticating on a biometric device, or the result of that authentication which is a transaction containing basic personnel data, and time and date of the authentication.

Jarrison Time uses Clocking Groups to group devices together to determine where group member Time & Attendance clockings come from. Clockings from devices outside the group are then considered as Access clockings.

Clocking Groups can be assigned by users or by Third-Party Import.

A counter in Jarrison Time is a type of field used to track incidences of certain events e.g. Absence, Shift Count etc.

Counters typically derive their values in Day Programs or Pay Groups and are then used for reporting or other calculations.

Day Programs are the way Jarrison Time stores all rules regarding daily shift details, such as shift start and end times, when to issue NT or OT, break times, should late arrivals, early departures, short time be tracked, etc.

Day Programs are linked via Shift Pattern, or applied by user using Day Schedule or Alternate Day Program options (can also be imported).

The Device Engine is a service type of application that should be set to automatically start and always be running in the background. Its purpose is to communicate with any hardware or external databases per configuration, as well as perform automated tasks for Jarrison Time e.g. backups or email reports. It only can run on one machine and is considered a user to the system (i.e. to have the engine on a server and Jarrison Time installed for a user would require two user licences).

eSkan devices are mobile devices used for validating the driver’s licence cards, typically used outside office parks or residential complexes. eSkan devices can be integrated with the Visitors module in Jarrison Time.

An interface is a piece of software used by Jarrison Time to handle communication between the time and attendance software and specific hardware i.e. biometric devices that are part of the clocking system. Interfaces should be installed on any machines that interact with hardware directly. E.g. if you are installing Suprema biometric devices the server will require the Suprema interface.

Job Costing is a licensed Jarrison Time module that enables the tracking of Time Categories and/or Counters for specific Jobs and Actions. E.g. employee clocks for two hours at the warehouse and then two hours at the factory, earning four hours NT and two hours Warehousing Time and two hours of Factory Time. Employees can be linked with Grades, which are linked with Rates, enabling costing to be calculated.

JT Clock is a licensed feature that allows Jarrison Time to connect via the Internet and collect clockings from JT Clock Myself or JT Clock Team app users. Clockings can be imported optionally with GPS location and photo.

JT Clock Myself is an Android-based app used for personal clocking (a person clocks themself on their own phone). It sends the clockings back to Jarrison Time via the Internet.

JT Clock Team is an Android-based app that can be used to clock many people on the same device. It sends the clockings back to Jarrison Time via the Internet.

JT Enroll is a free standalone Jarrison Systems product that can be used to capture employee fingerprints from remote sites, to send back to Jarrison Time users for importing.

JT File Arranger is a standalone Jarrison Systems product that can be used to transfer clocking files from the export location of an external system to the import location of Jarrison Time. No licence is required for use.

JT Lite is a licensed version of Jarrison Time used only for access control purposes.

JT Live is a licensed module of Jarrison Time that permits instant visibility of clockings in the software (as opposed to waiting for clocking imports) and enables greater access control functionality, namely anti-passback and zone sequencing. JT Live runs as a service on the same machine that hosts the engine. Only Sagem Morpho and Sigma devices are compatible with JT Live.

JT Monitor is a companion service to the Device Engine. JT Monitor can be set to check the status of the engine and some other critical system aspects, and notify recipients of potential issues. It can also be used to automatically restart the engine service if it has stopped for some reason. No additional licensing is required for JT Monitor.

JT Support is a licensed Jarrison Systems product, used primarily for managing multiple backups.

A JTR file is the file created when Registration details are saved by a user in Jarrison Time. The filename will be the site name, the extension is .jtr (Jarrison Time Registration). The file should be sent to supplier for activation codes.

These are devices connected to a network through which they communicate with Jarrison Time. The devices must have static IP addresses.

The Leave module is a licensed module in Jarrison Time that allows for leave balance accumulation and reporting.

Lockdown Dates are used in Jarrison Time to prevent changes from being made to certain system aspects prior to a specified date. Lockdown dates can be independently applied for general T&A, for Leave, or for the Day Schedule.

The Override option corresponds with the Lockdown Dates feature in Jarrison Time. Override allows specified Users to make changes for a certain date range, for a limited time on a once-off basis. E.g. All users can be prevented from making any system changes prior to January 2021, however user Jim is set to be allowed to make changes to anywhere in 2020 – but can only do this until the end of today.

Overrides are applied from User Profiles.

A Multiple Action is some kind of change that can be applied to either one person or a group (filter) of people simultaneously. For example an adjustment Multiple Action could be used to give a single employee a month of leave, or a group of employees a single day of leave.

Note that some Multiple Actions cannot be reversed, if applied in error to a group they will need to be individually corrected.

In Jarrison Time it is possible to pre-approve employees for overtime as opposed to letting them earn regular unauthorized overtime that later requires approval. Employees still need to clock to earn the pre-approved time or it will remain as unauthorized.

In Jarrison Time Pay Groups contain the rules for the pay cycle. E.g. Weekly or Monthly duration, Minimum NT requirements before OT, etc.

Pay Groups are assigned to people by users or Third-Party Import.

Pay Totals in Jarrison Time are Period Totals which have had the Pay Group rules applied.

Period Totals in Jarrison Time are the values of the daily totals for the period, added together.

Permissible Time is a configuration of Adjustments, Day Programs, and Pay Groups allowing absence of time for employees without issuing them Normal Time or resulting in Short Normal Time.

In Jarrison Time it is possible to “push” or “pull” clocked times to a specified time, as a method of rounding E.g. a 15 minute “pull” revision set at 08h00 will result in any clockings between 08h00 and 08h15 being revised to 08h00. This would be an example of a grace time revision, allowing employees to arrive late without penalty.

Revisions are appplied in Day Programs.

Roundings are used in Jarrison Time to produce rounded numbers, and can be customized as required. They can be applied to clockings, or calculated time results. Roundings on clockings are discouraged in favour of Revisions.

Roundings can be applied from Pay Groups or Day Programs, on clockings and/or on Time Categories.

In Jarrison Time Shift Patterns are used to decide what kind of daily rules to apply for people by mapping Day Programs onto days of the week. Shift Patterns can be set for varying periods of time, and allow working time Restrictions to be applied. Shift Patterns can be applied to employees by users or Third-Party Import.

The status bar is found at the bottom of the main Jarrison Time window. It contains information about the user currently logged in, licence, filters applied, and application version.

In Jarrison Time Target Time refers to the number of hours employees are expected to reach during a shift. It is usually calculated by subtracting unpaid breaks from the total time between shift start and shift end.

Target Time is required in Day Programs.

Time and attendance refers to keeping track of employee work absence and hours. Jarrison Time is T&A software, its primary purpose is time-tracking and hours calculations based on authenticated clockings.

T&A can also be used to indicate clockings or devices which will contribute worked hours towards Pay Totals. If devices are not being used for T&A then they are being used for access control and their clockings will not affect totals.

Time Categories in Jarrison Time are a type of field used to store time values e.g. Normal Time, Overtime 1.5, Overtime 2.0 etc.

Time Categories are usually issued by Day Programs and later have rules applied by Pay Groups, although Time Categories can also be manipulated through Adjustments or Day Program formulae.

Time Zones are used by Jarrison Time to allow or disallow clocking access on devices. Time Zones are associated with Access Groups.

Users in Jarrison Time are the people logging in and using the software. Also known as operators or end-users. Each user in Jarrison Time requires a licence. It is recommended that all users of the system have their own login, for security and logging purposes.

The Visitors module is a feature of Jarrison Time that allows management of people’s access without having them in the system as employees. No additional licensing is required to activate the Visitors module.

Web Server is a clocking system allowing for clockings to come from devices that have no network connection, but have either direct Internet or a GSM SIM card to enable the transfer of clockings. The clockings are collected by the Web Server service and then imported by the site database.

A Web Server device is one that is communicating with Jarrison Time via a Web Server and an Internet connection, or GSM SIM card. Due to this the response times are generally slower than LAN/WAN IP devices.