With AccountLinx, you can export your employees' time data from ExakTime Connect into Kronos. Please note that AccountLinx will no longer support Kronos in current versions of AccountLinx as Kronos has depreciated the feature due to security concerns. Existing copies of AccountLinx will continue to function, but it is not guaranteed to continue running.

If you have any questions or concerns during setup and/or use, you can contact us with the "Request Support" link at the top of the page and we will try to assist as best as possible. Keep in mind, however, that we are not Kronos support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of Kronos that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by Kronos support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.

Selecting Kronos as your Exporter

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Select Exporter.... 
3. A window with a list of available exporters should open. Select "Kronos" and click OK.
4. The "Kronos" configuration window should open. Click Connection Setup to setup the connection between AccountLinx and Kronos.
   • Enter your Server name, or choose it from the drop-down list.
   • Choose your Authentication type for connecting to the Kronos database. If you are not sure, contact your IT team or your Kronos administrator.
   • Enter your Kronos User ID and Password if necessary.
   • Select the database from the drop-down list. In most cases, your database will be called "KRONOS".
   • If Kronos is running on an Oracle server, check the "Oracle" checkbox.
   • Click the Test Connection button. If you have entered everything correctly and have access to Kronos from this computer, you will see a message stating that the connection to your server has been successfully established.
   • If the connection is successful, click Save to save your connection settings. Then click OK to return to the Export Options screen.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to Kronos

The Kronos export for AccountLinx offers a variety of settings when exporting your time data to help tailor the time data to your company's needs. These settings are unique to AccountLinx and will not affect ExakTime Connect or Mobile. If any of the settings offered do not sound familiar, you may not be using the setting in Kronos and can leave it as <None>. 

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Configure....
3. The Configuration window should open. You should see the following options:
   
   • Optional Settings
     • Map Work Rule to - Specify which entity the work rule should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Labor Account to - Specify which entity the labor account should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Organizational Path Text to - Specify which entity the organizational path text should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
   • Optional Comments/Notes
     
     • Specify if employee, location, cost code, or time record comments should be included with your time data export.
4. Click OK on the Configuration window and click OK on the Exporter Settings window to return to the main page of AccountLinx.
5. Click the appropriate "Map Employee/Location/Cost Code/Equipment" option to see the columns from the options enabled in Step 3.

General Use of AccountLinx

After setting up the configuration of AccountLinx to better match Kronos in the previous section, you will need to:

• Map your entities so any time data associated with an ExakTime entity will match with a Kronos entity and fill in any relevant fields enabled in the previous section. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with mapping your data in AccountLinx.
• After mapping your entities, you can export your time data into Kronos. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

Special Consideration

• Kronos does not recognize time records created by ExakTime's Auto Lunch Policy. If you are exporting Time Records to Kronos, Auto Lunch must be turned off.

Utilizing Time Data in Kronos

It is recommended to consult with Kronos for further assistance with utilizing the time data that has been exported into Kronos.