With AccountLinx, you can export your employees' time data from ExakTime Connect into a compatible file for ADP Timecard Manager. As Timecard Manager may be customized to fit your company's needs, the default AccountLinx export for Timecard Manager may not match your Timecard Manager setup exactly. Please read through this article before setting up AccountLinx to understand what is needed.

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 Timecard Manager support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of Timecard Manager that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by Timecard Manager support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.

Selecting Timecard Manager 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 "ADP Timecard Manager" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to Timecard Manager

The Timecard Manager 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 Timecard Manager and can leave it as <None>. 

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Configure... to open the 'Settings' window.
   • Default Earning Codes
     • Regular - Enter the regular earning codes as used in Timecard Manager.
     • Overtime - Enter the overtime earning codes as used in Timecard Manager.
     • Overtime2 - Enter the overtime 2 (doubletime) earning codes as used in Timecard Manager.
   • Use Alternative Earning Codes
     • Map Earning Codes to - Specify if alternate earning codes should be associated with specific employees, locations, or cost codes. This allows particular employees, locations, or cost codes to have an alternate set of earning codes when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the earning codes that should be associated with exported time records. If an entity does not have alternate earning codes, it will use the default earning codes instead. 
   • Optional Settings
     • Map Department to - Specify the entity the department should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Clock to - Specify the entity the clock to should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
3. Click OK on the Configuration window and click OK on the Exporter Settings window to return to the main page of AccountLinx.

Data Mapping

Mapping allows you to data map your ExakTime entities and complete additional fields so your AccountLinx time data export matches the corresponding Timecard Manager entities. Your data mappings will be saved once done allowing you to focus on data mapping any entities added to ExakTime since the last export. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with mapping your data in AccountLinx.

Exporting Time

After mapping your entities, you can export your time data into a compatible file to import into Timecard Manager. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

Example of AccountLinx Export

An example of an AccountLinx export has been provided below. The data have been preformatted based on the Timecard Manager template. The presented values can differ depending on your settings.

While you can manipulate the exported data after it has been exported, it is highly discouraged as it can result in data discrepancies when double-checking any data.

How to Import Time Data into Timecard Manager

It is recommended to consult with ADP for further assistance with importing and using the time data as they are more knowledgeable of utilizing their system.