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

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Selecting AgStar 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 "AgStar" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to AgStar

The AgStar 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 AgStar 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 Pay Types
     • Regular - Enter the regular pay type as used in AgStar.
     • Overtime - Enter the overtime pay type as used in AgStar.
     • Overtime2 - Enter the overtime 2 (doubletime) pay type as used in AgStar.
   • Alternative Pay Types
     • Map to - Specify if an alternate pay type should be associated with specific employees, locations, or cost codes. This allows particular employees, locations, or cost codes to have an alternate set of pay types when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the pay type that should be associated with exported time records. If an entity does not have alternate pay types, it will use the default pay types instead. 
   • Other
     • Map Phase to - Specify the entity the phase should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
   • Equipment
     • Include Equipment in Export - Enable to include equipment usage in your export. 
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 the AccountLinx time data export matches the corresponding AgStar 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 AgStar. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

How to Import Time Data into AgStar

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