With AccountLinx, you can export your employees' time data from ExakTime Connect into a compatible file for BBSI. As BBSI may be customized to fit your company's needs, the default AccountLinx export for BBSI may not match your BBSI 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 BBSI support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of BBSI that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by BBSI support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.

Selecting BBSI 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 "BBSI" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to BBSI

The BBSI 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 BBSI 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 Codes
     • Regular - Enter the regular pay code as used in BBSI.
     • Overtime - Enter the overtime pay code as used in BBSI.
     • Overtime2 - Enter the overtime 2 (doubletime) pay code as used in BBSI.
   • Alternative Pay Codes
     • Map to - Specify if an alternate pay code 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 codes when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the pay code that should be associated with exported time records. If an entity does not have alternate pay codes, it will use the default pay codes instead. 
   • Other
     • Map Phase to - Associate a phase with an ExakTime employee, location, or cost code. The phase should match the BBSI phase. 
     • Map Department to - Associate a department with an ExakTime employee, location, or cost code. The phase should match the BBSI department. 
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 BBSI entities. Your data mappings will be saved once done allowing you to focus on data mapping any new 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 BBSI. 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 BBSI 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 BBSI

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