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

Selecting Construction Payroll 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 "Construction Payroll" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to Construction Payroll

The Construction Payroll 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 Construction Payroll 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.
   • Required Settings
     • Regular Earnings Code - Enter the regular earnings code as used in Construction Payroll.
     • Overtime Earnings Code - Enter the overtime earnings code as used in Construction Payroll.
     • Overtime 2 Earnings Code - Enter the overtime 2 (doubletime) earnings code as used in Construction Payroll.
   • Use Alternative Earning Code
     • Map Alternative Earning Code to - Specify if an alternate earning 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 earning codes when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the earning code 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 Phase to - Specify the entity the phase should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map Department to - Specify the entity the department should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map Union to - Specify the entity the union 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 the AccountLinx time data export matches the corresponding Construction Payroll 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 Construction Payroll. 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 Construction Payroll 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 Construction Payroll

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