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Setting Up AccountLinx for WennSoft

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

Selecting WennSoft 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 "WennSoft" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to WennSoft

The WennSoft 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 WennSoft 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.
    General Tab
    • Default Pay IDs
      • Regular - Enter the regular pay ID as used in WennSoft.
      • Overtime - Enter the overtime pay ID as used in WennSoft.
      • Overtime2 - Enter the overtime 2 (doubletime) pay ID as used in WennSoft.
    • Use Alternative Pay IDs
      • Map Pay IDs to - Specify if alternate pay IDs 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 IDs when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the pay IDs that should be associated with exported time records. If an entity does not have alternate pay IDs, it will use the default pay IDs instead. 
    • Other
      • Map Transaction Type to - The transaction type field will be mapped to employees. Enter the default value that should be used if no transaction type is mapped. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
      • Signature Cost Code - Specify the entity the signature cost code should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
      • Account Index - Specify the entity the account index should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
    Other Tab
    • Export to Excel
      • Export to Excel Workbook - Enable to create an Excel file when exporting from AccountLinx.
  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 WennSoft 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 WennSoft. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

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

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