JobManager can be run on all the platforms that Microsoft supports for Business Central.

Time registration inside the company

Shared terminals

The best experience is achieved by using real PCs or Windows tablets with a keyboard and preferably a mouse.

JobManager contains a specially designed Role Center JOBMANREG for this purpose.

*See the installation guide for help creating the most optimal shortcut to BC/NAV for time registration.

LICENSE for BC/NAV: A Device license should be used here, but a Full User or Team Member (X) can technically also be used.

Personal access

If the employee already has access to BC/NAV with a user, then the time registration could take place with that normal access.

LICENSE for BC/NAV: A Team Member (X) or Full User can be used.

Time registration outside the company

Personal access

If the employee is on the go, there are several solutions. The device used determines which solution provides the best experience.

Smart Phone

JobManager contains a specially designed Role Center JOBMANMOBILE for this purpose. Optimized with specially designed pages for mobile smart phones running Microsofts APP for mobile devices. Read more here.

LICENSE for BC / NAV: A Team Member (X) or Full User can be used.

Tablets, iPads and PCs

JobManager contains a specially designed Role Center JOBMANREG for this purpose.

LICENSE for BC/NAV: A Team Member (X) or Full User can be used.

License

If a Team Member license is used all JobManager tables count as "free" writes. This applies to Customer License is downloaded after 7th of March 2020.

24. If a Team Member license is used Update In Progress (Production) under JobManager Setup should be disabled.

IPO ONLY

If the parameter on the JobManager employee table "only IPO" is used, a job must be selected during JobManager setup under the tab system jobs. Used to obtain a cheaper license

Shortcuts

Shortcut to open the Registration Cockpit: http://TheServer:8080/BC/?Page=6182710&Mode=Edit

Info for Windows clients can be found in the JobManager_NAV_InstallationGuide_V0XXX.pdf within the installation ZIP-file.

Recommended setting for the BC server instance

This unfortently only applies to OnPremise installations, as SaaS solutions are more locked in settings.

We recommend all registration users login to a specific BC instance, which is only used for JobManager time registration.

Hide the search icon in upper right corner, to limit the user from mistakenly opening other pages. Search for ShowPageSearch in this page to read more.

The Web Clients timeout could be changed (raised) with Business Central Administration Shell. Go to this page to read more. The example below set 1 hour and 30 minuts:

Set-NAVWebServerInstanceConfiguration -WebServerInstance YourBC -KeyName SessionTimeout -KeyValue "01:30:00"