Managing Connections in Time and Attendance Plus

What are Connections?

'Connections' are special records that Time and Attendance Plus uses to track when either the Time and Attendance Plus admin program or client program are connected to the database. Connections are used for licensing purposes and are continuously monitored and updated. Created when either the Admin program or Client program start running, connections should be deleted when the programs stop running. However, due to things like Windows crashes, or netowrk failures sometimes the records are not deleted. To stop connection licenses being used up when they are not being used Time and Attendance Plus allow administrators to delete idle connections using the Manage Connections screen. As an added bonus it also allows monitoring of who is using up the Time and Attendance Plus connection licenses.

Managing Connections

The Manage Connections screen shows a list of all connections records that Time and Attendance Plus is currently tracking. Each connection shows the computer that created the connection, you can identify it Windows Computer Name and Network Card MAC address. Creation time and idle time for the connection is also shown. You'll find that no connection should be idle for more than a few minutes as the Time and Attendance Plus administrator or client programs refresh the connection every minute or so. Connections displayed in green are the current computer, connections displayed in red have been idle for a length of time and can probably be deleted safely.

Deleting a Connection

Select a connection from the list then click the Disconnect button to delete a connection. You will not be allowed to delete the connection for your own computer.