Setting up Time and Attendance Plus in Multi User Mode - Microsoft Access Backend

This support article shows you how to setup Time and Attendance Plus in multi user mode when you use the MS Access database backend. Time and Attendance Plus can be setup in multi user mode, which allows you to administer the software from one PC and collect your time and attendance information from other PC's connected to the same database. You can read more about this in our Multi User Time and Attendance Software article.

Setting Up for Multi User Mode

1. Select a computer on your network that you want to administer Time and Attendance Plus from. This is the computer you will run reports and configure the software from.
2. Install the administrator version of Time and Attendance Plus on the selected computer. You can download this from here: Download Administrator Version

3. After running the software for the first time log in as the adminstrator and go to the Tools & Options -> Options -> System Options screen. Use this screen move your database to an appropriate location on your network. Please note that all computers that are going to run the Time and Attendance Plus Client software must have full read, write, execute, and delete permissions on this folder.
4. Select the computer(s) you wish to run the Time and Attendance Plus Client software on.
5. Install the Time and Attendance Plus Client (download the software) on each of these computers.
6. The first time you run the Client software on each chosen PC you will be asked to locate the database file you moved in Step 3 above.
7. You can now use the computer with the administrator software on it to configure Time and Attendance Plus with your employee records and payroll settings.
8. You are now ready to run, you can start your employees using the Client software to start recording your time and attendance data.