TimeControl Specifications

Interface

• Full browser-based interface and a Windows interface (TCp and TCe only)
• Scaleable, multi-level interface facilitates use for data entry users yet provides full functionality for administrators
• Multilingual interface
• Unlimited charge codes displayed in simple, hierarchical, drop-down lists
• Project management system activity information viewable directly in TimeControl
• Unlimited free-form notes for each line item and each timesheet
• E-mail-enabled. E-mail messages sent for system notices such as rejected timesheets
• Predefined timesheets based on resource assignments from the project management system
• Interative Drill-down Analyzer
• XML Exports support movement of any posted timesheet data

Architecture

• Open database architecture; supportfor Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle,Sybase, Informix and InterBase databases (TCp and TCe only)
• True client/server design minimizes network traffic
• Application Server runs as a Windows service to reduce maintenance
• N-tier architecture makes system scaleable for 10 to 100,000 users
• Unlimited rates per system
• Unlimited different rates per employee
• Support for LDAP and Active Directory
• Support for Firewall and NAT security architectures
• Field-level security. Make any field value hidden, read-only, or invisible
• Complete redefinition of every field label in the system through a simple label editor (TCp and TCe only)
• Easy to use
• Complete auditability of timesheet data
• User-defined fields on every table (TCp and TCe only)
• Data Dictionary facilitates integration with any external system
• Allows charges to be linked to a specific project
• Allows charges which are projectindependent
• Multiple overhead charge types
• Extensive activity data stored for eachcharge code
• Filter charge codes, projects and rates visible to any employee

Web Interface

• N-tier architecture allows a zero configuration client station withunlimited capacity
• Multi-platform timesheet applet is a paper-thin 200KB (TCe only)
• Timesheet supports proxy server security (TCe only)
• Timesheet supports multiple environments including Windows, Sun, Linux and many more (TCe only)

Approval Process

• HMS’s unique Matrix Approval Process for Labor Actuals™
• Unlimited automatic Validation Rules Validation Rules are database-based and completely flexible
• Unlimited manual validation levels in which each user can have a unique approval routing

Links to Project Management

• Direct integration with popular project management systems such as Microsoft Project and Project Server, Primavera's P3, P3e and TeamPlay, and Welcom's Open Plan and Cobra
• Supports multiple project management systems simultaneously
• Customizable import/export function to interface with virtually any finance or ERP system

Reporting

• Excel-like reporting format allows output to any Windows-compliant printer or reports can be saved as Excel or HTML files
• Reporting Wizards allow an unlimited number of reports to be created and saved for use later on
• Unlimited levels of data selection, filtering and sorting

Expense Reports

• Users can enter non-labor costs on their timesheets
• Unlimited number of expense items per timesheet line item
• Expenses can be tracked back to a project management or finance system

Government Compliance

• Complies with requirements for DCAA, European Time Directives, FMLA, SOP-98 and the California Wage Laws