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Advanced Find

Employee Information Bar

Find an Employee

Use the Employee Find features to search for an employee by status, last and first name, ID and social security number.

You must select an employee before you can view details and perform tasks.

Tip: When on any employee detail page or any task or process for which you can specify employees, use Ctrl+F on your keyboard to open the Advanced Find search window and search using more criteria. Use Ctrl+G on your keyboard to open the Quick Find window and search by employee ID or name only.

Fields on the Employee Find

The following fields are available on the employee find window:

Search Field Definition
Last Name

Enter a value to search by the last name. When searching by Last Name and First Name, the Last Name field acts as a "go to" feature navigating you to the matching name on the list.

First Name

Enter a value to search by the first name. When searching by Last Name and First Name, the First Name field acts as filter, narrowing down your search to the employees with that value you enter in the field.

ID Enter a value to search by the employee ID.
SSN Enter a value to search by the Social Security Number.

Active

Select this option to include active employees.

Terminated

Select this option to include terminated employees.

LOA

Select this option to include employees on leave of absence.

Other Select this option to include other statuses like COBRA dependents, or non-employees.
More Options Click to expand additional search criteria, such as, Zone, Division, Department, Supervisor, Employee Type, Salaried/Hourly, Job Title, State/Province, and Last Hire Date.

Find an Employee

  1. Select Employees > View/Edit Employee. The Employee Find page opens.
  2. Select the statuses you want to work with (Active, Terminated, LOA, or Other). Disable the ones you don't want to include in the search. The number of Records Found will be based on status.
  3. Click More Options to expand the section and search for the employee using additional criteria.
  4. Enter the search criteria in the fields. As you type the values in the field, the system will highlight the matching record, or closest matching record in the search results.
  5. After you have found the employee you are searching for, double click the employee in the list, or select the employee and click OK. The employee detail page opens for the selected employee.

Navigating through a list of employees

You can navigate through the list of employees from your initial search by using the First, Previous, Next, and Last buttons on the Employee Information Bar.