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ESS - Assigning Admin Roles to an employee

Below are the steps for assigning Administration Roles (admin roles) to employees.
There are two types of Admin Roles.

  • ESS Admin Roles. E.g. Master Admin, Leave admin, Super admin, Payroll admin. The names may differ from company to company.

  • Workflow Admin Roles. E.g. Timesheet Admin, Performance Admin.

You will require access to the ESS Administration Site to complete the steps below. Click here for instructions if you have never logged into the ESS Admin site before.

Click here for steps to add employees to an ESS Admin Roles
  1. Login to ESS Administration Site (see note above).

  2. Expand Roles and click Admin Assignment.

  3. Click on the pencil Edit button for the role you want to assign.

  4. Click on Assignment tab and search (by name or code) for employee in Add employee code field.

  5. Click Add directly below and Submit on the bottom right.

  6. Click Save and Apply at the top of the page.

Click here for steps to add employees to Workflow Admin Roles
  1. Login to ESS Administration Site (see note above).

  2. Expand Workflow and click Restricted Workflow Roles.

  3. Select the Workflow role and click on the pencil Edit button for the role you want to assign employees to.

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  1. Click on Appointments tab. You can either add the employee’s WAP (above) or the employee (below).

  2. To add an employee start typing their name or employee code.

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  1. Type in a Start date and click Add, following by Submit. All done.

Click here to see how an assigned user switches to an admin role

Once assigned, next time the assigned user logs in, they can click on the down arrow on the type right of the screen to Change Role.

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