Fourth Analytics – Location Management

Overview

Location management is key within Fourth Analytics to ensure consistent data structure and accurate reporting.

Covered in this article is adding new locations, managing existing locations and closing locations.

Adding New Locations

To add new locations in Workforce Management follow the guide here: WFM UK - HR - Creating a Location.

For the location to appear in Fourth Analytics two things are required:

1. The location must have a unique Accounting System Code, to do this go to:

• HR > Company Admin > Locations > Select Location > Accounting System Code

2. One employee must exist in the new location. 

Fig.1 - Accounting System Code

If using Fourths Purchase to Pay and Inventory solution, the unique Accounting System Code must align for the data to flow smoothly.

• In Inventory, navigate to Setup > All Options > Organisation Hierarchy
• Expand the Hierarchy down the Unit level (identified by a house icon)
• Click on the house and select Edit

Fig.2 - Accounting System Code in Inventory

• The Unit Name will already be populated
• Add the Accounting System Code (PS)
  • This must match the code in People System
• Add a Unit Code Prefix
  • All existing units have a prefix that is the first 3 characters of the site name
• Select Save

In WFM you can run a customised report to double-check the available locations. To do this, navigate to:

• HR > Reports > Customised Reports > Create Template > Report Type: Employee Details Report > Report Group: Employee Work Details
• Location
• Location Code
• Division
• User-Defined Group 1 - 10

Fig.3 - Customised report on locations

Managing Existing Locations

Fourth Analytics is updated as part of a standard refresh before 6am GMT to ensure the location data is accurate. This includes any updates to the user-defined groups and location setup.

Guidance for changing user-defined groups or adding new ones can be found here: WFM UK - Rotas - Setting up User Defined Groups.

Fig.4 shows the Fourth Analytics Filters. This allows users to filter based on preset location allocations in WFM.

Fig.4 - Fourth Analytics Filters

Fig.5 shows the location set-up. Locations must have User Defined groups assigned to appear in Fourth Analytics

Fig.5 - Location setup

Fourth Analytics reports By Group default to Org Level 2 which is User Defined Group Level 2, allowing users to see a roll-up of multiple locations. 

Fig.6 - Report by group

Accounting System Codes

If for any reason the locations Accounting System Code needs to be changed and Fourth Analytics is also in use, please raise a case through the Customer Community here or contact Fourth Analytics support to identify any risks first. Fourth Analytics uses the accounting system code in some of its reporting and by changing the code the data is at risk of being misaligned.

Closing Locations

When locations are no longer required within Fourth Analytics there are a few options, there is the ability to exclude the location by removing the Accounting System Code or by changing the user-defined groups

Remove Accounting System Code

Without the code, the location will no longer appear in Fourth Analytics  

• HR > Company Admin > Locations > Select Location > Accounting System Code > Remove Code > Save

Change User Defined Groups

Within the HR module, it is possible to create ‘user assigned groups’. By doing this, closed locations can be placed in a user-defined group. This will allow those locations to be kept separate when reporting in the Rota module.

For more information on Best Practice when closing a location look here WFM UK - HR - Closing a Location (Best Practice).