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Staff Directory General Information

Regional Data Services has developed a web based staff directory that enables users to quickly locate contact information such as email address, work phone and extension, and other information for your employees. It can be set up to synchronize with your existing RDS Payroll system and can also run as a stand-alone application.

• View and print your staff directory online, and never type a directory again

• Display existing staff data from your iSeries database

• Save hours of data entry time by eliminating double entry

• Quickly locate personnel by search, or browse by last name

• Print up to date paper versions of your directory on demand

• Looks and feels just like any other page on your web site

• Includes both public and private sessions, each with different amount of personal information

• Customize the order in which departments are displayed

• Maintain individual employee privacy by selecting which personal information is displayed

• Easy to install and configure

• Personnel Data is automatically updated with an automatic synchronization process

• Privileged users may manually add contact information for people who may not be in your existing payroll system

• Ability to control what type of information can be displayed by individual employee; or you can skip employees by Pay Class from Directory

• Easily send email to employees in search results, either individually or collectively

• Ability to group employees by pay classification, job and location

Public Section

• Seamlessly integrates with your current web site for viewing by the public

• Search by any combination of Building, Position & Name

• One-Click browsing by first letter of last name

• Only Name, Position, Building and Email Address (optional) are displayed for privacy

Private Section

• Generate printable directories with one click

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What other software is needed to run the RDS Staff Directory?

A. Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server, including Internet Information Server (IIS) version 5.0, SQL Server 2000 or higher and a connection to the Internet with a Static IP address

Q. How much training is required?

A. No training is required for most users. System Administrators will need a few hours of training.

Q. How long would it take to install, set up, and start using RDS Staff Directory?

A. If SQL Server is set up on your system, your web server is configured, and your information gathering is complete, installation takes no more than 15 minutes and setup normally takes less than four hours.