==== Setting up Temp Desks ====
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Maintenance menu -> Temp Setup item -> Temp Desks tab\\
Temp desk form (top menu)\\
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The Temp Desk system is a way to arrange work for the convenience of individual consultants. They use a Temp Desk to get at active Temp Vacancies for filling, processing and completing time sheets, in the timeframe of a week or a month. You can create as many Temp Desks as you require to fulfil your business requirements.
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  * Each Temp Desk is attached to a Department for skills matching.
  * Each Temp Desk is attached to a Division for viewing access.
  * Each Temp Vacancy is attached to a Temp Desk
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Applicants can be attached to several Temp Desks to make groups of skills easy to search. Consultants can work with any Temp Desk but should have a primary attachment to one. Temp Desks can be seen in Monthly or Weekly views. For example, if you have 4 consultants all working in one department you could have:
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  * One Temp Desk that all consultants work in together, any consultant working on any job.
  * A Temp Desk for each consultant, where they bring in their own vacancies and match their own candidates 
  * A combination of the above, depending on agency working methods.
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For initial configuration consider how your consultants work – individually or in teams – and list the potential Temp Desks that will be needed. The IQX installer will also be able to advise.
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**To create a Temp Desk**
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Maintenance menu -> Temp Setup item -> Temp Desks tab
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For each Temp Desk you need to add the following:
|Name|Enter an appropriate name for the grouping|
|Default View|Select the view from Monthly Contract which displays by vacancy a month at a time|
| |Weekly Contract which displays by vacancy a week at a time|
| |Weekly Shift which displays by shift states a week at a time|
|Department|Selects the department|
|Division|Selects the division|
|Current Year|Enter the code for the current Temp Year. This should correspond with a year in the Temp Years table|
|Current Week/Month|Enter the year and month number. This will set the first ‘Current Date’ setting|
|Default Payroll Company|Enter as appropriate for your back office. For LSM Back Office enter A|
|Default Analysis Code| Available if required for extra report functionality|
|Timesheet Period|Weekly or monthly|
|Default check timesheets|Alters the behaviour of the Vacancies tab: colours reflect whether placements or timesheets are completed for the vacancy|  * Extra Codes Available if required for extra report functionality
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