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Searching for employees

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Using the Find option you can search the data in your software to locate specific employee records. You can search using all or part of the data shown in the employee list. For example, all or part of an employee's name, their payment period (such as weekly) or payment method (such as cash).

Tip: Your search provides results using the information displayed in the employee list. If the Criteria option has been used to define which employees appear in the employee list, some employee records may be excluded. For more information, see Specifying which employees appear in the list view.

To use the Find option

1. Horizontal toolbar > Find.
2. Enter the information you want to search for. For example, you might want to find employees who are employed as directors. In this case, enter director in the Find box.
3. Use the Within drop-down list to direct your software to search all data in the employee list or data from a specific column. For example, the national insurance number column or surname column.
4. You can also search for data that contains part of the text entered, or that exactly matches it, by selecting the appropriate Where option.
5. To perform your search > Find > OK.
6. The records found are highlighted in the employee list.

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