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Setup & Admin

  • New KClient Icon (from scratch)

    Setting up a connection to Influence on your laptop is easy. You just need some basic info, an internet connection and a PC (Windows, *not* Apple Mac). The basic process is: - Install the K7Connector ...

  • Candidate Submission System / Cognito Forms - General Overview

    A new feature has been added to Influence to allow the creation of a candidate submission form, where applicants can complete a form and then submit their details for inclusion in the database. As wel...

  • Key Information Documents (KID) for Agency Workers

    New regulations come into effect from 6 April 2020. After this date all new agency workers must be given a ‘Key Information Document’ (KID) before agreeing terms with an employment business. For more ...

  • Control field visibility

    Within the Influence database it is sometimes useful to control the visibility of fields, so that SOME users can see the field, whereas other users do not see the content of the field. This is possibl...

  • Roles Restricted by Office

    If your Influence database is setup as a multi-office system, it is possible to restrict certain Role codes to certain offices. (Feature available after release 1.00.18.253) System Setup The new featu...

  • Limit Maximum Upload File Size Allowed

    From version 1.00.253 or later, it is possible to restrict the system and limit the maximum file size which can be uploaded into the database. This can be useful to prevent users dragging overly large...

  • User Access Control

    From Version 1.00.18.253 or later, a new User Access Control feature has been added. This controls access to certain features or facilities within the database. User Access Control (UAC) can be used t...

  • Default Candidate Status

    Whenever you add a candidate record to your system it is assigned a Status by default. You can change the default status in the following way. i) Choose Maintenance > Setup > PArameters ii) Use File >...

  • Add a new Code (drop-down list)

    From time-to-time you may wish to add a new code to one of the code tables in Influence. Typical examples of codes you may wish to add are: Business Type, Role Codes,  Area Code,  Client Status,  Cand...

  • Restrict access by IP Address/MAC Address (Direct only)

    It is possible to restrict logins to the database to a specific IP address or MAC Address. Once set only machines connecting from the specified IP address (or range) or with specified MAC addresses wi...