WESTMINSTER ‘HOW TO’ TRAINING SERIES
How To: Record Cadet Parade Night Attendance
PERSONNEL MODULE
2010 EDITION (v1.2)
Created and Distributed by HQ LF
Version Date
1.0
Mar 10
Summary of changes
Initial Release
Originator
F Taylor
Description
This document describes the process for the recording of Cadet Parade night attendance in
Westminster.
Westminster Steps
Required Westminster role: Read Only
1.
Log in to Westminster and click on the Personnel module icon:
2.
The personnel screen will be displayed, as shown below:
3.
In the Personnel Menu on the left side of the screen, choose Parade Nights.
4.
The Parade Night Attendance screen will display, similar to below:
5.
Next, tick the checkboxes adjacent to the nights you parade and click Apply Changes.
6.
The parade nights for the selected month will now show. The system will show the last
COMPLETE month (i.e. if you are recording attendances on 25 March, it will show February,
as this was the last complete month). The month/year can be changed by clicking on the
respective down arrows. Use this method to record retrospective attendance:
7.
Next, tick the checkboxes against each Cadet for each date that they attended (i.e.
leave blank to denote a non-attendance).
8.
The uppermost checkboxes may be used to bulk-record an attendance, and specific
dates can be un-checked to denote those nights when the Cadet did not attend. As the
Cadet will probably attend more often than not, this is generally regarded as the quickest
method:
9.
When the recording is complete, click the Apply Changes button.
10. When gathering your attendance data in order to input, Westminster provides the
function to print a blank attendance register, which can then be printed off and ticked by hand
before inputting into the system. To print a blank attendance register, click on the Print
Blank Attendance Register link at the bottom of your Cadet list:
11. In order to choose the output format, go to the Options menu on the left side of the
screen and click on the Output Format down arrow. The most popular format, from
customer feedback, is Excel:
12.
You can review any previous recorded month’s parade stats using the month selection
process described in 6.