How To: Remove a former Employee from Yellow Dog
When an employee leaves your organization, remove the employee record instead of reusing it. Removing the record preserves the accuracy of historical data and maintains a clear record of work performed by the new employee.
Reusing a former employee’s login can also cause issues with the Yellow Dog API, because the new employee’s username will not update correctly. This requires intervention from the support team
- Permission to view and edit Employees
Go to System Setup and select Employees.
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Highlight the employee you want to remove.
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Select Remove, then confirm the removal.
After removal:
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The employee can no longer sign in to Yellow Dog.
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All historical activity—such as physicals and purchasing documents—remains in the system.
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Any location where the employee’s name appears will now display the name followed by (removed).
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