OTL - How to establish a Daily or Weekly Time Entry Rule [ID 225562.

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  Modified 02-MAR-2010     Type HOWTO     Status  

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 goal: OTL - Establish a time entry rule to have error displayed if enter
more than 8 hours in a day
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 goal: OTL - Establish a time entry rule to have error displayed if enter
more than 40hr in a week
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 fact: Oracle Time and Labor
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 fact: Time Entry Rule
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fix:

Responsibility - US OTL Application Developer

To setup Hours Rules
Need to establish Recurring Period, Time Category, Time Entry Rule

1- To create a Daily Rule - for this definition, need to setup a new Recurring
Period of 1 day.
Time Entry Rules > Recurring Period
created a new Recurring Period called Daily, Duration in Days = 1, Start date
of 26 Apr 2002.

2- Create a Time Category

Main Menu> Time Category
Query the name TOTAL1 - Total1 is the sum of the elements that added together
will be compared to the Time Entry Rule you have defined.
To define the Time Category = Total1
Leave the Category- Blank
Mapping Component - select Dummy Element Context
Value - select the name of the elements which when added together will
be compared to the Max Value defined on the Time Entry Rule.

3- Create the Time Entry Rule for Daily Rule - Error if work over 8hr in a Day
Time Entry Rules > Define Time Entry Rules
for Time Entry Rule - Enter a Hours Rule
Name - user defined
Description - user defined
Usage - Both
Formula - Seeded formula for Period Maximum
Input Values -
 Period - reference the Recurring Period of Daily which
was just created
Time Category - Reference the time category just
created
Maximum Hours - Use 8, if establishing a rule to error
if more than 8hr per day
Reference Period -
Reference - This refers to the period of time
to be evaluated.
The number of days in the period.

4- Create the Time Entry Rule for Weekly Rule - Error if work over 40hr in a
Week
Time Entry Rules > Define Time Entry Rules
for Time Entry Rule - Enter a Hours Rule
Name - user defined
Description - user defined
Usage - Both
Formula - Seeded formula for Period Maximum
Input Values -
Period - reference the Recurring Period of Weekly
Time Category - Reference the time category just
created
Maximum Hours - Use 40, if establishing a rule to error
if more than 40hr per week
Reference Period -
Reference - This refers to the period of time
to be evaluated.
The number of days in the period.
Ex. Using same example above - Check if work
over 40 hours in a week,the value entered in Reference could be either:
5 days, if period of time working is looking at
over 40 hours in 5 days
7 days, if period of time working is to look at
a 7 day work week
The Reference period should be the same as the
pay period.

For additional information, refer to the Implementation Guide for OTL

Note.207333.1.