Auditing Time

This section provides an overview of auditing time.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Reported Time Audit Page

TL_AUD_RPTTIME_PNL

View current reported punch and elapsed time.

Reported Time Audit - History Page

TL_AUDIT_RPT_PNL

View changes made to the reported elapsed or punch time selected.

Unprocessed Reported Time Page

TL_UNPROCESS_SUMM

Identify time that has not gotten to Payable Time, either because Time Administration process has not been run, the time has not been approved, there are exceptions with the time or due to some rule processing, the amount of time in the Reported Time tables does not match the amount of time in the Payable Time tables.

Unprocessed Payable Time Page

TL_UNPROCESS_SUMM

Identify time that has not been paid. Employees who have time that is in the following status' will display on this page: (Status: Estimated, Approved, Needs Approval, Rejected by Payroll, Sent to Payroll for PNA.

Three Time and Labor components and a number of public queries exit to audit and track time. The components include Reported Time Audit, Unprocessed Reported Time, and Unprocessed Payable Time. This section provides an overview of these components and lists the delivered public queries for auditing time.

Reported Time Audit

The Reported Time Audit component contains pages that display time that exists in the Reported Time tables and in the Audit tables, which include all entries and changes that have occurred to the time. Audit pages enable you to view punch and elapsed time for historical purposes and to track the changes that have occurred to the originally reported time. On the main Reported Time Audit pages, the system displays reported time that is current. A History link is displayed if changes were made to the originally reported time; otherwise the link is unavailable. The pages include the Time Reporting Elements and Task Reporting Elements tabs that contain additional information about the reported time. These pages eliminate the need to create reports to track changes to time.

Unprocessed Reported Time

The Unprocessed Reported Time component identifies time that is still in Reported Time for these reasons:

  • Time needs approval

  • Time has not been submitted (or is in a Saved status).

  • Time has been denied.

  • Exceptions exist for the time entered.

  • The total payable time is less than the sum of submitted or approved time.

Unprocessed Payable Time

The Unprocessed Payable Time component identifies time with these statuses:

  • Approved – Goes to Payroll

  • Needs Approval

  • Estimated – Ready for Payroll

  • Sent to Payroll (if PNA is the pay system)

  • Taken – Used by Payroll (if GP is the pay system)

  • Rejected by Payroll

Queries to Track Time

These queries enable you to identify time that was entered through Mass Time or Rapid Time but is not in Reported Time.

Query Name

Description

TL_Unproc_Rapid_Pch

Unprocessed Rapid Punch Time

TL_Unproc_Rapid_Elp

Unprocessed Rapid Elapsed Time

TL_Unproc_Mass_Pch

Unprocessed Mass Punch Time

TL_Unproc_Mass_Elp

Unprocessed Mass Elapsed Time

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: PeopleSoft Query.

Also see Viewing and Resolving TCD Errors.

Use the Reported Time Audit page (TL_AUD_RPTTIME_PNL) to view current reported punch and elapsed time.

Image: Reported Time Audit page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Reported Time Audit page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Reported Time Audit page

Overview

Field or Control

Definition

Start Date and End Date

Enter the start and end date for the time you want to view. The system populates the fields with the data for all time reported from the start to the end date.

Get Rows

Click after you enter the start and end dates. The system retrieves the data for all the current reported time, and all time that has been deleted that was reported on and between the start and end dates.

Time Reporting Code

Displays the Time Reporting Code for the reported time that has a status of either Current or Delete.

Quantity

Displays the quantity for the Time Reporting Code for elapsed reported time that has a status of Current or Delete, or the duration for matched punches for punch reported time.

Reported Status

Values that appear in this column include Saved, Denied, Submitted, Needs Approval, and Approved.

History

Click this link to see details about the changes that were made to the time. If the time is current and no changes were made to the time, this field is unavailable. If the link is available, then changes have occurred to the time; click the link to view them.

Status

Values that appear in this column are Current or Delete.. If Current, the system displays either the originally reported time if no changes have occurred, the latest change to the originally reported time, or time that has been added since the time was originally reported. If the status is Delete, the system displays the time that was deleted (through the elapsed timesheet).

Taskgroup

Displays the taskgroup for the reported time.

Time Reporting Elements

Select the Time Reporting Elements tab to view these fields:

Field or Control

Definition

Punch Type

Displays the type of punch for the reported time. If the reported time is elapsed time, Elapsed is displayed in this column.

Punch Date and Time

Displays the date and time the punch was reported.

Currency Code, Country, State, Locality, Billable, and Rate Code

Displays this field information for the reported time that was originally reported then changed.

Task Profile ID

Displays the Task Profile ID for the reported time. The Elapsed Audit History Sec page displays the Task Profile ID for the originally reported time.

Override Reason Code

Displays the code for the reason the reported time was overridden.

Badge ID

Displays the Badge ID number for the reported time if you require a badge number to be used when reporting time.

Time Collection Device ID

Displays the ID of the time collection device to which the time was reported.

Rule Element 1-5

Displays the rule element for the reported time. Time reporters can override rule elements that are assigned to them on the Create or Maintain Time Reporter Data pages.

Reported Time Source

Displays the source of where the reported time was generated, such as Time Administration or Time Validation.

Task Reporting Elements

This tab is displayed if the time reporter is associated with a taskgroup.

Field or Control

Definition

Time Reporting Code

Displays the TRC for reported time.

Customer

Displays the customer.

Combo Code

Displays the combo code for the reported time.

Use the Reported Time Audit - History page (TL_AUDIT_RPT_PNL) to view changes made to the reported elapsed or punch time selected.

Image: Reported Time Audit – History page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Reported Time Audit – History page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Reported Time Audit - History page

Field or Control

Definition

Audit Action

Displays the Audit Action for the reported time: Add, when time is reported but not approved Change, when the reported time is approved, Delete, Key Change Old Key, and Key Change New Key.

Date Under Report, Time Reporting Code, Quantity, Reported Status, Taskgroup

A row is inserted with this information when the time is approved.

The Time Reporting Elements tab displays the same information as the Time Reporting Elements tab on the Reported Time Audit page.

Use the Unprocessed Reported Time page (TL_UNPROCESS_SUMM) to identify time that has not gotten to Payable Time, either because Time Administration process has not been run, the time has not been approved, there are exceptions with the time or due to some rule processing, the amount of time in the Reported Time tables does not match the amount of time in the Payable Time tables.

Image: Unprocessed Reported Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unprocessed Reported Time page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Unprocessed Reported Time page

Field or Control

Definition

Name

Click the link in this column to view details for that row.

Start Date and End Date

The date range cannot extend beyond 31 days.

Acceptable Deviation

Enter an acceptable deviation amount for the calculation between reported and payable time.

Include Exception Reporters

Typically exception time reporters have no hours in Reported Time but many hours of Payable Time. The default is to exclude exception time reporters.

Include Positive Deviations

Select to include payees with Payable Time greater than Reported Time on this page. Clear this field to only display payees with Payable Time less than Reported Time. The Acceptable Deviation field determines the threshold amount for reporting in either case.

Click the Name link to view details. The detail page will not display any Task Elements, Chartfields or Time Reporting Elements. The detail page displays by day and by status the employee's time for Reported Time that has not gotten to Payable Time. This includes reported time with a status of Needs Approval (NA), Saved (SV), or Denied (DN) and any time with exceptions. If there is no time in those statuses, a message is displayed indicating that the Time Administration process must be run to move approved or submitted time to Payable Time.

Image: Unprocessed Reported Time Details page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unprocessed Reported Time Details page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Unprocessed Reported Time Details page

Field or Control

Definition

Reported Status

This column will display these statuses: Needs Approval, Saved, and Denied.

Exception Exists

An icon is displayed for rows where exceptions exist.

Use the Unprocessed Payable Time page (TL_UNPROCESS_SUMM) to identify time that has not been paid.

Employees who have time that is in the following status will display on this page: Estimated, Approved, Needs Approval, Rejected by Payroll, Sent to Payroll for PNA.

Image: Unprocessed Payable Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unprocessed Payable Time page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Unprocessed Payable Time page

Field or Control

Definition

Name

Click the link to access the detail for that row.

View Details for All Employees

Click this link to display unprocessed payable time for all employees. This page that is displayed lists each instance of unprocessed payable time for each employee. Click the download icon next to the Find link on the group box title bar to save this information in spreadsheet format for additional analysis and reporting.

Image: Unprocessed Payable Time Details page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unprocessed Payable Time Details page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Unprocessed Payable Time Details page

This page displays all rows in payable time that have not been processed by payroll. The data is sorted by Date and then by Time Reporting Code. Payable time with these status codes is displayed on this page:

  • Estimated

  • Approved

  • Needs Approval

  • Rejected by Payroll

  • Sent to Payroll (for Payroll for North America)

Field or Control

Definition

Previous Employee and Next Employee

Click these links to display information for the previous or next employee listed in Employees with Unprocessed Payable Time grid on the Unprocessed Payable Time page.