Sending Setup Data to a TCD
This section provides an overview of data publishing to a TCD and describes how to publish Time and Labor setup data.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
---|---|---|
TL_TCD_RUN_PNL |
Publish setup information for your TCD to retrieve from Time and Labor. This page can also be used to Generate a TCD Usage report that sums up the number of elements transmitted to a TCD during time reporting. The TCD Usage report can be used to estimate the memory requirements of each TCD. |
Time and Labor sends (publishes) setup data to your TCD in the form of messages associated with service operations. The publish process can be scheduled to run once or multiple times a day. All information contained in one set of published messages replaces the previously stored information at the TCD level. The date the system uses to retrieve TCD information is always the current date.
Image: Time and Labor publishes information to a TCD
This diagram depicts how Time and Labor publishes information to your TCD
![Time and Labor publishes information to a TCD](img/i-cd7d26dn-70ba.png)
Incremental messages are sent when time reporter data changes in Time and Labor. Incremental messages are sent when you change:
Time reporter status.
The TCD group associated to the time reporter.
The elements in a TCD group.
You can send the published messages to all or selected message nodes/comm servers.
Use the TCD Usage report to determine how many values of each kind of reporting element are sent to a TCD.
Integration Points Used to Send Setup Data to a Third-Party TCD
The following table lists the integration points that the Time and Labor TCD interface uses to send setup information from Time and Labor to a third-party TCD. All TCD integration points are batch published.
Functional Name |
Service Operation |
QUEUE |
---|---|---|
T&L Payable Time Totals by TRC |
TIME_DEVICE_PER_HRS_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L REPORTING ELEMENTS |
TIME_DEVICE_RPT_ELMNT_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L SUPERVISORS |
TIME_DEVICE_SUPERVISOR_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TASK ELEMENT CODE VALUES |
TIME_DEVICE_TASK_VALS_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TASK PROFILES |
TIME_DEVICE_PROFILES_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TASK TEMPLATES |
TIME_DEVICE_TEMPLATES_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TIME REPORTER DATA |
TIME_DEVICE_EMPL_ATT_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TIME REPORTER SCHEDULES (Outbound) |
TIME_DEVICE_SCHEDULE_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TIME REPORTER PUNCH RESTRICTION RULE |
TIME_DEVICE_RESTRICT_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
T&L TRC INFORMATION |
TIME_DEVICE_RPTG_CODE_FULLSYNC |
TIME_COLLECTION_DEVICE_SETUP |
Note: To research the technical details of any integration point used by PeopleSoft applications, refer to the Interactive Services Repository on My Oracle Support.
TCD Message Types
Time and Labor uses the information you defined on the TCD setup pages to control the data going to your TCD. The following table summarizes the types of TCD messages.
Table |
Comment |
---|---|
Time Reporter |
Contains basic information about a time reporter. |
Schedule |
Contains a time reporter's daily schedules. |
Restriction Profile |
Contains restriction information from the TCD Restriction page. |
Total Hours |
Contains total hours already worked in the current week. Your TCD displays this information to the time reporter or supervisor. |
Time Reporting Code |
Contains various TRCs for elapsed time reporting purposes (sick, vacation, holiday, and so on). |
TCD Supervisor |
Contains a list of supervisors who are authorized to perform supervisor functions at various TCDs. |
TCD Task Profile |
Contains a list of task profiles associated with each TCD. The system uses task profiles for positive task profile reporting, where the time reporter must indicate the type of work being performed. |
TCD Task Template |
Contains a list of task templates associated with each TCD. The system uses task templates for positive task element reporting, where the time reporter must indicate the type of work being performed as well as labor information. Task templates also identify rule elements, which define how the time reporter is paid. These are additional task elements the time reporter can report. |
Reporting Element Tables |
Contains a list of countries, states, localities, comp rate codes, currency codes, and override reason codes, which a time reporter can override when reporting time. |
Use the Send Setup to TCD page (TL_TCD_RUN_PNL) to publish setup information for your TCD to retrieve from Time and Labor.
This page can also be used to Generate a TCD Usage report that sums up the number of elements transmitted to a TCD during time reporting. The TCD Usage report can be used to estimate the memory requirements of each TCD.
Navigation
Image: Send Setup to TCD page
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Send Setup to TCD page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
![Send Setup to TCD page](img/i-cd7d26dn-717c.png)
Field or Control |
Definition |
---|---|
All Msg Nodes/Comm Servers |
Select to publish the information to all your TCDs (message nodes). |
Specific Msg Nodes/Comm Servrs |
Select to send to a specific message node, or TCD. |
Generate TCD Usage Report |
Select to generate a TCD Usage report for this TCD run. Select this check box if you want the system to generate a summary TCD Usage report for this TCD run. |
Include Detail |
Select to generate a detail report for all the values being sent for this TCD run. Only available if Generate TCD Usage Report is selected. |
Language Code |
Select the language the report will be printed in. |
Message Node Name |
Enter a TCD (message node) to send the data to. Only available if Specific Msg Nodes/Comm Servrs is selected. |
What is actually sent to the time collection device is determined by the parameters defined on the TCD Type pages associated to each TCD.
The TCD Usage report summarizes the following:
The number of time reporters sent to the TCD.
The number of rows of total payable time hours sent for the time reporter's current period.
The number of punches from the time reporters punch schedules.
The number of time collection device supervisors associated with that TCD.
The number of restriction profiles associated with that TCD.
The number of time reporting codes sent to the TCD.
The number of task templates sent to the TCD.
The number of task elements sent to the TCD.
The number of task values sent to the TCD.
The number of countries sent to the TCD.
The number of states sent to the TCD.
The number of localities sent to the TCD.
The number of compensation rate codes sent to the TCD.
The number of override reasons sent to the TCD.
The number of currency codes sent to the TCD.
For the detail page of the Usage report, the following elements are detailed if they are sent to your TCD:
Time reporter
Employee ID
Record #
Badge ID
First name
Last name
TCD supervisors
Supervisor ID
Badge ID
Restriction profiles
Restriction profiles
Description
Time reporting codes
Time reporting code
Description
Task profiles
Task Profile ID
Description
Task templates
Task template
Description
Task elements
Task Template ID
Task element code
Description
See the product documentation for PeopleTools PeopleSoft Process Scheduler