Using PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface for Time Management as a Manager

The Managers can use the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface to view team time, manage exceptions and to review employee time reporting locations.

Select the Team Time tile on the Manager Self Service home page to access a list of PeopleSoft Time and Labor, and PeopleSoft Absence Management manager self-service tasks that you can perform. The tasks listed are based on the applications that are installed and on the security access of the logged in user.

Time and Labor Manager Self Services Pages Online Help Video

These page controls appear on all the time options in manager self service right panels.

Field or Control

Definition

Select Employee Page

Refer Select Employee Page for more details.

Filter

Select to open the filter modal using which you can define the filter criteria for the select employee panel.

Sort

Select to sort the search results by name and title.

Collapse button

Select to expand and collapse the navigation collection on the left panel.

Get Employees

Click to access the list of employees after defining the filter criteria in Manager Search Options.

Note: The get employees button is available for Report Time, Weekly Time, Payable Time and Leave Balances component.

This contains the pre populated values from manager search options if any. The fields that will be displayed here can also be configured under manager search options

Filter

Click to open the filters modal to enter the filter criteria.

Note: You can edit the criteria and further filter or remove the manager search options criteria.

Done

Select to return to Select Employees page after defining the filter criteria in the filters modal.

Cancel

Select to close the filters modal.

Reset

Select to reset the values which are already entered in the filters modal.

Previous

Select to display the previous employee from the list of employees in the select employee page.

Next

Select to display the next employee from the list of employees in the select employee page.

Note: The previous and next button is disabled, if there are no previous or next employee in the select employee page list.

Return to Select Employee link

Select to go back to the list of employees received as the result of filter search.

Previous_SFF

Click to go back to the previous employees details.

Next_SFF

Click to go the next employees details.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Team Time Tile

HC_TL_START_NAV_FLU_MSS_GBL (this is the cref for the tile)

TL_START_NAV_FLU (page for dynamic data)

Add the Team Time tile to the homepage access the Team Time navigation collection page.

Team Time Navigation Collection

HC_HR_DIR_NAV_FLU (this is the cref for the tile)

Opens the Team Time application start page. From this page, the Manager can navigate to the different time options using Fluid User Interface. The left panel items when selected allows the manager to perform actions like review reported time, weekly time, payable time, and leave balances of the employees.

Select Employee Page

Report Time Select Employee Filters page

TL_MSS_EMP_SEL_FLU

TL_EMPPRS_FILT_SCF

Enter Time Details for Punch Time Reporters: TL_PCH_TIME_FLU

Enter Time Details for Elapsed Time Reporters: TL_ELP_TIME_FLU

Page to view the list of employees. This page is also used to view the employees according to the criteria defined in filter.

The default landing page is Enter Time page which is inside the Timesheet folder. On expanding the Timesheet Folder, you can view the Enter Time and Time Summary results.

Report Time page

Report time details for Punch time reporters: TL_WEB_CLOCK_FLU

Report Time details for Elapsed time reporters: TL_RPTD_ELP_FLU

Select to get the search result for Report Time according the defined filter criteria. Select any employee from the list to open the report time page for that employee.

Managers can navigate through the Previous and Next to go to employees in the search list.

Weekly Time Entry page

Weekly Time Entry details for Punch time reporter: TL_PRE_POP_PCH_FLU

Weekly Time Entry details for Elapsed time reporter: TL_PRE_POP_ELP_FLU

Select to get the search result for Weekly Time Entry according to the defined filter criteria.

Modify reported time or delete reported time for the employees according to the row level security or Time and Labor security.

Weekly Time Summary page

TL_WEEK_TIME_FLU

Select to get the search result for Weekly Time Summary according to the defined filter criteria. Select any employee from the search result to view the time reported for a week. The manager can also modify and report time per week.

Payable Time (Select Employees) page

TL_MSS_EMP_SEL_FLU

View and select the employees to review their payable time..

Payable Time page

TL_PAYBTIME_FLU

Review employees payable time details with duration and Time reporting code, payable hours, and estimated gross for the selected period.

Leave / Comp Time page

TL_COMPLEAVBAL_FLU

Select the employee using the filter and view the employees with the selected filter criteria. This page provides the summary of leave balances for those employees enrolled in Base Benefits leave plans.

Attendance Violations page

TL_ATTENDANCE_FL

This page provides the summary of violations for a selected period of start and end date. This page can also be accessed from punch time sheet via related actions. The related actions open as a new modal.

Manage Exceptions Page

TL_MNG_EXCEP_NUI

View and resolve the exceptions using Fluid User Interface.

Displays all exceptions of the team at one place.

Reporting Locations Page

TL_MSS_EMP_MAP_FLU

To view the employee location when the employee has enabled the use of location services.

Workforce Availability Page

TL_EMP_PRES_FLU

To view detailed information about team members, including time entries, scheduled and reported time for each type of time reporters.

Time and Labor Fluid WorkCenter Page

TL_WC_RSLT_FL

Access frequently used work items for Time and Labor.

Use the Team Time tile (TL_START_NAV_FLU) to view the total number of exceptions of time reporting and to navigate to other Manager Self Service pages.

Image: (Desktop) Team Time Tile

This example illustrates the Team Time tile for desktop.

Team Time

Image: (Smartphone) Team Time tile

This example illustrates the Team Time tile for the smartphone.

(Smartphone)Team Time Tile

This Team Time start page is a navigation collection that enables the managers to access the frequently used Time and Labor management components from one location. The left panel of this page lists the components collected under 14 categories.

  • Timesheet Folder

  • Report Time

  • Weekly Time Entry

  • Weekly Time Summary

  • Payable Time

  • Leave / Comp Time

  • Request Absence

  • Cancel Absences

  • View Requests

  • Absence Balances

  • Manage Exceptions

  • Reporting Locations

  • Workforce Availability

  • Time and Labor WorkCenter

On selecting the left navigation collection, you can open the corresponding search pages on the right panel. Expanding Timesheet Folder opens Enter Time and Time Summary search pages on the right panel.

Image: (Smartphone) Team Time Page

This example illustrates the Team Time page in a smartphone

(Smartphone) Navigation Collection

On selecting the listed items, the manager can navigate to different time options.

Use the Select Employee (TL_MSS_EMP_SEL_FLU) page to view the employees according to the criteria defined in filter.

Manager Self Service Fluid Timesheet

By default, the team time landing right panel is the select employee page. The right panel displays the filter options or the employee list.

The right panel displays the details for the components selected in the left panel.

Note: On setting up auto populate, the get employees and filter button don’t appear. The results are displayed directly. The get employees button displays employees based on the Manager Search Options page criteria. Filter button will open the filter options with manager search options filter values defaulted. We can edit this and further filter or remove this by updating the manager search options criteria.

Image: Enter Time_Select Employee page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Enter Time_Select Employee page.

(Desktop) Enter Time_Select Employee page

Note: The default landing page is the Enter Time_Select Employee page. The Manager can setup the auto populate option under Manager Search Option page in order to load the employees with the matching criteria.

Image: (Tablet) Select Employee page

This example illustrates the fields and controls for Select Employee page using a tablet.

(Tablet) Report Time_Select Employee page

The manager can select one of the employee on the right panel to view the details.

This example illustrates the fields and controls of a Manager Self Service Enter Time page of an Elapsed Time Reporter view for a manager:

Image: Manager Self Service Enter Time Page for an Elapsed Time Reporter

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Enter Time page of an Elapsed Time Reporter.

MSS Enter Time Page View for an Elapsed Time report

Image: Enter Time Page with Time Units

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Enter Time Page with Time Units. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Enter Time Page_MSS_Reported Time Units

The header displays reported time in different units other than hours for an elapsed time reporter. The weekly header box also shows the reported time in units other than hours.

Note: The header box and the weekly header hides the TRC types Units and Dollars for a day when the particular TRC types are not present for the day .

Field or Control

Definition

Unapproved Time

Displays the unapproved hours which requires approval from the respective manager.

Previous

Select to view the previous employee listed in enter time search page.

Next

Select to view the next employee listed in the enter time search page.

Time Details

The Time details for different entries.

This icon will be hidden and the time detail values are expanded in the timesheet pages if the option of Expand Time Details on Timesheet is selected in Time and Installation page.

For more details, see Time and Labor Installation Page.

Manage Approvals

Grid that displays the date —wise list of time report with description and scheduled work hours.

Note: When there is unapproved reported time, the Manage Approvals section appears.

Approve icon

Check the time to approve and select approve button for time approval.

Deny

Check the time and select deny button for rejecting time.

Push Back icon

Check the time and select push back button for sending the time back for checking.

Image: Manager Self Service_Enter Time Page

This example illustrates the Manager Self Service Enter Time Page view for an Punch Time Reporter.

MSS_Enter Time Page_Punch Time Reporter

Image: Time Detail values inline for Punch Time reporter

This example illustrates time detail values inline in the timesheet of a Punch Time Reporter.

MSS_Enter Time page with Time Details inline

Administrators can configure for managers to view the time detail values inline in the timesheet by selecting the option of Expand Time Details on Timesheet under Time and Labor Installation Page.

The Enter Time pages for Punch time reporters show Time Details icon when Expand Time Details on Timesheet option is not selected under Fluid Timesheet section in Time and Labor Installation page.

An employee can delegate the another person to report time on his/her behalf by authorizing another person as proxy.

Image: Enter Time Page with proxy

This example illustrates Enter Time page enabled with proxy.

Note: Once delegation request is accepted by proxy and delegation transaction active, the grid will be shown in Report Time pages. If Manager Search option has prompt for results or Auto Populate, it will be honored on this grid. Manager can choose between Process my own Employees or to act on behalf of the delegator. When manager selects Process my own Employees, it shows a list of employees belonging to them (according to the row level security) . When manager selects Delegators’ name, it shows a list of employees that belong to the delegator (according to the row level security).

Enter Time_Delegation Page

Image: Time Summary Search Page

This example illustrates the Time Summary Search page.

MSS_Time Summary Page

Select an employee to view the Time Summary for that employee.

Image: Monthly Time Summary Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the Time Summary Monthly view for a selected employee.

MSS_Time Summary_Select Employee <Reported Time Tab> Page

On selecting the Payable Time Summary you can get an overview of the payable time overview.

Image: Monthly Time Summary_Payable Time Tab_Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the Time Summary Monthly view inn the Payable Time tab for a selected employee.

MSS_Time Summary_Select Employee<Payable Time Tab>

Image: Time Summary Page_Reported Time tab

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Time Summary Page_Reported Time tab.

Time Summary page_Reported Time_MSS
The Time Summary page reported time tab displays the reported time in different units other than hours for an employee in header, day box and footer.

Use Get Employees button in order to pull up the list of employees.

Fluid Payable Time Total by Units

The Manager Payable Time and View Payable Time pages displays the quantity of time in units.

Image: Payable Time_Summary Tab

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Payable Time page summary tab.

Payable Time_Summary page

Image: Payable Time_Details page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Payable Time page details tab.

Payable Time_Details page

Image: Time Summary_Payable Time tab

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Time Summary_Payable Time tab with units of time in hours.

Time Summary page_Payable Time

Select the filter icon to open the filters modal where you can enter the parameters used set the filter criteria.

Image: Report Time Select Employee Filters page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the filters modal where you can specify the parameters for resulting the select employees.

The Report Time page allows the manager to enter reported time, modify reported time or delete reported time for the employees according to their data access.

Report Time_MSS_Filter

The filters modal provide a quick employee search for you with one or more of the following options:

  • Time Reporting Group

  • Employee ID

  • Employee Record

  • Last Name

  • First Name

  • Business Unit

  • Job Code

  • Job Description

  • Department

  • Supervisor ID

  • Report To Position Number

  • Location Code

  • Company

  • North American Pay Group

  • Workgroup

  • Taskgroup

  • Position Number

Note: This options can be configured using manager search options page.

Image: Report Time page for Elapsed Time reporters

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Report Time page (TL_RPTD_ELP_FLU) for Elapsed Time reporters.

Report Time_MSS_Elapsed time

Image: Report Time_Delegation enabled Page

This example illustrates the Report Time page enabled with delegation.

Report Time_Delegation Page

Use Weekly Time Entry (TL_PRE_POP_ELP_FLU) page to view the time reported for a week. The manager can also modify and report time per week.

Image: (Desktop) Weekly Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Weekly Time page for Manager Self Service.

Weekly Time Entry Page for Manager Self Service

Image: Weekly Time Entry with Delegation Page

This example illustrates the Weekly Time Entry page enabled with delegation.

Weekly Time Entry_Delegation Page

Auto Approval For Time Submitted by Manager

The time entered by the manager on behalf of their employees are auto-approved for the following conditions:

  • The reported time is entered or edited by the Manager

  • Only Time that is entered and edited by the manager

  • Any Time (Line or day level) only if acted on by the Manager

  • The immediate approver in the approval chain is the same person as the acting Manager or their delegates (Applies to multiple managers in the same approval level).

Note: This is for Any case. For ALLcase, the auto-approval will only trigger for the time reporter or manager in this case. If there are other steps in the approval chain, then the time will be auto-approved and only skip the acting Manager or delegates step. The time still be in Needs Approval status until it is approved by all in the approval chain. Time Sent Back or Denied will still retain its status until acted upon by the Manager.

Refer the configurations mentioned in Configurations Page for auto approval for time submitted by a manager.

The following video gives an overview of

Auto Approval for Time Submitted by a Manager

Image: Enter Time Page with Manager Auto Approval enabled for Elapsed Time Reporter

This example illustrates an Enter Time Page with Manager Auto Approval enabled for Elapsed Time Reporter.

Enter Time_Auto Approval for Manager_Elapsed

The example has two instances of time reported by manager, and the third by employee. When the time is reported by the immediate manager, it gets auto approved.

Image: Enter Time Page with Manager Auto Approval enabled for Punch Time Reporter

This example illustrates an Enter Time Page with Manager Auto Approval enabled for Punch Time Reporter.

Enter Time_Auto Approval for Manager_Punch

In case of punch time reporting, any punches reported by employee comes for an approval to the manager, whereas if the manager either edits or reports a new punch for a particular day, all the punches would get auto approved.

Note: In addition to Enter Time page, the auto approval is applicable for Report Time page, Weekly Time Entry page.

The auto approval feature is available for batch programs like mass time and rapid time approvals.

Image: Time Detail values inline for Elapsed Time reporter

This example illustrates the Time detail values inline in the Timesheet of an Elapsed Time reporter.

MSS_Elapsed Time Details

Administrators can configure managers to view the time detail values inline in the timesheet by selecting the option of Expand Time Details on Timesheet under Time and Labor Installation Page.

The Enter Time pages for elapsed time reporters show Time Details icon when Expand Time Details on Timesheet option is not selected under Fluid Timesheet section in the Time and Labor Installation page.

Select the details chevron to get the details of weekly team time reported for a particular employee.

Image: Weekly Team time details page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Weekly Team Time for Manager Self Service.

Weekly Team Time for Manager Self Service

Field or Control

Definition

Return to Select Employee

Select the hyperlink to go back to the Weekly Team Time page where it list the employees according to the search criteria.

Drop Down

Select to view the related actions menu.

Image: Weekly Time_Related actions

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the weekly time page related actions.

Weekly Time details with Related actions

Field or Control

Definition

View Timesheet

Select to launch the classic Timesheet page.

Request Absence

Select to request absence for the selected employee.

Approve Reported Time

Select to launch classic Approve Reported Time page to approve reported time for the selected employee..

Approve Payable Time

Select to launch classic Approve Payable Time summary page to approve payable time for the selected employee.

Approve Overtime

Select to launch classic Approve Overtime page to approve overtime for the selected employee.

Reporting Locations

Select to launch Reporting Locations page and view the physical location from where the employee has entered their time. The physical location is captured and stored as a latitude and longitude.

Notify Employee

Select to launch HR Notification page to send notifications.

Note: The Request Absence related action is available if the employee is part of the absence system. This related action is used to launch classic Request Absence page to view the absences requested for the selected employee.

The related actions open for a date selected in the date picker.

Further on selecting chevron, the weekly time page details will navigate back to Report Time page with Return to Weekly Time page link.

Use the Payable Time (Select employees) page to select an employee Use Payable Time page (TL_PAYBTIME_FLU) to select the employee and review their payable time.

Image: Payable Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the Payable Time page for a signed in manager.

Payable Time Page for Manager

The manager can use filters to search the employees for a certain filter criteria.

Use Payable Time (TL_PAYBTIME_FLU) page to review employees payable time details with duration and Time reporting code, payable hours, and estimated gross for the selected period.

Image: Payable Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the payable Time page.

Payable Time for Manager_Summary page

Field or Control

Definition

Payable Time Summary

The manager can review the estimated gross and payable hours for a selected period of time.

Select on the Detail tab to view the Payable Time Detail page.

Image: Payable Time Detail page

This example illustrates the fields and controls for Payable Time Detail page.

Payable Time Detail page

The detail tab displays the Payable Status of the employee.

Use the Leave / Comp Time (Select Employee) page to select the employee using the filter and view the employees with the selected filter criteria.

Image: Leave / Comp Time (Select Employees) page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Leave / Comp Time (Select Employees) page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Leave / Comp Time (Select Employee) page

Image: (Smartphone) Leave /Comp Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the (Smartphone) Leave /Comp Time page.

(Smartphone) Leave /Comp Time page

Click on the chevron to view the Leave / Comp Summary page.

The Leave / Comp Time Summary (TL_COMPLEAVBAL_FLU) page is used to view the summary of leave balances of employees in card format.

Image: Leave / Comp Time Summary page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Leave / Comp Time Summary using desktop.

Leave / Comp Time Summary page

The sick, vacation and compensatory time off are shown in cards. Each of your leave types and compensatory time off plans are displayed as cards..

The compensatory time off displaysAs of Dateand Expiration Period.

Note: The Expiration Period will be for the last approval run balance. This is determined on the basis of comp plan and the latest accrual.

Image: (Smartphone) Leave / Comp Time Summary page

This example illustrates the Leave / Comp Time summary page using smartphone.

Leave Comp Time Summary page

Click on the leave type card to view the Leave / Comp (TL_COMPLEAVHST_FLU) page.

The Sick and Vacation details show the minimum allowed and Maximum Allowed leave upfront on the card. The Comp Time leave card displays As of Date and Expiration Period.

Image: Leave / Comp Time Details page

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the Leave / Comp Time Details page.

Leave Comp Time Details page

Image: Leave Balance details for smartphone

The following example illustrates the fields and controls of Leave Balances details for employees using smartphone.

Leave Comp Time Details for Smartphone

Field or Control

Definition

Earned

Number of leaves earned for an year.

Taken

Number of leaves taken so far.

Balance

Number of leaves remaining for the year.

Use the Attendance Violations page to view the summary of violations for a selected period of time.

Image: Attendance Violations page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Attendance Violations page.

Attendance Violation page

Field or Control

Definition

Start TimeEnd Time

Select and enter start and end time for which the attendance violation summary for the selected employee need to be displayed.

Image: Attendance Violations page with Summary view

This example illustrates the Attendance Violations summary for a particular period.

Attendance Violation page with Summary

Note: The manager can view his employees attendance violation summary from the related actions of Enter Time page.

Image: Enter Time page showing Related Actions

Attendance Violation from Enter Time Related Actions

Attendance Violation_Related Actions

On selecting attendance violation from the related action, it opens a window with attendance violation summary.

Image: Attendance Violations_Violation Summary page

This illustrates an example of Attendance Violations — violation summary page.

Attendance Violations_Violation Summary

Image: Enter Time page with Attendance violations icon

This example illustrates the fields and controls of Enter Time page with Attendance violations icon.

Enter Time page with Attendance Violation icon

The day summary shows a red icon for attendance violations.

Use the Manage Exceptions page to view and resolve exceptions using Fluid User Interface.

Image: Manage Exceptions page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Manage Exceptions_Update / Add Timepage.

Manage Exceptions

Select the chevron to open the Manage Exceptions details page. The details page contain the Return to Manage Exceptions link to go back to the Manage Exceptions page.

Image: Manage Exceptions_Update Time page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Manage Exceptions_Update / Add Time page.

Manage Exceptions Details page

Field or Control

Definition

Add icon

Click on the icon to add a new time. Also select the time row to delete or modify the reported time.

Note: The manager can dismiss the exception by clicking on the check box Allow. When the resolution of an exception requires a modification of the employee timesheet, the manager can transfer it to the employee timesheet to make corrections. The manager can add a new time row by clicking on the plus icon and enter the missed punch to resolve the exceptions.

Managers can use the Reporting Locations page to view the employee location when the employee has accepted the use of location services and your organization has licensed and enabled Oracle Maps Service for PeopleSoft on the Installation Table — Setting Up Implementation Defaults

When Oracle Maps Service for PeopleSoft is enabled, the Team Time page from the Fluid Manager Self Service pages displays the Reporting Locations transaction category. When Oracle Maps Service is disabled, the Reporting Locations option is not available for selection on the Team Time page.

Image: Reporting Locations Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Reporting Locations page.

Reporting Locations_TL_MSS_EMP_MAP_FLU

The Time and Labor related Manager Self Service tasks are Manage Exceptions and viewing Reporting Locations.

Note: When Oracle Maps Service for PeopleSoft is enabled, the Team Time page from the Fluid Manager Self Service pages displays the Reporting Locations transaction category. Select this option to access the Reporting Locations Page and view where your employees reported their time. When Oracle Maps Service is disabled, the Reporting Locations option is not available for selection on the Team Time page.

Managers can use the Workforce Availability page (TL_EMP_PRES_FLU) to access the Workforce Availability landing page and the related categories with detailed information of the team members. Workforce Availability provides ability for the managers to see a comprehensive view of his team's availability for the day - who is in office, who is in training, who has not clocked in.

Image: Workforce Availability Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Workforce Availability page.

Workforce Availability_Manager_TL_EMP_PRES_FLU

The right hand panel for scheduled category displays different combination of data for employees who are in any of the following combinations:

  • Absence and Training for the day

  • Absence, training and on deviation

  • Actual reported time as per schedule

  • Absence (Benefits leave)

  • Comp Leave, Training and Reported Time.

  • Schedule Deviation

Note: The user can view the drill down details for each specific or combination of different categories.

Field or Control

Definition

Team Time expandable panel

Select to view the hidden navigation collection for manager self service which includes all the time related actions.

Scheduled

Shows all the scheduled employees for that day . This category displays multiple categories at one place.

No Show

Displays the list of punch time reporters who are scheduled to work on that day but there is neither reported time nor absence or training.

Schedule Deviation

Lists the employees who deviated from their schedule. Deviation is arrived using TL Installation configuration which we will discuss in the next slide.  Only Punch time reporters are considered for this category.

Not Scheduled

Shows the Elapsed and Punch time reporters with scheduled OFF / Holiday for that particular day.

Elapsed

Shows the list of elapsed time reporters who have reported time.

Away from Work

Once you expand Away from Workcategory, it will show the following sub categories:

  • Approved absence : Manager can see the employees who have approved leave for that day. Benefits administration leaves and GP Absences are considered.

  • Unapproved Absence : Lists the employees whose absence/leave approvals are yet to processed that means Data with needs approval status.

  • Training : Shows the details of employees who have enrolled into HR / ELM Training.

  • Comp time off : Displays the employees who are on Comp time off for that day.

Employee/Shift

Displays the name, phone number and shift of the employee.

Widgets

Shows the patterns in which the categories of employees are represented in the below grid or in legends.

My Analytics

Shows the overview of the analytics for workforce for the current view.

Add icon

Add a new scenario for analytics by defining the needed scenarios

Workforce Availability link

Select to view My Analytics for the current scenario, or enhance the filter on the left pane to add Prompts for criteria as needed.

Note: In scheduled category, the drill down details displays data for all categories for that particular day. The Manager and the Employees are in the same Time Zone. Current Time would be converted to Manager Time Zone and displayed both as text and the current time indicator.

The green bar represents the regular time. The gaps in between two bars indicate a meal break. Along with the Punch time reporters, the supervisor can also view the elapsed time reporters. There is a warning icon to highlight the employees in the no show category.

Element

Definition

View By

Drop down list where you select Daily Time or Weekly Time.

Daily Time : See a comprehensive view of team's availability for the day.

Weekly Time:: View the availability and the schedule coverage of team members for the week and as the week progresses.

Manager can choose any date through the date picker and also be able to navigate back and forth using the Previous and Next day buttons on the date header

Filter

Filter

Navigates to the filter modal where you can specify the employee population.

Refresh

Refresh

Refresh the window with the updated data.

Sort

Sort

Click this icon to change the sort order of team members. You can sort by any field shown.

Detailed view

Click to see the detailed view related to the particular employee.

Drop Down

Select to go to the related actions menu.

Scheduled

Shows the scheduled time in hours.

Reported

Shows the reported time in hours.

Image: (Smartphone) Workforce Availability Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Workforce Availability page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Workforce Availability Page

The category specific details represented in the form of boxes in smartphone. Each category  have generic text and appear in a box with a pattern that corresponds to the particular category.

Field or Control

Definition

Detailed view

Shows the detailed information on the schedule details.

Use the Workforce Availability Scheduled daily page (TL_EMP_PRES_FLU) to view the snapshot of all categories. Manager can view the punch and Elapsed employees who are scheduled to work for the specified week. Only Employees assigned with schedules would be considered.

Image: Related Actions

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Related Actions panel.

Daily Related Actions

Field or Control

Definition

Replace Schedule

Select to launch the Replace Schedule page to access the schedule for replacements and to do the necessary actions for replacements and send notifications.

Request Absence

Select to launch the Assign Work Schedule page to access the time reporter data to schedule and assign it to a particular employee.

View Timesheet

Select to launch the Timesheet page to access the reported time entries, approve pending reported time, payable time and absences.

Approve Overtime

Select to launch Approve overtime requests page to access the employee selection criteria.

Leave Balances

Select to launch Leave and Compensatory Time to access the related selection criteria.

Approve Absence

Select to launch Approve Absence summary page to do the related action and to approve absences.

Notify Employee

Select to launch HR Notification page to send notifications.

Reporting Locations

Select to launch Reporting Locations page and view the physical location from where the employee has entered their time. The physical location is captured and stored as a latitude and longitude.

Tap on the Reporting Locations options to launch the Reporting Locations Page

Note: The Reporting Locations option is available only for Daily view.

For setting up the reporting locations, refer Configurations Page in the Time and Labor Installation Page.

Use the No Show category daily page to view the details of the employees who are scheduled to work but haven’t reported time, in absence or in training. This category displays employees who are scheduled to work also.

Image: No Show Daily Pages

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the No Show daily page.

No Show Daily Page

Image: (Smartphone) No Show daily page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the No Show daily page of the smartphone.

(Smartphone) No Show daily page

No Show status displays when the schedule for the employee has begun and the employee has not reported to work. For punch time reporters, there is no drill-down and visual representation.

Note: If an employee has reported absence which is in denied/pushed back status, it should show up in no show category. Elapsed reporters are not part of No show and Schedule deviation categories.

Use Schedule Deviation category to view the count and the details of the employees who have deviated from the schedule.

Image: Schedule Deviation daily page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Schedule Deviation daily page of the tablet.

Schedule Deviation daily page

The Drill down for Schedule Deviation does not list the time off details means other than deviation data no other category data will be displayed in the drill down.

Image: Drill down Details Page

The modal shows the Drill down Details.

Schedule Deviation daily drill down details

Image: (Smartphone) Schedule Deviation daily page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the (Smartphone) Schedule Deviation daily page of the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Schedule Deviation daily page

The grid in the smartphone displays the deviation for specific reasons. If there is more than one deviation, the grid displays the latest deviation reason. The grid represents additional status like time off or training as per the employee status. This category is not applicable for an elapsed reporter in smartphone. The manager can view the data in graphical representation from each day with specific reason for different type of deviation. The valid deviation reasons are Early In, Early Out, Late In and Late Out and Meal Deviation.

Note: This category displays even when the count is Zero. The detail page displays a message 'No data available.

Use Not Schedule daily page to view the count and details of employees who report to a manager or within the hierarchy but do not have a schedule time, or on off or on holiday.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Not Scheduled daily page.

Not Scheduled daily page

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Not Scheduled daily page on smartphone.

(Smartphone) Not Scheduled daily page

Use the Elapsed daily page to view the count and details of the elapsed employees who have reported time.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Elapsed daily page.

Elapsed daily page

Note: There is no representation using widgets for the Elapsed and Not Scheduled categories.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the (Smartphone) Elapsed daily page.

(Smartphone) Elapsed daily page

The expanded view of Away From Work shows the sub categories.

Use Unapproved Absence daily page to view the count and details of the employees who have any unapproved absences or leave plans.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence daily page.

Unapproved Absence daily Page

There are no patterns to represent the Unapproved Absence, Approved Absence and the Comp Time off. For these categories, there is an only schedule representation.

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window. The drill down shows the absence details.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence drill down.

Unapproved Daily drill down

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Unapproved Absence daily page

Click on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for unapproved absence category.

Use Approved Absence daily page to view the count and details of the employees who have any approved absences or leave plans.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence daily page.

Approved Absence daily page

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window. The drill down shows the absence details.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence drill down.

Approved Absence drill down

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Approved Absence daily page

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

Use Training daily page to view the count and details of employees who have enrolled for HR/ELM Training in the left panel.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Training daily page.

Training daily page

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Training daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Training daily page

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

Use Comp Time Off daily page to can view the count and details of employees who are out on compensatory time off.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Comp Time Off daily page.

Comp Time off daily page

The widgets display for other categories, if they exist under Comp Time off category. It represents in a widget form if there is more than one status exist for a day.

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window.

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The modal represents the drill down details of Comp time.

Comp Time Off Daily drill down details

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Comp Time Off daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Comp Time Off daily

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

The Elapsed scheduled text is displayed on the details area for Elapsed Time reporters, whereas the schedule is displayed below the widget for Punch Time reporters.

Weekly Time enables the Manager to view the availability of team members for the week, so that managers can forecast coverage or see the actual coverage versus the scheduled coverage.

Use Workforce Availability – Scheduled Weekly page (TL_EP_WEEKLY_FLU) to view the categories and the employee scheduled to work for the respective week.

Manager can view the punch and elapsed employees who are scheduled to work for the specified week. The employees who are assigned with schedules are considered here.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Schedule Weekly page.

Workforce Availability_Scheduled Weekly Page

Field or Control

Definition

Schedule Variance

Review the total scheduled, reported hours and variation percentage for the whole group.

  • Scheduled: Total scheduled hours for the entire population.

  • Reported: Total reported hours for the entire population ( including all categories like absences and training).

  • Variance: The difference scheduled and reported population.

Schedule variance is calculated as variance/scheduled * 100.

Scheduled

Displays the count of all the employees data captured in other categories except Not Scheduled category for the respective week.

Schedule Deviation

Displays the count of employees who have violated on the entries above the tolerance time as set in the Installation configuration.

Away From Work

Expand to display the categories Unapproved, Approved and Training are listed under Away From Work.

Employee / Shift

Displays the name and phone number and shift of the employee.

Reported

Shows the reported time in hours.

Scheduled

Shows the scheduled time in hours.

Click on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Related actions common to all Weekly categories.

Related Action Workforce Availability Weekly page

Field or Control

Definition

Replace Schedule

Select to launch the Schedule Replacements page to access the schedule for replacements and do the necessary actions for replacements and send notifications.

Request Absence

Select to launch Absence Requests page to do the related action related to absence requests.

Assign Schedule

Select to launch the Assign Work Schedule page to access the time reporter data to a schedule.

View Timesheet

Select to launch the Timesheet page to access the reported time entries.

Approve Overtime

Select to launch Approve overtime requests page to access the employee selection criteria.

Leave Balances

Select to launch Leave and Compensatory Time to access the related selection criteria.

Approve Absence

Select to launch Approve Absence summary page to do the related action related to approve absences.

Notify Employee

Select to launch HR Notification page to send notifications.

Reporting Location

Select to launch Reporting Locations page and view the physical location from where the employee has entered their time. The physical location is captured and stored as a latitude and longitude.

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window.

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This example illustrates shows the Scheduled weekly detailed view.

Scheduled Weekly Drill down

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This example illustrates the Scheduled weekly time view in smartphone.

Scheduled Weekly (Smartphone)

Use Schedule Deviation weekly page to view the count and the details of the employees who have deviated from the schedule for a week.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Schedule Deviation Weekly Page.

Scheduled Deviation Weekly page

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This example illustrates shows the Schedule Deviation weekly detailed view

Schedule Deviation weekly drill down

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the (Smartphone) Schedule Deviation Weekly Page.

(Smartphone) Schedule Deviation weekly page

Tap on the employee to go to the drill down view.

The expanded view of Away From Work shows the sub categories.

Use Unapproved Absence weekly page to view the count and details of the employees who have any unapproved absences or leave plans.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence weekly page.

Unapproved Absence weekly page

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window. The drill down shows the absence details.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence weekly drill down

Unapproved Absence weekly drill down

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Unapproved Absence daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Unapproved Absence weekly Page

Use Approved Absence weekly page to view the count and details of the employees who have any approved absences or leave plans.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence weekly page.

Approved Absence weekly page

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window. The drill down displays the absence hours in the form of Duration/ Balance.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence weekly Page drill down

Approved Absence weekly drill down

Image: (Smartphone) Approved Absence weekly Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approved Absence daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Approved Absence weekly Page

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

Use Training weekly page to track or review employees who are in training and its course details. The details display the total hours of training for a week.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Training weekly page.

Training weekly Page

A specific pattern represents the training category.

Click on the user to go to the drill-down modal window. Drill down shows all the details for training for a week like the name of the training course, date and duration.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Training weekly drill down page.

Training weekly drill down details

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Training daily page for the smartphone.

(smartphone) Training weekly page

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

Use Comp Time Off daily page to can view the count and details of employees who are out on compensatory time off.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Comp Time Off weekly page.

Comp Time Off Weekly Page

Tap on the user to go to the drill-down modal window.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Comp Time Off weekly drill down.

Comp Time Off weekly drill down

Image: (Smartphone) Comp Time Off weekly Page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Comp Time Off daily page for the smartphone.

(Smartphone) Comp Time Off weekly Page

Tap on Drop down icon to go to the related actions menu, which list the related action for approved absence category.

The Elapsed scheduled text is displayed on the details area for Elapsed Time reporters, whereas the schedule is displayed below the widget for Punch Time reporters.

The Fluid Time and Labor WorkCenter is divided into four main sections – My Work, Links, Queries, and Reports/Processes. You can expand each sections by clicking those sections.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Time and Labor WorkCenter Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Time and Labor Fluid WorkCenter (1_2) Page

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Time and Labor Fluid WorkCenter (2_2) Page.

Time and Labor Fluid WorkCenter (2_2) Page

Users can personalize display options and add links to their own WorkCenter for maximum efficiency. For more information, see Setting Up and Personalizing PeopleSoft Fluid WorkCenters.

The WorkCenter page is divided into two areas: the navigation panel on the left and the transaction panel on the right.

Left Panel

The navigational panel on the left contains group boxes with links to specific transactions, menu components and other content. These group boxes are:

Field or Control

Definition

Scope

Scope determines the data to be displayed in the WorkCenter.

Note: If you have configured any additional scope, it will also be listed under the My Scope option. For more information on how to configure a new scope, see Configure Scope Page.

Refresh icon

Click to refresh the content area to display either the first page that appears when you first access the WorkCenter, or the starting page if it is specified in your personalization.

Personalize icon

Click to access these personalization options:

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Personalize Scope Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Fluid Time and Labor WorkCenter_Admin_Scope Configure

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This example illustrates the sample personalized output for one of the My work items.

Fluid Time and Labor WorkCenter_Admin_Scope Personalised Output

The modal for Personalized output provides an option to select the options to display on output.

Right Panel

The transaction panel on the right is where the selected transaction result or component (work item) is displayed.

By default, the first My Work item appears when you first access the Time and Labor WorkCenter. You can change this default setting of the WorkCenter on the Personalize Page (Fluid).

You can also filter and personalize the output based on your requirements. Use the Refine Filter Criteria page to select one or more criteria to narrow the search result. The Filter icon appears green when filters have been applied to your search. Use the Personalized Output page to modify the position of columns and to select the columns to be displayed as default for each work item. For more information, see Setting Up and Personalizing PeopleSoft Fluid WorkCenters.

Use the Maintain Scope Detail (EOWC_EDITVIEWLK_FL) page to define the scope for My Work items.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Maintain Scope Detail Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Maintain Scope Detail Page

You can define the scope of alerts with Link Label, Description and Edit Filters. The Edit Filters enables you to define the scope values like date ranges.

The My Work group box provides Time and Labor work item links for alerts and exceptions in these group sections:

  • Alerts

  • Exceptions

  • Approvals

Note: Work item links are grayed out if no data is available for display.

Alerts

There are seven types of alerts available, they are Balances, Data Verification, Exceptions, Limit, Pattern, Status and Unprocessed Data.

Exceptions

Approvals

There are Reported Time Approvals Page, Payable Time page and Overtime Request time page in Time and Labor Fluid WorkCenter.

Use the Balances page (HWC_RSLT_FL) to view the list of employees with balances for a selected date range.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Alert type_ Balances Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Balances Page

The WorkCenter uses manager search options as filters. Any default search criteria on manager search option gets extended to the WorkCenter.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Manager Search Options for Alert items. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

TL WorkCenter_Manager_Alert_Balances_Filters

The Employee Selection Criteria defined under Manager Search Defaults configured at the organization level defines the Filter fields available for the manager to search upon.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Alerts with Related Actions. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

TL WorkCenter_Manager_Alert_Reated Actions

Select the related actions icon to the right side of the employee to view the related actions list.

Field or Control

Definition

Mark ReviewedMark Complete

Select to indicate that this alert has been reviewed.

The screen displays the indication by showing the icon just before the employee name to show that the alerts are reviewed.

Mark Complete

Perform the review complete for the selected employee.

Notify

Perform notify for the selected employee. Selecting this opens the HR Notification modal to send the notification.

View Details

Select to navigate to a page to view the details.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Bulk Actions for Alerts. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

TL WorkCenter_Manager_Alert_Bulk Actions

You can select one or more employees at a time to perform a bulk action at one go. The bulk actions for balances available are:

Field or Control

Definition

Mark ReviewedMark Complete

Perform bulk review by selecting multiple employees at a time.

The screen displays the indication by showing the icon just before the employee name to show that the alerts are reviewed.

Mark Complete

Perform the review complete for multiple employees.

Notify

Perform notify for multiple employees. Selecting this opens the HR Notification modal to send the notification.

Note: The count will be updated only after the refresh of the page.

Use Allowable Exception page to view the exceptions in the reported time.

Click the Allowable Exception link under Exceptions in the My Work group box of the Time and Labor WorkCenter.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Allowable Exception Page.

Allowable Exception Page

Select the related actions icon on the right pane to open the options.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Allowable Exception_Related Action. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

TL WorkCenter_Allowable Exception

Select the related actions icon to the right side of the employee to view the related actions list. You can perform the following actions:

  • Allow: Select to allow the exception.

  • Manage Exception: Select to navigate to Manage Exceptions modal.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Fix Exception Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Fix Exception Page

Select the related actions icon to the right side of the employee to view the related actions list. You can perform the following actions:

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Fix Exception Page_Related Action. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Fix Exception Page_Related Action

Select Manage Exception to navigate to Manage Exceptions modal.

Use the Reported Time Approvals page to view the list of employees with reported time approvals.

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This example illustrates the Reported Time Approvals Page.

Reported Time Approvals Page

The Time Approvals page leads to the corresponding pending approvals page and are routed to Fluid AWE.

The Links group box provides access to the key components that are required to complete Time and Labor transactions.

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This example illustrates the Links Group Box.

Time and Labor Link group box_Manager

System administrators can manage links and configuration options for the Links Group Box on the Configure Pagelets - Links Page.

The Queries group box contains the Query Manager link. You can click this link to search for existing queries or create ones to use.

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This example illustrates the Queries Group Box.

Time and Labor Queries Group Box

System administrators can manage links and configuration options for the Queries Group Box on the Configure Pagelets – Queries Page.

The Reports/Processes group box provides access to the Workforce Availability analytics and reports.

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This example illustrates the Reports/Processes Group Box.

Time and Labor Reports/Processes group box

System administrators can manage links and configuration options for the Reports/Processes group box on the Configure Pagelets – Reports/Processes Page.