Creating a Set of Calendars

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Calendars - Automated Creation Page

Automatic Calendar Creation Page

GP_AUTO_CAL1

Run the Automatic Calendar Creation process to create a set of calendars.

Before creating a series of calendars, define the run type and periods associated with the calendars. Use the automatic period creation feature to create periods automatically.

Note: Calendars are associated with a single pay group. If you change a payee's pay group assignment, period segmentation results.

Use the Calendars - Automated Creation page (GP_AUTO_CAL1) to run the Automatic Calendar Creation process to create a set of calendars.

Note: When accessed from the Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt menu, the page name is Calendars - Automated Creation. When accessed from the Set Up HCM menu, the page name is Automatic Calendar Creation. Other than the title, the pages are the same.

Navigation:

  • Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Absence and Payroll Processing > Define Calendars > Calendars - Automated Creation > Automatic Calendar Creation

  • Set Up HCM > Product Related > Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Framework > Calendars > Automatic Calendar Creation > Automatic Calendar Creation

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Calendars - Automated Creation page.

Calendars - Automated Creation page

Field or Control

Description

Calendar ID Prefix

Enter a prefix of up to seven alphanumeric characters. The system creates a unique calendar ID for each calendar it creates, by adding this prefix to the period ID associated with the calendar and the number of the calendar.

For example, if the first period ID is PAY2001M01 and you enter a prefix of REGULAR, the calendar ID for the first generated calendar becomes REGULAR PAY2001M01.

Pay Group

Enter the pay group for which the calendars are being built.

Run Type

Enter the run type to which the calendars are associated.

Frequency

Enter the frequency for creating the calendars.

First Period ID

Enter the first period that the system uses to build calendars. The period IDs from which you select are based on the frequency ID.

The system generates calendars for the number of consecutive periods that you defined when creating the periods.

First Target Calendar

If you're defining calendars for an absence run that generates positive input for a different calendar, enter the target calendar ID for the first calendar being created. This field is optional.

Based on this ID, the system determines the sequential target calendars to use for auto created calendars.

Note: For the system to determine sequential target calendars, the calendar entered in the First Target Calendar field must follow a standard naming convention that ends with two digits to describe the month or any other period that the calendar represents. For example, you can select a first target calendar of GXCI CPY2000M01, because the system can use the last two digits to determine the appropriate sequential target calendars. If you select a nonstandard first target calendar, such as GW10204P, you receive an error message if you click Save or Run.

This process enables you to create up to 99 calendars, but each one must be based on an existing target calendar. For example, if you try to generate calendars ABS001 through ABS099, but the only target calendars that exist are PAY001 through PAY050, the system cannot create calendars ABS051 through ABS099.

Setting Payment Date

Field or Control

Description

Days From Period End Date and Number of Days

This option is not applicable to Absence Management.

Specific Day of the Week

This option is not applicable to Absence Management.

If Payment Date is a Holiday

The options that are available in the group box do not apply to Absence Management.

Payee Selection

This group box is identical to the Payee Selection group box on the Calendars - Definition page except that Listed Payees Only is not an option.