Understanding TCD Setup and Data Integration

When setting up a TCD, you identify a generic set of input data that is sent to your TCD systems. You also determine a generic set of output data that will be produced by your various TCD systems. Your TCD vendor will need to populate all required fields.

You determine the frequency in which you pass data between the TCD and Time and Labor; you should schedule the process to run on a regular basis.

Note:

You do not need to set up TCDs to use PeopleSoft Mobile Time and Expense. Mobile Time and Expense sends service operations to Time and Labor by time reporter ID; these service operations contain elapsed time that Time and Labor sends to a pay system and to Project Costing. Mobile Time and Expense does not accept setup data from Time and Labor. For information about setting up integration with Mobile Time and Expense, see "Integrating with PeopleSoft Financials."

To set up a TCD, you need to:

• Establish flat file or Extensible Markup Language (XML) data integration information.

• Make sure your service operations are active.

• Set up the vendor interface for your organization.

  Determine communication setup links between your TCDs and Time and Labor.

• Create a TCD configuration in Time and Labor, as described later in this section.

• Make sure all values are mapped and configured correctly.

  If your TCD accepts schedule, TRC, or task information, your interface needs to map to the PeopleSoft codes that will be displayed on the TCD.