Schedule Hierarchy Start Point Options

When employees take time off, their work schedule determines the duration of the absence. For example, if an employee takes 2 days of absence, and is currently on a 4-hour schedule, their absence duration will be 8 hours.

When you create an absence type, you can select a starting point to indicate which level the application should start searching for a schedule. For example, if you select Published schedule, the application starts searching at that level and continues down until it finds the schedule or relevant work hours.

1. Published schedule

2. Work schedule

3. Assignment hours details

4. Work pattern

You select one of these starting point options on the Absence Type setup page in the Schedule Hierarchy Start Point field located under the Type Attributes tab.

Absences uses the schedule to determine the duration only if the absence type unit of measure is Hours or Days and there's no conversion formula defined. The schedule isn't used for other units of measure.

If the absence type is linked to an absence plan that has an Alternate Schedule Category field defined, the duration is generated using the plan schedule.