Before You Start Creating and Assigning Time Allocations

You need to complete these setup tasks before you create and assign time allocations.

You complete these tasks in the Setup and Maintenance work area, Workforce Deployment offering:

1. Configure the time entry objects.

   1. To prepare costing attributes for use in time card fields, complete these tasks:

      1. Create payroll value sets using the Manage Value Sets task. On the Tasks panel tab, use Search to find this task.
      2. Set up the cost allocation key flexfield using the Cost Allocation Key Flexfield task.
      3. Set up the cost allocation key flexfield usage to be available at the element entry level.
      4. Generate the costing time attributes using the Generate Data Dictionary Time Attributes task.
   2. To uniquely identify regular and on call hours, create payroll elements and calculation components for time cards using the Elements task.
   3. To let people report relevant time, create time entry fields using the Time Entry Layout Components task.
   4. To identify the regular and on call time entries, create time categories using the Time Categories task.
   5. To automatically generate relevant time entries, create time calculation rules using the Time Rules and Time Rule Sets tasks.
   6. To identify the people to link to the time allocations, create groups using the HCM Groups task.
2. To view and override time allocations, configure the appropriate layout sets and time entry profiles.
   1. Add the dependent fields for the cost segments to time review, view, and approval notification layouts in a layout set. Use the Time Layout Sets task.
   2. Link the layout set to the relevant individuals and their managers using the Worker Time Entry Profiles task.

What to do next

Create Time Allocations, Time Allocation Assignment, and How You View and Override Time Allocation to Cost Segments