1. Implementing Time and Labor
  2. Examples of Generated Repeating Time Periods

Examples of Generated Repeating Time Periods

You use repeating time periods with time cards, approvals, accrual processing, overtime, and balances. The combination of period usage, type and length, and sample start date decide the generated periods.

Create these periods using the Repeating Time Periods task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. The task is part of the Workforce Deployment offering, Time and Labor functional area.

These examples show you how the sample start date works with the period type and length to generate repeating periods within the preview period dates. The preview start dates let you review your repeating period configuration without generating the actual repeating time periods. The first preview period generated might or might match the sample start date. It depends on how you configured the preview period.

Weekly Period with a Biweekly Length

The sample start date is 05/01/12 and the preview period start and end dates are 01/01/12 and 05/31/12. The period generation logic generates periods every 14 days from the sample start date. All periods start on the same day of the week, for example:

  • 01/10/23 to 01/23/12
  • 01/24/12 to 02/06/12
  • 02/07/12 to 02/20/12
  • 02/21/12 to 03/05/12
  • 03/06/12 to 03/19/12
  • 03/20/12 to 04/02/12
  • 04/03/12 to 04/16/12
  • 04/17/12 to 04/30/12
  • 05/01/12 to 05/14/12
  • 05/15/12 to 05/28/12

Monthly Period with a Calendar Month Length

The sample start date is 05/04/12 and the preview period start and end dates are 01/01/12 and 07/31/12. The period generation logic generates periods from a specified day in 1 month up to that day in the following month, for example:

  • 01/04/12 to 02/03/12
  • 02/04/12 to 03/03/12
  • 03/04/12 to 04/03/12
  • 04/04/12 to 05/03/12
  • 05/04/12 to 06/03/12
  • 06/04/12 to 07/03/12

Semimonthly Period

The sample start date is 05/04/12 and the preview period start and end dates are05/01/12 and 07/31/12. The period generation logic generates periods using a pattern:

  • The first of the semimonthly periods starts on the numeric day of the pattern starting date and lasts for 15 days.
  • The second period starts the day after the first period ends. It lasts through the day before the numeric day of the pattern starting date in the next month.

Here are examples:

  • 05/05/12 to 05/18/12
  • 05/19/12 to 06/03/12
  • 06/04/12 to 06/18/12
  • 06/19/12 to 07/03/12
  • 07/04/12 to 07/18/12