Setup Tasks for Implementing Absence Management

Before you start implementing the Absence Management application, review the following setup tasks.

Task List	Task name	Description	Recommended Help
Define Absences	Absence Certifications	Configure, review, and update absence certifications, which are requirements that the worker must complete to continue receiving entitlements during an absence period.	Options for Absence Certification Requirements Absence Certification Requirement Types Options to Trigger Certification Requirements Options to Manage Actions For Certification Events
	Absence Reasons	Review, create, and update absence reasons, which further describe the nature of the absence type with which they are associated.	How Absence Components Work Together
	Absence Plans	Review, create, and update absence plans, which contain rules to define how absence entitlements are provided to employees.	Types of Absence Plans Options to Define Accrual Plans Options to Define Qualification Plans Options to Define Compensatory Plans Options to Define Donation Plans
	Absence Types	Review, create, and update absence types, which are used to record absences. You can configure rules to determine which fields or sections a particular worker sees based on their role. You can also define the rules of the absence. For example, you can restrict workers so that they can record absences only of a particular duration.	How Absence Components Work Together Absence Display and Processing Rules Absence Approval and Processing Rules Absence Dates and Duration Rules
	Absence Categories	Review, create, and update absence categories, which are used to group related absence types for reporting and analysis.	How Absence Components Work Together
	Leave Agreements	Review, create, and update shared parental leave agreements between an employee and partner. The shared parental leave enables workers to curtail their maternity or adoption leave in order to share it with their partner.	How You Create a Shared Parental Leave Agreement
Define Absence Formulas and Rates		Define formulas and rates for absence.	Overview of Using Formulas
Define Absence Time Periods		Define time periods for absence processing.	Options to Define Frequency of Accrual Periods
Define General Absence	Manage Global Absences Lookups	Review and edit predefined lookup values for global absences, such as absence categories and reasons, and define new values.	Overview of Lookups
	Manage Global Absences Value Sets	Manage value sets to validate the content of a flexfield segment for global absences.	How Flexfields and Value Sets Work Together
	Manage Global Absences Descriptive Flexfields	Configure validation and display properties of descriptive flexfields for global absences. Use descriptive flexfields to add attributes to entities.	Overview of Flexfields How Flexfields and Value Sets Work Together
	HCM Availability Types	Review, create, and edit availability types used to define contracted or other availability for a worker.	How You Configure and Assign Work Schedules

Security Reference

The tasks that people can do and the data that they can see depend on their roles, duties, and privileges. For information about these factors, see these two guides: