Configure US Location Override Fields in the Unified Time Entry Experience

Let people enter location override information when they report time worked somewhere other than their normal work location. You can set up only a single location level, such as State, or multiple location levels, such as State, County, and City.

Set up each location level as a single-attribute time card field using the Time Entry Layout Components task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. The task is in the Workforce Deployment offering, Time and Labor functional area.

Before you start

Prepare the location time attributes. You can use the location time attributes we provide. They've data sources and drop-down list filters, and transfer to payroll after final approval. Or you can prepare your own location attributes using this basic process:
  1. Create payroll elements using the Time Card category, with the necessary input values for location by legislative data group. Use the Elements task in the Elements and Formula functional area.
  2. Generate the location time attributes using the Generate Data Dictionary Time Attributes task in the Time and Labor functional area.

Here's what to do

  1. Create the single-attribute time card field, such as State, County, or City.
  2. Complete the general properties.
  3. In the Time Attribute field, search for and select the appropriate location attribute, such as State, County, or City.
  4. Select the unfiltered data source and filtered data source for the time attribute.
    Time Attribute Data Source
    State

    One of these options:

    • ORA_HRX_US_EARN_STATE
    • List of values for payroll US county field for Geocode
    County

    One of these options:

    • ORA_HRX_US_EARN_COUNTY
    • List of values for payroll US county field for Geocode
    City

    Filtered, one of these options:

    • ORA_HRX_US_EARN_CITY
    • List of values for payroll US county field for Geocode

    Unfiltered: List of values for payroll US city field for administrator

  5. Add the filter variables and input attributes for the filtered data source. If you use multiple location levels, you configure the data source filters as shown in this US example.
    Time Attribute Filter Variable Variable Input Attribute Available Values
    State NA NA All values in the State data source
    County pCodeLevel1 State All counties in the selected State
    City (step 1) pCodeLevel1 State None
    City (step 2) pCodeLevel2 County All cities in the selected County in the selected State
  6. Add the location fields to the appropriate layouts in the layout sets, in the display sequence that makes the appropriate drop-down list values available. For example, when city values depend on the selected state and county values, you display the State field first, followed by County, and then City. If you display the City field first, the drop-down list is empty.