Formula Outputs in Time Rule Templates and Rules

Formulas contain outputs that they use to return results to the time repository rule. You configure outputs when creating rule templates. Your settings affect the values that people select or enter when they create rules with the rule template.

Display Sequence

You can specify the order that the outputs appear when people create rules with the template. The lower the number, the higher the output appears in the list. The actual values set in the template don't show when people create rules.

Output Name

The name of the formula output that you see in the rule template comes from the formula. You can't change the output name because it uniquely identifies the output in the formula.

Message Severity

You can specify the default exception type for time entry and time card exceptions by setting the message severity to Information, Warning, or Error. For example, you want to identify anyone who starts or stops outside their specified grace period, but during their start and end early and late periods. So, you set a default severity of Warning. People creating rules with the template can change this default severity as appropriate.

Display Name

The display name is the read-only name for the output in rules created with the template. By default, the display name's the formula output name. For example, many time formulas have the OUT_MSG output, which returns the selected message severity. It might make more sense for people creating rules to see the display name Message Severity instead of the actual output name.