Work Schedule Types Supported by Oracle HCM Cloud Applications

You define availability details for a period using work schedules. Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM applications support only time and elapsed work schedules.

You create these schedules using the Setup and Maintenance > Workforce Deployment > Workforce Scheduling > Work Schedules task.

Note: For people with multiple assignments, assign work schedules of the same type to their assignments so that absence durations calculate correctly.

Time

A time work schedule has a fixed work day pattern and anyone assigned the schedule is available for specific hours each day. For example, you want an 8-hour schedule for 5 days of the week. You create a time work schedule that starts at 8:00a and ends at 5:00p, Monday through Friday.

Elapsed

An elapsed work schedule doesn't have fixed start or end times for anyone assigned the schedule. Instead, they're available for a specific number of hours each day--a specific duration. For example, everyone works 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday. Some people might start work at 9:00a and others at 11:00a. Some people might work in 2-hour bands with an hour or more of nonwork time between. And some people might work during the night. It doesn't matter as long as they work their assigned duration.