Before You Create and Assign Time Allocations

You need to configure the related time entry objects that let people allocate time, and view and override time allocations.

All the functional areas and tasks are in Setup and Maintenance > Workforce Deployment.

1. Prepare costing attributes for use in time card fields by completing these tasks:

   1. Create payroll value sets.

      Go to Tasks panel > Search > Manage Value Sets.

   2. Set up the cost allocation key flexfield and make sure that the usage so it's available at the element entry level.

      Go to Payroll > Cost Allocation Key Flexfield.

   3. Generate the costing time attributes.

      Go to Time and Labor > Generate Data Dictionary Time Attributes.

2. Uniquely identify regular and on call hours by creating payroll elements and calculation components for time cards.

   Go to Payroll > Elements.

3. Let workers and managers report relevant time by creating time card fields.

   Go to Time and Labor > Time Entry Layout Components.

4. Identify the regular and on call time entries by creating time categories.

   Go to Time and Labor > Time Categories.

5. Identify the workers to link to the time allocations by creating groups.

   Go to Time and Labor > HCM Groups.

6. Add the dependent attribute fields for the cost segments to the time entry layout in the relevant layout sets.

   Go to Time and Labor > Time Layout Sets.

7. Link each layout set to the relevant workers and their managers.

   Go to Time and Labor > Worker Time Entry Profiles.