Enable Team Members to Enter Project Time

Use delivered objects to enable the team members of financial projects to enter project time. Alternatively, you can create your own objects.

Your Time and Labor manager or administrator must set up the following to enable the project team members to enter time:

Creating a User Group

You can either use the delivered Projects Usage user group or use the following process to create your own group:

Click Navigator > Setup and Maintenance, and search for the Manage HCM Groups task.
Click the Manage HCM Groups link.
Click the Create icon on the toolbar of the Search Results table.
On the Create Group page, enter the group name and other details.
Click Save and Close.

Update an existing user group so that new project team members can enter time for their assigned projects.

Click Navigator > Setup and Maintenance, and search for the Manage HCM Groups task.
Click the Manage HCM Groups link
Search for the user group that you want to update.
Select the user group in the Search Results table and click Refresh Group Membership on the table toolbar.
Click Submit on the Refresh Group Membership process page.
Note the process ID in the confirmation message and click OK to close the confirmation window.
On the Manage HCM Groups page, select your user group and click View Evaluation Status.
Search for the process ID of the process you submitted and verify that the Processing Status of your process is Completed Successfully. If the processing status is different, then click Search again to refresh the Search Results table.

You create a time entry profile for project team members so that they can enter time only for the projects to which they're assigned.

Click Navigator > Setup and Maintenance, and search for the Manage Worker Time Entry Profiles task.
Click the Manage Worker Time Entry Profiles link.
Click the Create icon on the toolbar of the Search Results table.
On the Create Worker Time Entry Setup Profile: Profile Values page, enter the profile name, description, and effective start date.
Select the layout set Projects Layout Set Filtered by Project Team Members.
Enable the entry actions as required in the Time Entry Actions Allowed table and enter appropriate values for the Days Before and Days After fields for these actions.
Click Next.
Click the Add icon on the toolbar of the Group Assignments section on the Create Worker Time Entry Setup Profile: Group Assignments page.
Select the user group for which you want to use this time entry profile in the Group Name field.
Click Next.
Click Move to Top in the Priority Order section on the Create Worker Time Entry Setup Profile: Profile Priority page to move your user group to the top.
Click Next.
Click Save and Close.

You create a time processing profile for project team members so that they can enter time for only the projects to which they're assigned.

Click Navigator > Setup and Maintenance, and search for the Manage Worker Time Entry Profiles task.
Click the Manage Worker Time Entry Profiles link.
Open the Setup and Maintenance work area, and go to the Manage Worker Time Processing Profiles task.
Click Create on the toolbar of the Search Results table.
On the Create Worker Time Processing Setup Profile: Profile Values page, enter the profile name, description, and effective start date.
In the Time Card Period field, select the value Projects and Payroll Weekly Starting Monday from the list.
In the Time Consumer Set field, select the value Projects and Payroll from the list.
Click Next.
Click Add on the toolbar of the Group Assignments section on the Create Worker Time Processing Setup Profile: Group Assignments page.
Select the user group for which you want to use this time processing profile in the Group Name field.
Click Next.
Click Move to Top in the Priority Order section on the Create Worker Time Processing Setup Profile: Profile Priority page to move your user group to the top.
Click Next.
Click Save and Close.