Update Compensatory Time Balances on Time Card Submission or Approval

You now have the option to update the compensatory plan balance upon either time card approval or on  time card submission. You can do this using the Update Compensatory Plan Balance option in the Configure Absence Batch Parameters page. Based on the configuration, all compensatory time earned on a time card will be reflected in the absence balance when the time card is either submitted or approved.

Update Compensatory Plan Balance option

If you configure the application to update the compensatory plan balance upon submission, then an employee can earn compensatory time and use that compensatory time off on the same time card without approval.

Compensatory time plan balance can be updated on time card approval or time card submission based on the configuration setting defined in Absence Batch Parameters.

Steps to Enable

To use this feature, you need to enable the new integration between Time and Labor and Absence Management. Here's how you do it:

First you need to create the ANC_TM_NEW_INTG_ENABLE lookup type, as shown here:

Field	Value
Lookup Type Name	ANC_TM_NEW_INTG_ENABLE
Lookup Type Meaning	Upgrade Absence Management and Time and Labor Integration
Lookup Type Description	Upgrade to the new integration architecture for Absence Management and Time and Labor
Module	Global Absences
REST Access Secured	Secure
Lookup Code	ANC_YES
Enabled	Select the check box
Meaning	ANC_YES

Then you need to migrate your existing absence data to the new data model.

NOTE: After the migration process runs in your production environment, you can't revert the absence data to the old data model.  It's vitally important that you test the upgrade in your preproduction environments before running the upgrade on your production environment.

Here's how you do it:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, on the Tasks panel, click Search.

2. On the Search page, search for and click Feature Upgrades.

3. On the Process Flow page, click Schedule.

4. On the Schedule page, click Run Feature Upgrade.

5. On the Schedule: Run Feature Upgrade page, complete the fields as shown here:

   Field	Value
   Process Flow	Enter a name, such as Migrate absence data to new data model.
   Feature	Upgrade Time Repository for Absences
   Process Configuration Group	Select a group to control error logging and multi-threading of the process
   Additional Information	Enter the migration cut-off date in the dd/mm/yyyy format. This date is used by the migration process to decide which existing absences to upgrade to the new architecture. All absences on time cards that exist from 31 days before the date that you enter are considered for upgrade.

6. Click Submit. The processes that run are:

• Calculate Eligible Objects for Upgrade: This process calculates all of the eligible employee records that the Upgrade Eligible Objects process will upgrade.
• Upgrade Eligible Objects: This process does the actual data upgrade task.