Repeating Time Periods
Many organizational tasks need continually generated time periods, such as a weekly period that starts every Sunday. You can't edit delivered periods. After saving your own periods, you can edit only the name and description.
To configure these periods, go to .
Period Usages
Here are descriptions of the repeating period usages. It also identifies the pages where the usage decides which configured repeating periods the period lists include.
| Usage | Description | Page Where the Usage Filters Period Choices |
|---|---|---|
| Time cards |
How often people need to submit their time card. When you configure a time processing profile, you select a repeating time period as the time card period. All time card layouts support weekly and 2-week repeating periods. The responsive layout also supports a monthly repeating period. |
Worker Time Processing Profiles |
| Approvals |
The date range when approvers can approve a submitted time card, including monthly. When you configure a time consumer set, you select a repeating time period as the approval period. |
Time Consumer Sets |
| Accrual Processing |
The interval when people accrue time, such as every 2 weeks within an annual accrual term. Use these periods when you create absence plans. |
Manage Absence Plans |
| Overtime |
The date range used to calculate overtime. A person's overtime period can match or differ from the time card period. For example, your people report time using time cards with a weekly period that starts on Saturdays. You calculate their overtime using a weekly overtime period that starts on Mondays. |
Worker Time Processing Profiles |
| Balances | The date range used to calculate time balances. For example, add 6 hours to a vacation balance every pay period. | Time Balance Dimensions |