Create the Units-Based Meals Taken Element for Time Entries

You're creating a units-based meals taken time card element with an associated flat rate from payroll.

Before you start

Confirm that the Meal rate definition exists or create it using the Rate Definitions task in the Payroll Calculations work area.

Here's what to do

1. Create the time card element. Use the Elements task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. The task is part of the Workforce Deployment offering, Elements and Formula functional area.
   1. On the Elements page, click the Create icon.
   2. On the Create Element dialog box, complete the fields, as shown here.

      Field	Value
      Legislative Data Group	FR LDG
      Primary Classification	Earnings
      Category	Time Card

   3. Click Continue.
2. Configure the element.
   1. On the Create Element: Basic Information page, complete the fields, as shown here.

      Field	Value
      Name	Meals Taken
      Reporting Name	Meals Taken
      Description	Units-based nonrecurring earnings element with an associated pay rate
      Effective Date	January 1, 1951

   2. To accept the remaining default values, click Next.
   3. On the Create Element: Additional Details page, complete the fields, as shown here.

      Field	Value
      What is the calculation rule?	Meals Taken
      Does this element have a default rate definition?	Yes
      Rate Name	Meal Rate If you don't specify a default rate, the element uses the rate from the salary record.
      Effective Date	January 1, 1951

   4. Click Next.
   5. On the Create Element: Review page, review the element configuration to ensure that everything is correct.
   6. Click Submit.
3. Configure the element eligibility.
   1. On the Element Summary: Meals Taken page, in the Elements Overview section, select Element Eligibility.
   2. On the toolbar Actions menu, select Create Element Eligibility.
   3. In the General Information section, Element Eligibility Name field, enter Meals Taken Open. Appending Open is a standard method to easily identify that no eligibility criteria constrains the people the element applies to. Time and labor administrators and managers typically constrain eligibility using HCM groups and worker time entry and processing setup profiles.
   4. Click Submit.
   5. Click Done.
4. Configure element eligibility for each of the related elements, which share the same name as this element and have suffixes. Suffixes include Earnings Calculator, Earnings Distributor, Earnings Results, Retro, and Retro Results.
   1. On the Elements page, search for the element that you just created.
   2. Click the related element name.
   3. On the element summary page, complete these steps:
      1. In the Elements Overview section, select Element Eligibility.
      2. On the toolbar Actions menu, select Create Element Eligibility.
      3. In the General Information section, Element Eligibility Name field, enter the element name and append the term Open, for example Meals Taken Earnings Calculator Open.
      4. Click Submit.
   4. Click Done.
5. Generate the time attributes in the data dictionary. Use the Generate Data Dictionary task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. The task is part of the Workforce Deployment offering, Time and Labor functional area.
   1. On the Generate Data Dictionary Time Attributes page, in the Legislative Data Group field, select US LDG.
   2. Click Submit.
   3. On the Confirmation dialog box, click OK.