Determine Break Times

In this section, you specify how the breaks stipulated in the daily work schedule are evaluated.

The breaks are evaluated in the schema using function PBRKS . There are various methods of processing breaks, depending on whether they are recorded and evaluated with clock times.

If you record time data with clock times, it is better to specify begin and end times for breaks.

If you record and evaluate time data without clock times (specifying only a number of hours), you can use the following methods of interpreting the breaks in the daily work schedule:

1. The breaks in the daily work schedule are only evaluated for time data recorded with clock times, or in the form of full-day records. Time data without clock times is passed on unchanged.
2. Only breaks without clock times ('after x hours) are specified in the work schedule, and the duration is deducted from the recorded hours.

Example

The employee should have a half hour break after being at work for
4 hours.

Requirements

Break regulations have been defined in the section

Define work break schedules and assigned to the daily work schedules.

Standard Settings

The breaks are evaluated as in example 1.

Activities

1. If you have not stored break schedules in your daily work schedules, you can deactivate or delete function PBRKS in the schema. This makes sense if you record time data with a number of hours only, and no clock times.
2. If you wish to evaluate breaks, use the 4th parameter of function PBRKS to specify how the breaks are determined:
a) blank: All time data is expected to stipulate from and to times.
The breaks in the break schedule are defined by time
intervals. The intervals are adjusted to determine the
break times.
OWTI : The breaks stored are only applied to time data which specifies
clock times. Time data with a number of hours only is
passed on unchanged.
NOTI : The daily work schedule should only contain 'after x
hours' breaks. The duration of the break is deducted
from the recorded hours.
3. Decide the order in which the various times should be assigned breaks. There are various sorting options available if you customize the 2nd parameter of function PBRKS. Please refer to the online documentation on function PBRKS.

Further Notes

The section Evaluate break data explains in detail the various methods of evaluating breaks if clock times feature.