You use this activity to review and edit your summarized labor records or the summarized labor records of users in your cost center (see Cost Center).
This activity supports the two following modes:
Supervisor mode (see Supervisor Time Edit and Approval: Supervisor Mode)
User mode (see User Time Edit: User Mode)
Depending on the mode, you can perform different tasks with the time records in the activity. You choose an activity mode by setting up the ACTIVITY_MODE activity rule in Activity Maintenance.
In this activity, you can view and edit distributed labor times that you collected in the Collect Work Time activity (see Collect Work Time).
The following table describes rules and settings that you can change for this activity in Activity Maintenance:
Rule |
Setting |
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ACTIVITY_MODE |
SUPERVISOR (default): Activity opens in Supervisor mode. USER: Activity opens in User mode. |
ALLOW_TIME_EDIT |
YES (default): The cost center supervisor or user can edit, create, or approve labor records. NO: The supervisor or user can only retrieve and view records, the Actions button is not available. |
CHECK_EDITED_TIMES |
YES: Compares the difference between a user's clock-in and clock-out times with the total labor time charged to the user for the day NO (default): Does not compare the difference between a user's clock-in and clock-out times with the total labor time charged to the user for the day |
FORCE_APPR_REVIEW |
YES (default): The cost center supervisor is required to approve time records on the User Labor Summary Record screen instead of the Supervisor Time Edit and Approval screen. NO: The cost center supervisor can approve time records in the Supervisor Time Edit and Approval screen. |
LABOR_CHECK_TOLERANCE |
Specifies the number of minutes the difference between a user's clock-in and clock-out times can vary with the total labor time charged to the user for the day. The default value for this rule is 0 (zero). Caution You have to set the CHECK_EDITED_TIMES rule to YES before entering values in this field. End of the caution. |
SPVR_COMMENT_REQ |
YES (default): A supervisor comment is required before the record changes can be saved. NO: The supervisor can save record changes without comment. |
TIME_CARD_APPR_REQ |
YES: All time records created by rollup are required to be pre-approved before they can be exported to SAP ERP. NO: Time records created by rollup are not required to be pre-approved before they can be exported to SAP ERP. |
USER_COMMENT_REQ |
YES (default): A user comment is required before the record changes can be saved. NO: The user can save record changes without entering a comment. |
USER_ACCEPT_REQ |
YES: The user acceptance is required before the supervisor can approve or unapprove New labor records. NO: New labor records can be approved or unapproved by the supervisor |