A processing method contains specific contextual information and solution strategies to help streamline the processing of time evaluation messages.

A certain processing method is required to handle every message. For example, time administrators need to see certain contextual information related to the message. Time administrators also process similar time data at one time.

• Time data must be locked when attendance and absence reasons are processed
• Missing time events must be entered in the system

A specific processing method can be assigned to each message type or message functional area in the Time Manager’s Workplace. If a message functional area has a processing method assigned, and then all of the message types related to it are summarized under the message functional area.

Administrators often require specific contextual information such as the status of particular time accounts or the employee’s relevant work schedule to be able to analyze messages.

To quickly process messages, you can display important contextual information for the message in the message list itself. This contextual information is provided for either a message type or a message functional area. If messages grouped under one message functional area have different contextual information, then the relevant information is grouped together in a concatenated field.

For more information, see the IMG steps under Personnel Time Management ® Time Manager’s Workplace ® Setting Up Message Processing.