HCM Cloud Time Capture – Relevance to the current Hybrid Mode

With new normal, employers have introduced Hybrid model of work and even employees prefer working in a hybrid mode – Work from Office and Work from Home. To capture this in Oracle Time and Labor, the Timecard entry page can be customized.

To enhance a Custom-time attribute in Oracle Time and Labor Timecard page.

Steps to create: –

  1. Navigation: Setup and Maintenance > Click on Tasks and search > Time and Labor Value Sets:

Access the value set created and change the value of the Module field from “Time & Labor” in “Time and Labor Web Entry Configurations”. Fill in the other fields accordingly and then click on Save.

While clicking Manage Values, create two values as Work from Office & Work from Home and then click on Save and Close.

Fig 1: Creating Time and Labor Value Set

Fig 2: Manage Drop down values in Value Sets

2. Navigate to Setup and Maintenance > Search > Custom Time Attribute.

Create a new attribute with the setup follows,

  1. Classification – Without dependent attributes
  2. Data Type – Text
  3. Default Filtered Data Source for Time Entry – choose the value set in Time and Labor Value Sets
  4. Default Unfiltered Data Source for Setup Tasks – choose the value set in Time and Labor Value Sets, same value as above
  5. Attribute Category – Custom and then click Save and Close.

Fig 3: Creating Custom Time Attribute

  1. Navigate in Time Entry Layout Components under Setup and Maintenance and create a new layout component with the setup.

Layout Component Type – Single attribute timecard field
Time Attribute – Choose Custom Time Attribute set at step 2
Filtered Data Source for Time Entry – Choose the value set in Time and Labor Value Sets
Unfiltered Data Source for Setup Tasks – Choose the value set in Time and Labor Value Sets and fill other fields accordingly and add the filters. Then click Save and Close.

Fig 4: Add required fields in Time Entry Layout Components

  1. Navigate in Time Layout Sets under Setup and Maintenance – Update the actual layout set for all the layouts (Responsive, Time Entry etc.) and edit the value set with the newly created set and then click save and Close.

Fig 5: Update the Time Entry Layout sets with the newly created attribute

  1. Navigate to My client groups > Team Timecards
  2. Add a Time card for an employee using the created custom attribute option.

Fig 6: Fill the timecards with the created custom attribute – WFO

Fig 7: Fill the timecards with the created custom attribute – WFH

Business Benefit:

  • With hybrid mode of working, this option would be more helpful and useful to track or monitor the Workers shift Patterns.
  • Multiple dates can be selected for a corresponding time period at a single go using these options.

Author
Indhu G
Software Engineer – Oracle HCM Associate Consultant