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2793169 - Business Rules Scenario Validations for Time Off and Time Sheet

Symptom

This KBA highlights the available Scenario Validation rules for Time Off and Time Sheet.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

Resolution

In the below table you can see the validations added for the Time Management scenarios:

Rule Scenario

Supported Raise

Messages Severity

Support

Context User

Support

Always True

Rule Deletion

Policy

Field Validations
Linking Absence Error, Info, Warning are supported NO YES Always Deletable
  • Base Object Employee Time: No changes allowed;
  • Linked Employee Time: No changes allowed.
Absence Validation Error, Info, Warning are supported

Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Employee Time:Not possible to set values;
  • Time Off Rule Constants: No changes Allowed;
  • Edited Employee Time: Not possible to set values;
  • Take Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values.
Accrual on Planned Working Times

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields and allows creation of new Time Account Detail (TAD);
  • Accrual Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields;
  • Accrual Rule Variables: No limitation;
  • Planned Working Time Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields.
Accrual on Actuals

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields and allows creation of new Time Account Detail (TAD);
  • Accrual Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields;
  • Accrual Rule Variables: No limitation;
  • Accrual Calculation Base Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields.
Accrual

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields and allows creation of new Time Account Detail (TAD);
  • Accrual Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields;
  • Accrual Rule Variables: No limitation.
Accrual Transfer

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields. Only custom fields plus creation of TAD
  • Accrual Transfer Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields. Only custom fields;
  • Time Account Type Accrual Transfer: Not possible to set values to standard fields. Only custom fields;
Accrual Transfer Date Handling

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account Type Accrual Transfer: Not possible to set values to standard fields, except for nextTransferDate and custom fields.
Initial Accrual Transfer Date Handling

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account Type Accrual Transfer: Not possible to set values to standard fields except for nextTransferDate;
  • Initial Transfer Date Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields.
Flexible Account Start Date

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account Type Date Reference: Not possible to set values to standard fields except for startDate and custom fields.
Period End Processing (PEP)

No messages are written into the log file

might be a future use case

 Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields except for accountClosed, custom fields and creation of TAD;
  • New Account: Similar to TimeAccount;
  • Period End Processing Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields.
Period End Processing With Payout Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields except for accountClosed, custom fields and creation of TAD;
  • New Account: Similar to TimeAccount;
  • Period End Processing Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields;

  • Time Account Payout Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields. Creation of child (Time Account Payout Parameters) allowed.
Interim Time Account Update Error, Info, Warning are supported Can be deleted only if not assigned
  • Time Account: Not possible to set values to standard fields except for date fields, which define the bookable period (bookingStartDate and bookingEndDate), date fields which define account validity (startDate and endDate) and accountClosed, custom fields and creation of TAD;
  • New Time Account: Similar to TimeAccount;
  • Interim Account Update Rule Parameters: Not possible to set values to standard fields, only custom fields;
  • Time Off Rule Variables: No limitations.
Time Sheet Validation Rule Only allow error messages NO Can be deleted only if not assigned

Keywords

Business rules, validation scenario, time off, time sheet, the field is read-only and cannot be modified, rule scenarios , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM , Time Off , LOD-SF-EC-TMS , Time Sheet , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite all versions