{"id":9,"date":"2007-10-10T05:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supportingelement.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/10\/forecasting-per-hour-absences\/"},"modified":"2007-10-10T05:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T05:18:00","slug":"forecasting-per-hour-absences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supportingelement.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/10\/forecasting-per-hour-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasting Per-hour Absences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per-hour absences are typically calculated based on the number of eligible hours an employee works in the current period.  The eligible hours are usually sourced from other elements (e.g. Regular Earnings Auto-Assigned Units).  By nature, these absence types do not forecast easily, as the forecast programme does not resolve the associated elements.<\/p>\n<p>This example shows how to enable forecasting using an employee\u2019s Standard Hours.<\/p>\n<p>It is assumed the system is configured to enable forecasting (i.e. Country, Country Take &amp; Forecasting Calendar Group)<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1<\/b> \u2013 Configure\/review the Forecast Formula.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/RwxhsSeZnJI\/AAAAAAAAACs\/tmbsxyFV4tY\/s1600-h\/take_forecast.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:hand;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/RwxhsSeZnJI\/AAAAAAAAACs\/tmbsxyFV4tY\/s320\/take_forecast.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><i>Main Menu &gt; Set Up HRMS &gt; Product Related &gt; Global Payroll &amp; Absence Mgmt &gt; Elements &gt; Supporting Elements &gt; Formulas<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2<\/b> \u2013 Configure\/review the Absence Take, Forecasting functionality<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/Rwxh1SeZnKI\/AAAAAAAAAC0\/ulZ3S4oPCqg\/s1600-h\/forecast_formula.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:hand;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/Rwxh1SeZnKI\/AAAAAAAAAC0\/ulZ3S4oPCqg\/s320\/forecast_formula.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Main Menu &gt; Set Up HRMS &gt; Product Related &gt; Global Payroll &amp; Absence Mgmt &gt; Elements &gt; Absence Elements &gt; Formulas<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Gotcha!<\/b>: Ensure both Absence Entitlement and Absence Take have Forecasting enabled.  This small detail can be easily missed and can cause much frustration.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3<\/b> \u2013 Configure Entitlement Formula to allow for forecasting.<\/p>\n<p>The following code snippet shows the Entitlement Formula:<\/p>\n<p><hr width=\"100%\"><i><br \/>\nIF SY[TXN RSLT OPTN] = &#8216;T&#8217; OR SY[TXN RSLT OPTN] = &#8216;N&#8217; THEN<br \/>\nSY[STD HRS] * 2 * 0.076600 &gt;&gt; FM[FM ANN STD HR] <br \/>\nELSE<br \/>\nAC[AC REC BASE] * 0.076600 &gt;&gt; FM[FM ANN STD HR] <br \/>\nENDIF<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\">\n<p>The \u201cTXN RSLT OPTN\u201d System Element is used to determine if the formula is being used by the Forecasting process (this element is only available during forecasting).  If the entitlement is used for forecasting the employee\u2019s \u201cStandard Hours\u201d are used to calculate the entitlement.  Otherwise an Accumulator is used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/Rwxh-yeZnLI\/AAAAAAAAAC8\/OY3Y52vb_Sc\/s1600-h\/ent_formula.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:hand;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_jye0NzelumM\/Rwxh-yeZnLI\/AAAAAAAAAC8\/OY3Y52vb_Sc\/s320\/ent_formula.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Main Menu &gt; Set Up HRMS &gt; Product Related &gt; Global Payroll &amp; Absence Mgmt &gt; Elements &gt; Supporting Elements &gt; Formulas<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per-hour absences are typically calculated based on the number of eligible hours an employee works in the current period. The eligible hours are usually sourced from other elements (e.g. Regular Earnings Auto-Assigned Units). By nature, these absence types do not forecast easily, as the forecast programme does not resolve the associated elements. 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