Common Elements, Absence Features, and Integration
This topic contains a review of terms used in this documentation, presents important absence management concepts and features, and discusses the integration to your payroll system.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Absence Event |
The period of time that a payee is absent for the same reason. For example, if a payee is out sick Monday through Wednesday, the three-day absence is referred to as an absence event. |
Absence Take |
The element that represents the reason for the absence event. Note: The self service term for Absence Take is Absence Name. |
Adjustment |
An increase or decrease that is made to the entitlement balance. |
Entitlement |
The amount of paid time-off that a payee is entitled to take for each category of absence or each absence event, depending on your method of accrual. For example, payees in your organization may be entitled to receive 20 vacation days per year. |
Entitlement Balance |
The amount of unused entitlement. |
Generation Control |
A type of data filtering that provides more control over whether an element for a payee is processed during batch processing. This increased control is accomplished through generation control elements, which enable you to tell the system whether to process an element, based on criteria that you define. |
Payee |
Payees are the people in your organization that you want to pay. From an Absence Management perspective, payees are employees whose absence events are managed by the system. |
Units |
The period of time in which entitlement, take, adjustments, balances, and other absence-related time periods are measured. Typically, units represent either hours or days. You choose the unit of measurement to use. |