OTL Setup

SETUP FOR ORACLE TIME AND
LABOR: Processing Payroll through

OTL Entries
Created By Ritu Shukla

Date 22-Feb-2007
Version 1.0
Introduction
This document explains the full set up of Oracle Time and Labor that is required
to create a Time card and process it all the way through GL. It also explains the Time
store Deposit API’s. Time store deposit API is a technical way of creating the timecard.
SETUP for OTL: Processing payroll through OTL entries

Payroll processing of the workers that are getting daily wages, is done through Time card
entries from Time and Labor Responsibility.
To enter a Time card we need minimum of one recurring element and n(1..n) number of
non recurring elements.
Time Elements (Non Recurring)

Hours, Rate, Multiple
1. Define Recurring Element

Responsibility: Super HRMS
Navigation: total Compensation-> Basic-> Earnings
Since these employees get paid on the basis of number of hours they worked, we define
the salary basis for these employees as ‘Hourly Basis’
2. Defining Salary Basis
Responsibility: US Super HRMS

Navigation: Total Compensation-> Basic -> Salary Basis
Pay Annualization factor: It indicates the factor, by which when per hour income is
multiplied it gives the annual salary.
Now we attach the recurring element created above to this salary basis.
3. Create Link
Create Link for the element created above so that this element becomes available
for the payroll processing.
Responsibility: US Super HRMS

Navigation: Total compensation -> Basic -> link
4. Create Employee
Create the employee with the salary basis as ‘Hourly Basis’
Define supervisor for this employee
- Define Payroll
- Define GRE under Statuory Tab
- Define salary for this employee:
Remember to define the salary on hourly basis, annual salary will be calculated
automatically.
In this case: 50 *2080 (Pay annualization factor defined while defining element)
is the annual salary
5. Defining four non recurring elements
Time of the wage earners will be charged against these non recurring elements.
Earning elements are classified into three categories:

Earning categories and the lookup defined for them are as follows:
- Earnings : US_EARNINGS
- Supplemental earnings : US_SUPPLEMENTAL_EARNINGS
- Imputed Earnings : US_IMPUTED_EARNINGS
Element1: Regular Hours

Responsibility: US super HRMS
Navigation: Total Compensation-> Basic -> Earnings
Element2: Overtime
Element3: Premium Hours (Something that employee gets above overtime work)
Element4: Hours not Worked
6. Defining Absence Type:
Depending on the type of element, entries are passed to payroll or HRMS or Payroll and
HRMS both.
First three non recurring elements defined above are passed just to payroll.
‘Hours not worked’ is passed to both payroll and HRMS.
To see this in HRMS, we need to define absence type and attach this element to this
absence type.
7. Create Link for non recurring element

In order to use the above created elements for payroll processing we create link
for all the elements:
Define the links for all the elements above and define the input values:

Navigation: Total Compensation-> Basic -> Links
Define input values as follows:
Overtime: Multiple-1.5
Premium: Multiple- 2
8. Assigning OTL Responsibility
Assigning OTL Responsibility to the User to do further setup for OTL:
Define a security profile

Navigation: Security -> Assign Security profiles.
9. Defining Alternate Names

Responsibility-> US OTL Application developer
Navigation: Alternate names -> Alternate Name Definition
10. Recurring Periods
Number of days or columns appearing in the timecard screen are controlled by

something called as Recurring Period
Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

Navigation: Recurring Period.
Period Type: Defines the number of columns or number of days

Eg; period type ‘Week’ will define the number of columns as 7
Start Date: It defines which day of week the timecard will start from like Monday
, Tuesday and so on.
As in the example below, 3-feb-2003 falls on Monday, so all the timecards will start from
Monday to Sunday.
11. Define approval periods:
It is required to define what all applications will be using these periods

Navigation: Approval -> Define Approval Periods
Contingent workers cannot be paid through payroll.

They are paid through purchasing
Human Resource- Absence
Payroll- Hours
Project-Expenditure
12. Defining Time Entry Rules
By Mapping we control the mandatory fields. If time card is for payroll purpose we
enter mapping as ‘BEE Retrieval Process’. This is the standard process. We can also
apply some custom rules.

Navigation: Time Entry Rules -> Define Time Entry Rules
Creating Custom Controlling Rules using Fast Formulas
Maximum Hours: Cannot work more than that (example cannot work more than 50 hours
in this case)
Reference Period: In a week type of recurring period there can be maximum two weeks
in which the duration can span.
Formula used above is defined in a DFF: OTL Formulas
13. Defining Time Entry Rule Groups
Time entry rule groups are defined to associate all the rules together and define
the outcomes of each rule if it is violated.
Responsibility: US OTL Application developer

Navigation: Time Entry Rules-> define Time Entry Rule Groups
14. Approval Style:
This defines in each application what would be the approval hierarchy. Who is going
to approve the time card of the employee.
In the Example below, in both the responsibilities HR and payroll, immediate supervisor
will approve the timecard.

Navigation: Approval -> Define Approval Style
15. Creating Preference
After all the above things are defined, its now time to decide how the timecard
will look like, what all validations will be applied on the time card.
To do this we create Preferences and attach this preference to certain business group or
organization or may be the employee depending on the requirements.
Create Preference

Navigation: Preferences
We don’t need to disturb the existing preference. We will create our own new custom
preference.
Right Click on the preference tree and select new.
Enter the name of the preference u want to create.
For any timecard to work and function properly there are 9 mandatory preference
attributes that should be defined.
15.1 Creating Alternate Names
Right click on the new preference created and select new.

Enter the name as Alternate names.
Select the seeded preference as ‘Self Service Timecard Alternate Name set Defined for a
user’
Now enter the preference values as alternate name defined above.
15.2 Approval Periods
Preference: Time Store Approval Periods

Value: Approval period that was defined above.
15.3 Recurring Period
Preference: Self service timecard Period for Worker

Value: Recurring period that was defined above.
15.4 Application set
Preference: Time Store Application Set

Value: Human Resources and Payroll
15.5 Time entry rule group
Preference: Time Store Time Entry Rules

Value: Time entry rule group that was defined above.
15.6 Layout
Preference: Self service Timecard, review and confirmation Layout Page

Value: Timecard Layout: Payroll Timecard Layout
Review Layout : Payroll Review Layout
Confirmation layout: payroll confirmation Layout
Notification Layout: patrol notification Layout
15.7 Approval Style
Preference: Time Store approval Style

Value: approval style that was defined above
15.8 Retrieval Group
Preference: Time Store Retrieval Rule Groups

Value: Human Resources and Payroll retrieval rule group
15.9 Allow status edit
Preference: Self Service timecard status that allows user edits

Value: Status allowing Edit: RETRO
Past number of days: 60
Future number of days: 60
15.10No of empty rows
Preference: Self service Number of empty rows on the timecard

Value: Number of empty rows:0
16. Defining where all this preference will be used
This preference can be attached to a business group, Organization or to a person.

Precedence defines which rule will be used for the preference
17. Look of the time card
Responsibility: Employee, self service -> Time Entry

18. Write formula
To calculate regular hours, premium hours, overtime, work not worked amount
on the basis of annual salary

Navigation: Total Compensation-> Basic -> Write Formula
DEFALULT FOR ASG_HOURLY_SALARY IS 0
DEFAULT FOR Hours is 0
default FOR Multiple IS 0
INPUTS ARE Hours, Multiple
IF Multiple = 0 then
(
PAY=ASG_HOURLY_SALARY* Hours
)
ELSE
(
PAY=ASG_HOURLY_SALARY* Hours*Multiple
)
RETURN PAY
19. Formula result rule

Attaching this formula to all the non recurring elements
Navigation: Total Compensation-> Basic -> Formula Result
19. Creating Time Card
Responsibility: Employee, self service-> Time Entry

20. Approval notification
Since approval rule is set as HR Supervisor , Notification will go to the immediate

supervisor for the timecard approval.
Responsibility; Manage, self service-> FYI

Approved
21. Sending Approved timecard to Payroll
This is done by running the process: Process: Transfer time from OTL to BEE
22. Batch Created
As a result of the above process a batch gets created with the name supplied for
transaction code in the above process.
Responsibility: US Super Human Resource

Navigation: Mass exchange info-> batch element entry
23. Transfer the Timecard
Still the timecard entry has not reached to payroll, but they are sitting in the
interface(batch) table.
To push these entries to HRMS, in the batch Element Entry screen, click process
to process the records.
Process-> Transfer
24. After transferring the batch entries get created in payroll and HRMS both:
Entries in HRMS:
Absence Details: Employee-> Others->Absence
25. Generating SOE(Statement of Earning) for the period time card is created
Run quick pay to generate SOE(Statement of Earning) for the period u created your time
card.
Navigation: Employee -> Assignment-> Others-> Quickpay
26. Viewing SOE
View result to see the entry in pay slip

27. Payroll Processing: Multiple Employees
Above we processed just one employee by running the quick pay run. In practical
scenario we have to process payroll for n number of employees. For this instead of
processing each employee separately we run the payroll process that processes multiple
employees in one go.
Process Name: Payroll process
Payroll process spawns further sub processes

28. View the Log of payroll process
29. Prepayment
Once the payroll entries are created, payment has to be done. There are various
modes of payment like check, cash etc. So, before doing the payment we group the
employees on the basis of the payment method attached to them. This is done by running
the process Prepayments.
View the detail for each employee from payroll run result
30. Check Writer Process
There are various modes of payment. We have different processes defined for
doing different types of payments.
To do the payment by check we need to run the process called Check Writer.
The output of this process will generate the check for each employee whose payment
method was selected as check.
31. 3rd party Check Payment.
If the payment is done by some third party, then run the check writer process with
the payment method as 3rd party payment method instead of check.
Checks will be generated in the output file of this process.
32. NACHA: Payment method

An output file is generated as a result of this process. This output file is used to
directly credit the amounts in the account numbers specified in the report.
33. NACHA: Flat File Output

34. Process to generate the covering letter.
Above process generates Summary or detailed report based on the ‘Totals Only’
Parameter specified above. If parameter is set to ‘yes’ it generates summary report and if
it is set to ‘No’ then it generates Detail Report.
Summary Report Output

Detail Report Output
35. Run Deposit Process to generate SOE
Unlike check writer process NACHA report does not generate SOE. In order to
generate that we run another process called as Deposit Advice.
Report Output: SOE
36. Associating custom set of book to GL Responsibility
By this point all the processing has been done at the payroll side. Now it is
required to transfer the payroll entries to General Ledger.
For this we create a Set of book. Create a custom responsibility which is derived from the
General Ledger. To attach SOB to GL responsibility, we assign custom SOB created to
the profile option ‘GL set of books’ at responsibility level.
37. Open the GL period.
In order to transfer the payroll entries to GL, We need to open the GL periods in
which payroll transactions are present.
38. Costing
Costing Information for the payroll entries are defined while creating the link of
element. We define credit and debit account.
Report generated after costing
39. Costing Reports
Costing details can be viewed by running the costing Summary and detail reports.
Costing Summary Report

Costing Summary Report Output
Costing Detail Report
Costing Detail Report Output

40. Transfer to GL
Now the entries can be transferred from payroll to GL by running the transfer to
GL process.
Log of Transfer to GL
41. Journal Import from GL
Payroll journals can be imported by running the journal import.

Output of Journal Import
42. Archival Process
Run Archival Process to view the pay slip in the self service screen.
Process name; External Process archival
43. Viewing Pay slip in Self service screen:
Employee self service screen -> payslip

Time Store Deposit API
DECLARE
----------------------------------------------------------
-- Constant declarations
----------------------------------------------------------
-- This is the appl_id for OTL, do not change
c_otl_appl_id CONSTANT NUMBER (3) := 809;
c_proj_attr1 CONSTANT VARCHAR2 (7) := 'Task_Id';
c_proj_attr2 CONSTANT VARCHAR2 (10) := 'Project_Id';
c_proj_attr3 CONSTANT VARCHAR2 (16) := 'Expenditure_Type';
c_proj_attr4 CONSTANT VARCHAR2 (19) := 'Expenditure_Comment';
c_proj_attr5 CONSTANT VARCHAR2 (23) := 'SYSTEM_LINKAGE_FUNCTION';
----------------------------------------------------------
-- Variable declarations
----------------------------------------------------------
-- declare the PL/SQL Table that will hold the complete timecard (all the BBs)
l_tbl_timecard_info hxc_self_service_time_deposit.timecard_info;
-- declare the PL/SQL Table that will hold all the attributes
l_tbl_attributes_info hxc_self_service_time_deposit.app_attributes_info;
-- declare the PL/SQL Table that will hold the messages returned by the API
l_tbl_messages hxc_self_service_time_deposit.message_table;
-- person ID that this TC belongs to, Replace with your own

l_person_id per_all_people_f.person_id%TYPE := 9389;
-- Replace with your own IDs

l_task_id VARCHAR2 (3) := '221';
-- (l_project_id is NOT the same as task id, they just happen to have the
-- same ID on our database)
l_project_id VARCHAR2 (3) := '221';
-- Replace with your own values

l_expenditure_type VARCHAR2 (15) := 'Professional';
l_ot_expenditure_type VARCHAR2 (15) := 'Overtime';
l_system_linkage_id VARCHAR2 (15) := 'ST';
l_ot_system_linkage_id VARCHAR2 (15) := 'OT';
-- Will hold TC_ID, returned by the deposit process

l_new_timecard_id NUMBER;
-- Will hold TC ovn, returned by the deposit process

l_new_timecard_ovn NUMBER;
l_message fnd_new_messages.message_text%TYPE;
l_start_time DATE
:= fnd_date.canonical_to_date ('2002/11/11 00:00:00');
l_stop_time DATE
:= fnd_date.canonical_to_date ('2002/11/17 23:59:59');
l_tc_bb_id hxc_time_building_blocks.time_building_block_id%TYPE;
l_day_bb_id hxc_time_building_blocks.time_building_block_id%TYPE;
l_detail_bb_id hxc_time_building_blocks.time_building_block_id%TYPE;
l_time_attribute_id hxc_time_attributes.time_attribute_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
-- First initialize your session, this needs to be done for internal reasons so
-- the TimeStore knows who is trying to deposit the information. When you log
-- into SS, the same is done for you by the framework, here however we have to do
-- it manually.
FND_GLOBAL.APPS_INITIALIZE( user_id => 12345 -– Replace with your own ID

,resp_id => 56789 -– Replace with your own ID
,resp_appl_id => 809 );-- This is the appl_id for OTL, do not change
----------------------------------------------------------
-- PART 1: POPULATE TABLES --
----------------------------------------------------------
-- First populate the timecard PL/SQL table:
----------------------------------------------------------
-- Start with the TIMECARD BB
----------------------------------------------------------
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_timecard_bb (
p_start_time=> l_start_time,
p_stop_time=> l_stop_time,
p_resource_id=> l_person_id,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API: Weekly Project TC',
p_app_blocks=> l_tbl_timecard_info,
p_time_building_block_id=> l_tc_bb_id
);
-- Now we create the DAY BB, 7 in total, and since they are all the same we
-- will loop 7 times
FOR i_day IN 0 .. 6
LOOP
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_day_bb (
p_day => TRUNC (l_start_time)
+ i_day,
p_parent_building_block_id=> l_tc_bb_id, -- returned by create_timecard_bb
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API',
p_time_building_block_id=> l_day_bb_id
);
-- The next call would also work but we choose to use the first one
-- since we know the TIMECARD's Id. If you do not know the ID you should
-- use this next call commented out here.
/* hxc_timestore_deposit.create_day_bb (
+ i_day,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API',
p_time_building_block_id=> l_day_bb_id
); */
-- We can attach the DETAIL BB for every DAY BB that represents 'normal'
-- work hours as well here as they are all the same
-- We only need to do this for weekdays though
IF i_day < 5
THEN
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_detail_bb (
p_type=> 'MEASURE',
p_measure=> 8,
p_parent_building_block_id=> l_day_bb_id,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API: NT',
p_app_attributes=> l_tbl_attributes_info,
p_time_building_block_id=> l_detail_bb_id
);
-- The next call would also work but we choose to use the first one
-- since we know the DAY's Id. If you do not know the ID you should
-- use this next call commented out here. In fact we use it ourselves
-- later to add the overtime.
/* hxc_timestore_deposit.create_time_entry (
p_measure=> 8,
+ i_day,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API: NT',
); */
-- We can also attach the attributes to every BB that represent

-- 'normal' work hours
-- Attribute1
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_attribute (
p_building_block_id=> l_detail_bb_id,
p_attribute_name=> c_proj_attr1,
p_attribute_value=> l_task_id,
p_app_attributes=> l_tbl_attributes_info
);
-- Attribute2
p_attribute_value=> l_project_id,
);
-- Attribute3
p_attribute_value=> l_expenditure_type,
);
-- Attribute4
p_attribute_value=> 'Expenditure Comment created by API',
);
-- Attribute5
p_attribute_value=> l_system_linkage_id,
);
END IF; -- Only for weekdays
END LOOP; -- End creating normal working days + time
-- And now we add the Overtime to Tuesday and Wednesday

-- We have to use create_time_entry here because we do not have the ID
-- for the Wednesday TBB anymore, using create_time_entry we do not need it
-- Tuesday
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_time_entry (
p_measure=> 1,
+ 1,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API: OT',
);
-- Attribute1
);
-- Attribute2
);
-- Attribute3
p_attribute_value=> l_ot_expenditure_type,
);
-- Attribute4
);
-- Attribute5
p_attribute_value=> l_ot_system_linkage_id,
);
-- Wednesday
hxc_timestore_deposit.create_time_entry (
p_measure=> 2,
+ 2,
p_comment_text=> 'Created using API: OT',
);
-- Attribute1
);
-- Attribute2
);
-- Attribute3
p_attribute_value=> l_ot_expenditure_type,
);
-- Attribute4
);
-- Attribute5
p_attribute_value=> l_ot_system_linkage_id,
);
----------------------------------------------------------
-- END OF PART 1: POPULATE TABLES --
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-- PART 2: DEPOSIT TIMECARD --
----------------------------------------------------------
-- Now we call the deposit process, passing in the PL/SQL tables we just
-- created and populated
hxc_timestore_deposit.execute_deposit_process (
p_validate=> FALSE,
p_messages=> l_tbl_messages,
p_mode=> 'SUBMIT',
p_deposit_process=> 'OTL Deposit Process',
p_timecard_id=> l_new_timecard_id,
p_timecard_ovn=> l_new_timecard_ovn
);
----------------------------------------------------------
-- END OF PART 2: DEPOSIT TIMECARD --
----------------------------------------------------------
END;

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SETUP FOR ORACLE TIME AND

LABOR: Processing Payroll through

Created By Ritu Shukla

SETUP for OTL: Processing payroll through OTL entries

Time Elements (Non Recurring)

1. Define Recurring Element

Responsibility: US Super HRMS

Responsibility: US Super HRMS

Earning elements are classified into three categories:

Element1: Regular Hours

7. Create Link for non recurring element

Responsibility: US super HRMS

Define input values as follows:

8. Assigning OTL Responsibility

Assigning OTL Responsibility to the User to do further setup for OTL:

Define a security profile

Responsibility: US super HRMS

9. Defining Alternate Names

Number of days or columns appearing in the timecard screen are controlled by

Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

Period Type: Defines the number of columns or number of days

It is required to define what all applications will be using these periods

Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

Contingent workers cannot be paid through payroll.

Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

Responsibility: US OTL Application developer

14. Approval Style:

Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

Responsibility: US OTL Application Developer

15.1 Creating Alternate Names

Right click on the new preference created and select new.

Preference: Time Store Approval Periods

15.3 Recurring Period

Preference: Self service timecard Period for Worker

Preference: Time Store Application Set

Preference: Time Store Time Entry Rules

Preference: Self service Timecard, review and confirmation Layout Page

Preference: Time Store approval Style

Preference: Time Store Retrieval Rule Groups

Preference: Self Service timecard status that allows user edits

Preference: Self service Number of empty rows on the timecard

This preference can be attached to a business group, Organization or to a person.

Responsibility: Employee, self service -> Time Entry

Responsibility: US super HRMS

INPUTS ARE Hours, Multiple

19. Formula result rule

Responsibility: Employee, self service-> Time Entry

Since approval rule is set as HR Supervisor , Notification will go to the immediate

Responsibility; Manage, self service-> FYI

Responsibility: US Super Human Resource

View result to see the entry in pay slip

Process Name: Payroll process

Payroll process spawns further sub processes

31. 3rd party Check Payment.

32. NACHA: Payment method

33. NACHA: Flat File Output

Summary Report Output

37. Open the GL period.

Costing Summary Report

Costing Detail Report Output

Payroll journals can be imported by running the journal import.

Employee self service screen -> payslip

-- person ID that this TC belongs to, Replace with your own