Setting Up Period Work Schedules

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to set up a period work schedule

Period Work Schedules

Employees work according to various work patterns. For example, some work during the same working hours and on the same days every week, while others work during different working hours on different weeks. Some employees work on weekends; others do not.

A period work schedule represents a working time pattern through a corresponding sequence of daily work schedules. A period work schedule is the basis for generating a work schedule.

To set up period work schedules, in Customizing, choose Time Management → Work Schedules → Period Work Schedules → Define Work Schedules.

Work Pattern

A period work schedule consists of a sequence of daily work schedules representing a certain work pattern. A period work schedule can cover one week, more than one week or part of a week. The period work schedule is applied to a horizontal time axis (a valid public holiday calendar) that is then repeated continuously over a period of time. The pattern defined in the period work schedule repeats itself continuously.

The personnel subarea grouping for daily work schedules is a group of personnel subareas that use the same daily work schedules, period work schedules, and break schedules.

Set Up a Period Work Schedule

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Business Example

As a Time Administrator, you are responsible for managing employee work schedules. You have received a request for a new period work schedule. You need to copy an existing  period work schedule, modify it, and include it in a daily work schedule. For this reason, you need to know how to set up a period work schedule.

Define a period work schedule.

Steps

  1. Group the daily work schedules TZ## and OFF into one period work schedule called PZ##. You can copy an existing period work schedule (or create a new one). Choose the grouping for daily work schedules 01.

    1. In Customizing, choose Time Management → Work Schedules → Period Work Schedules → Define Period Work Schedules.

    2. On the Change View "Period Work Schedule": Overview screen, select Grpg 01 PWS NO and choose Copy As.

    3. Enter the following values in the respective fields:

      FieldValue
      Grpg (Daily work schedule grouping)01
      PWSPZ##(with a description of your choice)
      Week number001

    4. Save your entries.

  2. Define a period work schedule which indicates that employees work from Day 1 to Day 5 according to the TZ## daily work schedule and do not work on Day 6 and Day 7 (daily work schedule OFF).

    1. On the Change View "Period Work Schedule": Overview screen, choose the period work schedule you created (PZ##).

    2. Enter the following values in the respective fields:

      FieldValue
      01TZ##
      02TZ##
      03TZ##
      04TZ##
      05TZ##
      06OFF
      07OFF

    3. Save your entries.

Learning

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