Creating Rounding Rules

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to create rounding rules to control how time is calculated

Rules for Rounding

In the Define Rules for Rounding Quota Entitlements activity, you define rounding rules to round the quota entitlements determined by the system.

You can define several rounding rules. A rounding rule is uniquely indicated by its 2-digit number, and can consist of several complementary subrules. The system runs through the subrules until one is met.

You define an upper and lower limit for the rounding interval in a rounding rule. In the two Incl. columns, you activate the switch to specify whether the upper and lower limits are to be included when calculating the interval. You enter the value to which you want to round up or down in the Target Value column. In the Roll. column, you indicate if the interval is to be rolled, that is, copied to all subsequent intervals, by activating the indicator. In this case, the duration of the interval is always taken into account.

These rounding rules are also used when determining attendance/absence hours and days in attendance and absence counting.

Create Rounding Rules

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Business Example

Attendances and absences of employees must be recorded for your company. Employees call in sick, go on vacation, participate in training courses, or go on business trips. After creating counting rules, you want to round the total calculated time to full days when determining total entitlement. For this reason, you need to check whether an appropriate rounding rule already exists.

Define rounding rules for quota selection.

Steps

Check whether an appropriate rounding rule already exists to round up or down to whole values.
1. In Customizing, choose: Time Management → Time Data Recording and Administration → Managing Time Accounts Using Attendance/Absence Quotas → Calculating Absence Entitlements → Rules for Generating Absence Quotas → Define Rules for Rounding Quota Entitlements.
2. Check the rounding values of the rounding rule 01.
Note
Rounding rule 01 is suitable for this exercise.

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