Creating hours-based general ledger liability tables

Use this procedure to define an hours-based allotment table use ongoing balance limits, annual accrual limits, or carryover limits on General Ledger Rule.

  1. Select Absence Management > Set Up > Plans and Components > Tables.
  2. Click New.
  3. Specify an Absence Table code and description.
  4. Specify this information:
    Absence Table
    Specify a code for this table.
    Description
    Specify a description to further define the general ledger liability table.
    Version Date
    Specify a version date for the table. If you must change a value on the table, add a new version date to the table to preserve the historical table data. The processing date on the calculation programs determine what version of the table is used.
    Table Type
    Select whether table is for Hours or Earnings.
    Rule Type
    Select General Ledger.
    Table Basis
    Select Hours.

    When a table basis is selected, additional fields are available.

    Hours Service Class
    Specify the service class that contains the hours which count toward the service levels values.

    Length of Service Calculate uses the Hours Service Class and Hours Service Type to create length of service records. The records can be viewed on Length of Service Hours and are used by Employee Absence Plan Calculation when accruals are calculated.

    Hours Service Type
    Select whether the values in the From Hours fields pertain to life to date (LTD), year to date (YTD), or prior year total (PYT) amounts since the Service Begin Date.

    The service type defines if the From Hours values pertain to amounts within the plan type, plan, or all.

    For example, if you select the 01 LTD plan, all hours in the service class from the service begin date for all qualified positions in the plan are counted.

  5. Click Save. The Details tab is available.
  6. Click New.
  7. Specify this information:
    From
    Specify the start of the range. Leave this field blank on the first record if amounts to post to general ledger apply when no length of service hours have been recorded.
    Percent
    Specify a percent use in the table.
    • Percents are multiplied if used with a calculation.
      Note: Specify 50 percent as 50.0000.
    Calculation
    Specify a calculation to be used by the table. The percent is applied to the result of the calculation.
  8. Click Save.