Day Types

You can use the Day Type(bpxtm1100m000) session to define a Day Type. A Day Type describes how an employee attends work in a day. The day type consists of different types of attendance used to calculate the actual attendance of the employee. The hours of work are calculated based on the planned or expected presence at work, and the planned hours of work.

For a day type, a color code and a search key can be assigned that is used in attendance planning and the capacity schedule for an employee.

The day type can be linked to an employee group. It indicates the day type is valid for the specified employee group.

These settings can be defined in the Day Type(bpxtm1100m000) session:

Preference

The preference is used when generating the actual attendance for an employee.

Possible options:

  • Employee group
  • Site/Company

Example: 1st of January 2021 is on Friday. The recurrence linked to the employee group can indicate this as a regular working day. The site or company can indicate this as a holiday. If the Preference option is set to Employee Group, 1st of Jnauary is considered as a regular working day. If the Preference option is set to Site/Company, 1st of january is considered as a holiday.

Duration

A standard duration defined for a Day Type. The duration is defined in in hours, for planned presence and planned absence.

Threshold

A threshold can be defined for a Day Type (in minutes), both at the clock-in and clock-out time. The threshold is used when calculating or reporting a basic shift difference.

Lockout Time

The lockout time is end time for production hours or attendance period. This is the default clock-out time used when the clock-out time is not registered by the employee at the end of a day. This value must be specified for each Day Type. Else, the Day Type cannot be approved.

Active Indicator

If this check box is selected, the data related to a Time Type is considered during attendance calculation.

Planning to Actual Indicator

If this check box is selected, the planned attendance can be copied to the actual attendance when no data is specified for the day. This value is defaulted from the Time Type (bpxtm1110m000) session.
Note: The planned attendance can be copied to actual attendance if the Active check box is selected.

Action Correctness Check

You can use the Correctness Check option on the Action menu to validate the Day Type data. A warning message is displayed in case there is an overlap of the timings.

Search path and priority of day types

The search path is used when generating the planned attendance for an employee. Using the Preference option in the Day Type (bpxtm1600m000) session, the working day type or non-working day type preference can be defined.