LN Hours Registration app

The LN Hours Registration app enables a user to register hours for a specific job and register expenses for specific cost.

Note: The user must be defined as an employee of the company.

Pre-requisites

The pre-requisites for using this app are:

  • The logged user must be defined in Employees - General (tccom0101m000), Employee - People (bpmdm0101m000) and People User Profiles (bpmdm0102m000) sessions in Infor LN.
  • User must have Infor Mingle’s Security Role, IDM-User in order to upload and view attachments.
  • User must have Infor MingleEnterprise Role to retrieve user information from mingle.
  • By default, the hours logged for the current week or previous week are displayed. Registered and unregistered hours are displayed in the list.
  • By default, the expenses specified for the current week, previous week or next week are displayed. Registered and unregistered expenses are displayed in the list.

App Details

You can select the week for which the hours must be registered or displayed by using and on the toolbar. The section under the toolbar displays this information:

  • Expected hours
  • Booked hours
  • Regular hours
  • Overtime hours

Unregistered hours are displayed in red color. Overtime hours are displayed with a overtime.

The Origins listed by the Hours Registration app are:

  • General Hours
  • Project Hours
  • Project (PCS) Hours
  • Production Order Hours
  • Service Order Hours
  • Work Order Hours

The details displayed for each log entry:

  • Origin icon: Indicates the type of origin.
  • Task: The name of the task for which hours are registered.
  • Task description: The short description of the task.
  • Hours booked: The number of hours booked for the task.
  • Overtime indicator: The overtime hours for the task indicated with a overtime .
  • Approved indicator: The approved hours is indicated with Approved indicator icon.
Note: 
  • Imported from: Saved Time Sheet is displayed when the Unsubmitted hours are added from the saved time sheet.
  • Imported from : Resource Assignments App is displayed when the hours are retrieved from the LN Resource Assignments app (Completed assignment hours from the LN Resource Assignments app are added as Unsubmitted hours based on the start date).
    • The supported Origins are Project, Job Shop Order and Project (PCS).
    • The Machine and the Machine Hours are not populated when the hours are saved to the LN Hours registration app, as the Project (PCS) Assignment does not consider the hour calculations related to Machines.
Use to access these options:
  • Save Time Sheet: To save the registered hours for a week as a time sheet.
  • Load Time Sheet: To load the saved time sheet for a week. The hours are added to the app as Unsubmitted hours.
    Note: 

    When the hours are loaded from the time sheet, the projects or orders that are not valid for that week are not added to the Unsubmitted hours based on the origins selected in the Settings.

  • Get Assignments: To assign a project or a task to an employee. The data is retrieved from the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session For more information see Using Get Assignments.

Use Hamburgher Icon to access these options:

  • My Hours: To review the hours registered by the logged-on user based on date. You can click Arrow down icon to review the details.
  • Approve Hours: To review and approve the hours of the employees.
    Note: 
    • This option is displayed only when:
      • The logged-on user is a manager
      • The Approval Required check box is selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN for the origins that are selected in Settings.
    • This option is disabled if any one approval parameter is not set for the origins (selected in settings) in Infor LN.
  • My Expenses: To review the expenses in Infor LN or specify the expenses in the App. You can select the particular date to view the details.
  • Settings: To configure the Hours Registration app. The Hours or Expenses Origins provided by the Hours Registration app are:
    • General Hours
    • Project Hours
    • Project (PCS) Hours
    • Production Order Hours
    • Service Order Hours
    • Work Order Hours
    • General Expenses
    • Project Expenses
  • Manage Presets: Presets that are valid in current week are displayed in the Current Week tab and remaining presets are displayed in the Others tab. To modify or delete a preset:
    • Click on the saved preset to modify the days/start date and time option.
    • Hold a preset and click . You can also delete multiple presets by selecting the check boxes associated with the presets.
  • Log out: To exit the app.
  • About: To view the details of the app version and third party libraries used in the app.

My Expenses

You can select the week for which the expenses are specified using the left and right arrows on the toolbar. You can also view the details of a specific date by clicking on the particular date. The section under the toolbar displays this information:

  • Total Expense amount and currency.

    Unregistered expenses are displayed in red color. The Expense Origins provided by the Hours Registration app are:

    • General Expenses
    • Project Expenses
  • The details for each log entry:
    • Origin icon: Indicates the type of origin.
    • Expense: The code of expense.
    • Expense description: The description of the expense.
    • Amount: The amount specified for the expense entry.
    • Approved indicator: The approved expenses is indicated with check icon.

Approve Hours

You can use the Approve Hours option to approve the hours if the Use Approval Authorization check box is selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN. You can select the week for which the employees or departments are displayed using Arrow Left and Arrow Right on the toolbar.

When the Use Approval Authorization check box is selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN, the employees list is displayed based on the department. You can select the employee and approve the hours using the Approve Hours option.
Note: 
  • If any employee is linked to multiple departments, approving the hours for that employee is reflected in all departments.
  • You can also use Select All to select all the employee for a department.
When the Use Approval Authorization check box is not selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN, the employee list is only displayed. In this scenario, you can approve the hours using these methods:
  • For IOS, tap and hold the employee name (long press) to select and approve the hours for the employee. You can also select multiple employees by selecting the check boxes (adjacent to the employee name) and approve the hours for the employees.
  • For Android, click on the employee’s profile image to approve the hours for the employee. You can also select multiple employee’s profile image to approve hours for the employees.
    Note: 
    • You can also use Select All option to select all the employee list.
    • You can also search an employee using Search Icon based on the name of the employee and the hours approved.
You can also approve the individual hours of an employee by selecting an employee for a specific period. Select the check box (adjacent to the employee name) and use the Approve Hours option to approve the hours.
Note: 
  • The check box (adjacent to the employee name) is displayed only if:
    • The hour is not Approved or Processed in Infor LN.
    • The Use Approval Authorization check box is selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN.
  • The Hours check box is enabled only if:
    • The project hours are set to Submitted.
    • The Submit Required check box is selected in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session in Infor LN.
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