Adding the Process Clocks task to a schedule

Clocks that have been imported into the application are placed first into a pending table. This task retrieves pending clocks and processes them onto employee timesheets for the appropriate day.

To add a Process Clocks task to a schedule:

  1. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Add Schedule. Click
  3. Specify the name of the Process Clocks Task in the Task Description field.
  4. Click Select Readers - Process Clocks from the Task Type drop-down list.
  5. Specify the remaining fields. See Adding tasks to the Job Scheduler.
  6. Click Submit.
  7. Click OK.
  8. In the Task Schedule list, click Parameters next to the Process Clocks task you created.
  9. Specify this information:
    Process auto-recalc period
    When this option is set to True, an incoming clock triggers the recalculation process for this employee for the days surrounding the incoming clock. The recalculation is based on the calculation group settings that are applicable on the day the clock is being processed. See Defining automatic recalculation.

    When this option is set to False, only the day the clock is being processed is recalculated.

    Clock types that skip recalc

    By design, clocks of all types automatically trigger the recalculation of the day on which they are applied.

    Use this option to avoid the auto-recalculation of the surrounding days that would otherwise be automatically recalculated. To avoid the recalculation, list the clock types in this option.

    Max Clocks To Process Per Invocation
    This value is the maximum number of clocks for each thread to process. You must specify a positive integer number and the default value is 1000. The minimum value you can specify is 1 and the maximum value is 5000.
    Number Of Clocks To Process Before Calculation
    This parameter defines the number of days to calculate for each clock batch in the Clock Process Task. The specified value must be between 1 and the value specified for the BATCH_PROCESS_SIZE registry setting. The default value is 100.
    Number of Threads
    This parameter sets the number of slave threads that are spawned and used by the Clock Processing Task. The default value is 4. You can specify a range between 1 and 32 for this setting.
    Note: If you encounter errors running this task, then contact Infor Support to determine an appropriate value for your environment and hardware specifications.
  10. Click Submit.
  11. Click OK.