Scheduling the Start of Day Task

The Start of Day Task creates default employee records. You can create records for calculation or pay groups and specify the dates to create the records for.

  1. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Add a schedule for the Start of Day Task.
    See Adding tasks to the Job Scheduler.
  3. In the Task Schedule list, click Parameters next to the Start of Day Task that you created.
  4. Specify this information:
    Dates to create default records for
    Select one of these options:
    • Relative: Creates default records for date ranges that are relative to the current date. You can create default records for a specified number of days before or after the current date.
    • Absolute: Creates default records for a date range. The date range cannot include the current date.
    Overwrite all existing work details
    Select this check box to clear or overwrite the existing work details.
    Note: If you select the Overwrite all existing work details check box, then the Start of Day Task overrides any existing work details. In almost all implementations, this value should be unchecked unless such deletions are required by unique requirements specific to your organization.
    Process Future Balance Dates
    Select one of these options:
    • Default: Future balances are calculated according to the /system/ruleEngine/auto_recalc_future_balances registry parameter.
    • FALSE: Future balances are not calculated for default records.
    • TRUE: Future balances are calculated for default records.
    Calc Group
    Select the calculation groups for which you can create default records using the lookup. Default records are created for employees in the selected calculation groups only.
    Pay Group
    Select the payroll group for which you can create default records using the lookup. Default records are created for employees in the selected payroll groups only.
    Number of Threads
    Specify the number of threads that are spawned and used by the Start of Day task. Default value is 8 which is appropriate for most environments. You can specify a range of values between 4 and 32.
    Note: If you encounter errors running this task, then contact Infor Support to determine an appropriate value for your environment and hardware specifications.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Specify this information:
    • If you selected Relative in the Start Of Day Task Parameters section, then specify values in the Number of days before current date and Number of days after current date fields for when the default records should be created.
    • If you selected Absolute in the Start Of Day Task Parameters, then select dates in the Start Date and End Date fields using the calendar. Default records are created in the specified date range.
  7. Click Submit.
  8. Click OK.