Enabling time approval

The Time Approval feature is not enabled by default.

You can also enable Time Approval using the ENABLE_TIME_APPROVAL registry parameter.

  1. Log in to the WFM desktop application.
  2. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Time Approval Settings.
  3. Specify this information:
    Enabled
    Select this check box to enable time approval.
    Effective Date
    Specify the date from which the records will be considered.
    Approval Type
    Select one of these options:
    • Week: Approvals are for the entire week at a time.
    • Day: Approvals are for a day at a time.
    Approval View
    If you selected Day in the Approval Type field, and you use mobility or the Self Service Portal for time attestation, select one of these options:
    • STANDARD: Enables the standard time attestation in mobility. This option is not supported in the Self Service Portal.
    • DETAILED: Enables the detailed (enhanced) time attestation in mobility and the Self Service Portal. The enhancements include the ability to hide the Skip button, provide legal verbiage, and display the timesheet records that require attestation while making attestation decisions.
      Note: These enhancements only apply to daily attestation in mobility and the Self Service Portal. The enhancements do not apply to weekly attestation or to ETM or to clocks.
    Allow Skip
    Optionally, clear this check box to prohibit employees from skipping attestation records that have been presented to them for approval or rejection. When skipping is prohibited, users will not be allowed to submit any attestation records without either explicitly approving or rejecting them.
    Note: This option only applies to ETM and the standard time attestation in mobility. When the DETAILED option is selected, the Allow Skip option is cleared and cannot be selected.

    If you are using the detailed time attestation in mobility, you can use element security to control whether the Skip button is available to users for selection.

    Rejection Comments
    If you use mobility or the Self Service Portal for time attestation, select one of these options:
    • NONE: Employees are not presented with the ability to include comments when rejecting their time attestation. This is the default.
    • OPTIONAL: Employees have the option of including rejection comments, but are not required to do so.
    • REQUIRED: Employees are required to include a comment with their rejection. Rejecting a time attestation without including a comment is not permitted.
    Allow Resolve
    Optionally, select this check box to allow employees to resolve time approval records that they have previously rejected during time attestation. When a user chooses to resolve a time approval record, the status of the record changes to RESOLVED and no further action is required. If this check box is cleared, a manager must update the employee's timesheet to reset the status of a rejected time approval record, which can then be approved or rejected by the employee during time attestation.
    Note: This option only applies to mobility and the Self Service Portal.
    Allow Re-calc on Approval
    Optionally, select this check box to trigger recalculations for approved time records. If this check box is not selected, then recalculations are only triggered when the status is Rejected or Resolved.
  4. Click Save.

In ETM, the Clocks panel will now display a Time Approval button, which is enabled whenever there are any outstanding approvals.

In mobility, the Clock panel will now display a Time Attestation button, which is enabled whenever there are any outstanding approvals. If detailed time attestation is enabled, users should also be granted appropriate security permissions to the Attestation section available on the detailed timesheet view. See Detailed time attestation on mobility and the Self Service Portal.

In the Self Service Portal, the Clock Options modal will now display a Time Attestation button, which is enabled whenever there are any outstanding approvals. To use detailed time attestation, users should also be granted appropriate security permissions to the Attestation section available on the detailed timesheet view. See Detailed time attestation on mobility and the Self Service Portal.

In the HTML Clock, the Time Approval menu item will now be displayed. See the Infor Workforce Management HTML Clock User Guide.