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Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Steps: Set Up Effort Certification for Time Tracking

Steps: Set Up Effort Certification for Time Tracking

Configure the
Enter Time
 business process to have your workers certify their worked time for the week. Example: You could add an effort certifying step:
  • After the initiating action to have workers certify their time upon submitting it, and
  • After the final approval to have workers also certify time entered by others on their behalf.
In the effort certification step, a
Certify Effort
 page displays and by clicking
Approve
, the worker certifies everything that displays on the page.
The
Certify Effort
 page displays total hours worked during the week by time entry code, position, and worktags. Totals represent reported time blocks for time entry codes that use hours. The worker's cost allocation instructions (as of the last day of the time entry week) display across the top of the page and reflect any costing instructions defined for the worker and worker's position in Workday Payroll. Hours with no worktag overrides are allocated accordingly.
  1. Select
    Business Process
    Edit Definition
     from the related actions menu of the
    Enter Time (Default Definition)
     business process and add an effort certification step.
    Option Description
    Order
    Specify when the effort certification step should happen.
    Type
    Select
    Action
    .
    Specify
    Select
    Certify Effort
    .
    Group
    Specify who should complete the effort certification step.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Create Effort Certifying Text
     task.
    Create a custom effort certifying statement. If you do not create a custom statement, Workday displays default text when workers certify effort.
    1. Name your effort certifying text so you can identify it later.
    2. Write a statement for workers to use when certifying their hours for the week.
    Security:
    Set Up: Effort Certification
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
  3. (Optional) Access the
    Create Time Entry Template
     task.
    1. On the
      Noneffective-Dated
       tab, expand the
      Business Process
       section.
    2. Select an effort certifying text to display.
    Security:
    Set Up: Time Tracking
     domain in the Time Tracking functional area.
You can use the
View Effort Certifying Texts
 report to view all of the effort certifying statements you currently have.