Set Up Time Entry Calendars

Create a time entry template.

Security: Set Up: Time Tracking
domain in the Time Tracking functional area.

Specify the methods workers can use to enter time on their time entry calendar. Configure how a time entry calendar behaves and displays.

Access 1 of these tasks:

Create Time Entry Template

Edit Time Entry Template

On the

Noneffective-Dated

tab, expand the

Calendar

section.

Complete the

View Options

section:

Option	Description
Primary Calendar	Select whether Workday displays a calendar view that matches the worker's Time Tracking period schedule. If you select any option for this prompt, configure 1 or more additional totals to avoid validation errors. See Set Up Calendar Totals.
Default Calendar View	Select whether the default view for workers is the Weekly view or Monthly view.
Additional Enabled Calendar Views	Select so that workers can change their calendar view from the default to an additional enabled view.

Complete the

Entry Methods

section.

Select the time entry options that workers can use to enter time. Also enable these options on the Enter Time
business process security policy before workers can use them. While workers can access some time entry methods from the

Monthly

calendar view, they still enter time 1 week at a time.

Time Entry Method	Description	View Availability
Auto-fill from Prior Week	Enable workers to copy hours from a prior week to the current week. This option doesn't include time off entries.	Monthly Period Weekly
Auto-fill from Schedule	Enable workers to copy hours from their work schedule to the current week.	Monthly Period Weekly
Quick Add	Enable workers to add several time blocks quickly with the same details, for the same week.	Monthly Period Weekly
Enter Time by Week	Enable workers to use a weekly grid option from the calendar to enter time for an entire week at once.	Weekly
Enter Time by Type	Enable workers to enter time for multiple time types at once for the current week. This option is only available for quantity-based time entry codes.	Monthly Period Weekly

Select a

Default Time Entry Method

Select a default time entry method that links to these time entry worklets:

Last Week

Select Week

This Week

Currently, you can select only the Enter Time by Type
time entry method. You can view this option only if you select the

Enter Time by Type

check box.

Complete the

Additional Options

section:

Option	Description
Auto Expand Payroll Costing Allocations	Automatically expand the Payroll Costing as of End of Week worklet on a worker's time entry calendar. This worklet displays the worker's default costing allocations.
Hide Pay Date Indicators Hide Time Period Locked Indicators Hide Time Period End Indicators	Hide the pay date, time period locked, or time period end indicators on the time entry calendar. If you don't hide the indicators, the time entry calendar displays them on the days the respective events take place.
Display Absence Balances	Display a View Absence Balances button on the time entry calendar. When workers select the button, Workday displays a modal that lists the worker's time off balances that you've configured to display to self-service workers. For workers to access this button, they must have View and Modify access on the Worker Data: Time Calendar domain security policy.
Include Scheduling Data	Display scheduling data on the period calendar.

Enable the selected time entry options on the Enter Time
business process security policy.

Concept: Enter Time by Period

Set Up Worklets

2024R2 Feature Release Note: Enter Time by Period