Basic Information Fields of the Manage Leave Types Screen

Use the fields on the Manage Leave Types screen to set up basic information about the leave type.

Screen Fields

Field Description
Leave Type Code

Enter a 10-character, uppercase alphanumeric Leave Type Code. Each Leave Type Code must be unique. Although this code does not display in other screens, you should assign a meaningful code because this field can be used in user-defined reports/inquiries.

Description

Enter a leave type description of up to 30 characters. Because they are used in drop-down boxes and as column headings for reports/inquiries, make descriptions as short as possible and properly capitalized. Each leave type description must be unique.

Costpoint Company

This icon displays only if you are using the Costpoint multicompany feature as set up in the Miscellaneous tab of the General Configuration screen. All Costpoint companies that you have set up in your system display. Costpoint Company is the first filter option and you have the option to sort by Costpoint Company when doing a Search on leave types.

Select the Costpoint company that you wish to assign to this leave type.

Note: If you are tracking leave by UDT02 and change the Costpoint company for an existing leave type, the system will display the following message when you try to save this screen: "All Leave Type UDT records not tied to this Company will be removed. Do you wish to continue?"  

If you answer Yes, the records tied to the prior company will be deleted.

Company Name This field displays the name of the selected company.
Vacation

Select this check box if the type of leave is vacation.

Holiday

Select this check box if the type of leave is holiday.

Validate/Update Based on Select a validation/update method from the drop-down list. Values are: Prorated and Entered.