Benefit Hours Dialog Box

Use the Benefit Hours dialog box to review hours accrued and taken for sick leave, vacation, holiday time, and other benefit accrual codes.

Location

To display the dialog box, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the timesheet for which you want to view benefit hours.
  2. On the Timesheet toolbar, click Show > Benefit Hours.

Contents

Benefit Hours Grid

Field Description
Benefit Hours Drop-down Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions:
  • To print grid data, click Print. When the Print Preview form displays, click File > Print to send the grid data to your default printer.
  • To export grid data to an Excel spreadsheet, click Export to Excel. When Microsoft Excel opens, use its features to modify, print, or email the data, or to save the spreadsheet file locally.
  • To turn on grouping for a grid, click Enable Grouping. When a field displays with the instruction: "Drag a column header here to group by that column," drag and drop column headers into this field, in the sequence that you want them to display.

Not all options are available on all grids.

Description This field displays the name of the benefit accrual, such as vacation or sick leave.
Starting Balance This field displays the total hours the employee had accrued, but not taken, at the beginning of the current year.
Current Year Earned This field displays the total number of hours the employee has earned, year-to-date.
Current Year Taken This field displays the total number of hours the employee has used, year-to-date.
Unposted Time This field displays the total benefit hours on employee timesheets that are being charged, but have not yet been posted. This applies only to timesheets entered from the Time and Expense module, not to those entered from Transaction Entry in the Transaction Center.
Current Balance This field displays the total number of earned hours remaining (earned minus taken), year-to-date.