The six absence components
ConceptfoundationAbsence types, absence categories, absence patterns, absence plans, absence reasons and absence certifications — the six configurable objects an absence policy is built from, each with its own task in the Absences work area.
What people get wrong
The confusions are the difficulty. Each one is a belief that sounds right and is not.
- That an absence type carries the entitlement. It does not: the plan carries the rules for accruing and paying, and a type must be associated with at least one plan.
- That absence reasons belong to absence types by definition. They are independent objects, and one reason can be associated with several types.
- That absence categories decide entitlement. They exist to group types for reporting and analysis, and nothing else.
Recall it
Name the six absence components and say which two of them decide entitlement.
Absence types, absence categories, absence patterns, absence plans, absence reasons and absence certifications. The type decides what may be recorded and against what; the plan decides what is owed and what is paid. The category groups types for reporting and analysis, the pattern is the predefined starting rule set a type is created from, the reason is what a worker selects, and the certification is a documentation requirement associated as an action item with a type. A type must have at least one plan associated with it, and where the plan and the type measure in different units, a conversion formula attached to the type bridges the difference — and only where the type measures in hours or days.
Memory hook: Type records, plan pays. Category groups, reason explains, certification demands, pattern starts. Six components, two decide.
Rests on ABS-COMP-001, ABS-COMP-002, ABS-COMP-005, ABS-COMP-006, ABS-COMP-007.
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