Absence and Vacation | Absence Balance and Accrual Balance reporting

Two batches are available to you for retrieving absence balance data for Team Members:

• Hold Absence Balances.

  Used for vacation balances only and provides a single snapshot of the current balance. Hosted by the Human Capital Management (HCM) package.

• Generate Accrual Balances.

  Used for all Absence Accrual Rules with an accrual, producing one record for each rule for each Team Member. Hosted by the Time package.

The following table compares the features of the new and existing batch jobs:

Feature	Generate Accrual Balances	Hold Absence Balances
Where scheduled	Configure page for the Time package	Configure page for the HCM package
Scheduling options	Select a time for a regular run Run Now button	Select a time for a regular run Run Now button
Batch size options	Specify the number of Team Members per transaction.	None
Result	Accrual Balance records for Team Members	Absence Balance records for Team Members
Types of absence in scope	All Absence Accrual Rules with an accrual or with a baseline value from which absences are deducted (one record for each Absence Accrual Rule for each Team Member)	Vacation only
Year by year breakdown	Ability to set the number of Accrual Balance years to report in the Absence Accrual Rule. If not set, balances are generated for the current accrual period.	Single snapshot of current balance.
Fields included	Employment Record Team Member Report Date Absence Accrual Rule Absence Reason Absence Type Year Annual Allowance Annual Allowance Pro Rata Taken Current Next Accrual Available Carry Over Current Accrual Current TOIL Year Start Accrual Year Start Carryover Year Start TOIL Year End Accrual Year End Carryover Year End TOIL	Employment Team Member Report Date Absence Reason Absence Type Vacation Taken Annual Allowance Annual Allowance Pro Rata Next Accrual Available Carry Over Current Accrual Carry Over TOIL Year End Balance Year End Carry Over Year End TOIL