Attendance Patterns

Attendance patterns are events that show repeated, unwanted behavior on consecutive days. For Example:

  • Missed time counted as sick that occurs on three consecutive days. An employee enters sick days on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday in the timecard.
  • Missed non-vacation time that regularly occurs on Monday or Friday
  • Early leaves that always occur on the same day of the week

Types of attendance patterns:

  • Same Day Events — Patterns that have two or more events occurring on the same day. To assign additional penalties when employees call in sick on Friday, use a Same Day Event pattern that contains Friday and Sick.
  • Consolidated Events — Patterns that count attendance events repeated on consecutive days as one event. For example, an employee is sick for three days in a row, but it is considered a single attendance incident rather than three attendance events.
  • Event Repeating on Consecutive Days — Patterns that consider a specific number of consecutive occurrences of an event as a single event. These patterns must specify the rules that define the date that the attendance processor recognizes the pattern. For example, to identify when an employee is sick for more than three consecutive days, the system considers each sick day a single attendance event.
  • Linked Days — Patterns that have two events occurring across two days. For example, an employee can have an early-out on Friday and a late-in on Monday

Create Attendance Patterns

  1. Navigate to Administration > Application Setup > Attendance Setup > Attendance patterns & events.
  2. Select New Pattern.
  3. Select Consolidated Events from the Pattern Category drop-down.
  4. Enter a Pattern Name and Display Name.
  5. (Optional) Enter a code (abbreviation) for easy reference in the Attendance Editor.
  6. Select an Attendance Event from the drop-down.
  7. (Optional) Select Include Saturdays and Sundays if you want the pattern to consider Saturday and Sunday as well as Monday through Friday when using the Consolidated Events, Event Repeating on Consecutive Days, or Linked Days pattern categories. If the Include Saturdays and Sundays check box is not selected, Attendance considers Monday as the third consecutive sick day. If Include Saturdays and Sundays is selected, Attendance considers Saturday the third consecutive sick day.
  8. Click Save.
  1. Navigate to Administration > Application Setup > Attendance Setup > Attendance patterns & events.

  2. Select New Pattern.

  3. Select Event Repeating on Consecutive Days from the Pattern Category drop-down.
  4. Enter a Pattern Name and Display Name.
  5. (Optional) Enter a code (abbreviation) for easy reference in the Attendance Editor.
  1. Navigate to Administration > Application Setup > Attendance Setup > Attendance patterns & events.
  2. Select New Pattern.
  3. Select Linked Days from the Pattern Category drop-down.
  4. Enter a Pattern Name and Display Name.
  5. (Optional) Enter a code (abbreviation) for easy reference in the Attendance Editor.
  1. Select the Include Saturdays and Sundays check box if you want the pattern to consider Saturday and Sunday as well as Monday through Friday when using the Consolidated Events, Event Repeating on Consecutive Days, or Linked Days pattern categories.
    • If the Include Saturdays and Sundays check box is not selected, Attendance considers Monday as the third consecutive sick day.
    • If Include Saturdays and Sundays is selected, Attendance considers Saturday the third consecutive sick day.
  2. Select one of the following:
    • First Day alternate events for the system to recognize one of multiple conditions that precede an event as a pattern.

      For example, if an employee leaves early or calls in sick on the day before a holiday:

      • The First Day alternate events are sick and leave early.
      • The Second Day event is holiday.
      1. In the First Day section, select an event from the Event drop-down list. All basic and lost time events are available for selection. Add or delete rows of events as needed.
      2. In the Second Day section, select an event from the Event drop-down list. All basic and lost time events are available for selection.
    • Select Second Day alternate events for the system to recognize one of multiple conditions that follow an event as a pattern.

      For example, if an employee arrives late or calls in sick following a holiday:

      • The First Day event is holiday
      • The Second Day alternate events are sick and arrive late.
      1. In the First Day section, select an event from the Event drop-down list. All basic and lost time events are available for selection.
      2. In the Second Day section, select an event from the Event drop-down list. All basic and lost time events are available for selection. Add or delete rows of events as needed.
  1. Select Save to save the data and remain on the current page, or Save & Return to save the current data and return to the previous page.
  1. Navigate to Administration > Application Setup > Attendance Setup > Attendance patterns & events.
  2. Select New Pattern.
  3. Select Same Day Event from the Pattern Category drop-down.
  4. Enter a Pattern Name and Display Name.
  5. (Optional) Enter a code (abbreviation) for easy reference in the Attendance Editor.

Note: If completing the attendance configuration sequence, the next configuration step is to configure Lost Time Events.