Workforce Planning Setup
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The Workforce Planning Setup option is where you configure and customize the settings for defining employees' compensation and pay structure. 


Navigate to Maintenance > Workforce Planning Setup. You can view all the respective component tabs next to each other.

How-Tos

Refer to the following how to's for quick reference:


Click through each of the tabs to start configuring your workforce planning components.

Before adding or loading any employees though, the Workforce Planning setup must be completed. Click here to learn more about the Employees tab.

Here is the summary of the actions you can do on the Employees tab in the Workforce Planning Setup Area:

  • Add/Edit Employees: Add or modify employee details.
  • Process Employees: Automate the capability to process multiple employees across multiple budget entities.
  • Customize Page: Personalize your view, hide/rearrange columns
  • Reports: View/export various reports, ensuring changes are reflected by publishing.
  • More Menu: Manage documents/notes, make mass updates, and customize rosters.
  • Advanced Search: Easily filter/display specific employee data with options to apply, cancel, reset, or clear searches.
  • Employee Record Actions: Copy, delete, or duplicate individual/selected employee records.

The following are the actions that can be performed in the Compensation Groups tab. Click here to learn more in detail about this tab.

  • Add: Click to make a new compensation group.
  • Edit: Change existing group details. Save changes after updating.
  • Delete: Remove a group after ensuring it's empty.
  • Save Display Order: Arrange groups using arrows. Click Save to keep changes.
  • Apply Filter: Type to quickly find a group.
  • Export Options: To export or print the names in an Excel file.

The following are the actions that can be performed in the Compensation Items tab. Click here to learn more in detail about this tab.

  • Add: Create compensation items with details like code, name, group, and account.
  • Edit: Change existing compensation items as needed.
  • Delete: Delete items not mapped to employees.
  • Copy: Make a copy of the compensation items for quick setup.
  • Publish compensations: Automatically updates the data to the workforce cube.
  • Apply filters: Simplifies the search based on code, name, basis, or group.
  • Export Options: Exports the compensation item details to Excel or print.

The following are the actions that can be performed in the Employee Type tab. Click here to learn more in detail about this tab.

  • Add: Create a new category for employees based on compensation, assigning specific compensation items.
  • Review Setup: Set up review percentage values and types for different employee types.
  • Edit: Modify existing employee types, update compensation items, and choose whether to apply changes to existing employee data.
  • Delete: Remove an employee type (can't delete if mapped to employee(s).
  • Publish Employee Type: Automatically update data for all employee types to the workforce cube.
  • Filter: Simplify search results by employee type and code.
  • Export Options: Export employee types data to Excel or print.

The following are the actions that can be performed in the Pay Plans tab. Click here to learn more in detail about this tab.

  • Add: Create a new pay plan specifying code and name.
  • Edit: Modify existing pay plan details, excluding the code.
  • Delete: Remove a pay plan (cannot be deleted if mapped to employee(s)).
  • Pays Setup: Add payout schedules for a pay plan.
  • Filter: Simplify search results by pay plan type and code.
  • Export Options: Export Pay Plans' data to Excel or print.

The following are the actions that can be performed in the Workforce Attributes tab. Click here to learn more in detail about this tab.

  • Add: Create a new attribute with a specified type (Date, Value Set, Value Source, Derived Years).
  • Edit: Modify existing attribute details (excluding type, for system-defined attributes).
  • Delete: Remove a workforce attribute (cannot be deleted if it has dependencies or is system-defined).
  • Copy: Duplicate an existing attribute, excluding system-defined ones.
  • Filter: Simplify search results by attribute name, type, and reporting attribute.
  • Export Options: Export workforce attributes data to Excel or print.

This allows you to manage and control the visibility of compensation items for other users. Click here to learn more about this option.

Workforce Defaults are used to identify default members for any dimensions that are identified as a constant. During the configuration, any dimensions that are not to be included for planning employee expenses are identified as a constant. For example, if customer or product is a dimension, but the business does not plan employee costs down to the individual, customer, or product level. These could be identified as constants. A workforce default would then be identified indicating where all workforce planning data should be posted when it comes to those specific dimensions.

Note:
Workforce Defaults must be set before creating Workforce templates or loading employee data.


The segments listed must be provided with defaults. Select a leaf-level member as a default for each segment.


Note:
The list of segments you see here is based on the criteria you defined in the Define Workforce Planning Budgeting Criteria. Click here to learn more about > Define Workforce Planning Budgeting Criteria.

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