Public Holiday Records

Time and Expenses supports system-generated Public Holiday Records.

Public Holiday Records functionality may not be activated by your organization. Activation at Firm level it is subject to a Staff-level override.

If Public Holiday Records functionality is active, lines representing any time associated with upcoming public holidays are automatically inserted into your timesheets when they are first opened.

Once a Public Holiday record is saved it can no longer be edited.

System-generated records are identified at the start of each line by an information icon with a System Generated tool-tip:

The duration of a Public Holiday record is one day, with Control Hours assigned. Control Hours will match Staff work-day hours.

Public Holidays are specific to Jurisdictions, and are therefore posted only to Staff associated with a Jurisdiction.

System-generated lines cannot be deleted unless they fail validation on submission. If you work on a public holiday, create a new row and enter your time as usual.

If a Public Holiday line fails validation, the Date, Client, Job, and/or Charge Account can be edited, and the record then re-submitted. Alternatively, you can delete it. The deletion is recorded in the Star database to prevent automatic re-insertion.

The following rules also apply:

• A setting on each Job Type allows administrators to specify which Jobs and Charge Accounts can be used for a Public Holiday record.
• Public Holiday records cannot be created in closed periods, lock-down periods, or on dates past any set user leaving date, nor for suspended Staff.
• StarPM applies the correct charge account rate automatically.
• Entity Functional Currency business rules are supported.

System-generated records are created and maintained in Dimensions.