Fastformula to Identify employee on Particular leave

Question

Dear Friends,
I have scenario in Accruals, Where I need to identify the employee who were on particular leave on the pay period to calculate different accrual rate for the days on that particular leave..
Can any 1 pls help me out...
Guru

Answer 1

Hi Guru,
There is an issue with the way you are using GET_ABSENCE. If you see the definition in Formula function definition this function has two context parameter and two input parameters p_calculation_date and p_start_date. If you want to use GET_ABSENCE in fast formula you wil have to use it as below
GET_ABSENCE(p_calculation_date, p_start_date) else it will raise error.
As per your requirement it would be better if you create a custom formula function with one input parameter p_absence_attendance_type_id.
1. Define a database function which will get the absence name for your
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_absence_type_name(
p_business_group_id NUMBER ,
p_absence_attendance_type_id number)
RETURN VARCHAR2
as
l_absence_name varchar2(250);
begin
select name
into l_absence_name
from per_absence_attendance_types
where 1 = 1
and business_group_id = p_business_group_id
and absence_attendance_type_id = p_absence_attendance_type_id;
return l_absence_name;
exception
when others then
l_absence_name := 'XXXXX';
return l_absence_name;
end get_absence_type_name;
2. Define the formula function: example Name - XX_GET_ABSENCE_NAME
Definition - get_absence_type_name
Contex usage - Business_group_id
Parameters - p_absence_attendance_type_id, Type as Number and Class as Input Only.
Save the definition
3. Now in your BG_ABSENCE_DURATION use the condition as below:
IF XX_GET_ABSENCE_NAME(p_absence_attendance_type_id) = 'XXXXXXX' THEN
Accrual_Rate = get_number('ACCRUAL_RATE')
Annual_Rate = get_number('ANNUAL_RATE')
Accrual_Rate = ((Annual_Rate / Payroll_Year_Number_Of_Periods) *60)/100
Assignment_Inactive_Days = GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS(Period_SD, Period_ED)
Hope it helps. Please feel free to let me know in case of any issues.
Thanks,
Sanjay