Depending on your administrator's settings, a pay code may have a default job and/or cost element associated with it. e-timecard automatically inserts these defaults when you select the pay code from the dropdown list on the Edit Time Card screen, when you search for then select the pay code from the Look Up Pay Code (user-defined label) screen, or when you select the appropriate Vacation, Sick, or Holiday option from the Job (user-defined label) dropdown list.
Your administrator's settings determine whether you are allowed to change the default job/cost element. If you are not allowed to change the defaults, then:
If you select the pay code when you already have a job or cost element on the line that don't match the defaults, e-timecard changes the job and cost element to match the pay code's defaults.
If you select a different job or cost element after selecting the pay code, e-timecard places a hard error on the line when you save. You must change the job and cost element back to the pay code's defaults, or change the pay code to one that doesn't have a default job/cost element, then save again to remove the error.
Note: Regardless of your administrator’s setting for the pay code, you can never permanently change the code’s default job/cost element.
If no job defaults from the pay code, then you must manually select a job for that line.
If no cost element defaults from the pay code, then whether you have to select a cost element depends on your company's setup.