How to access the validation rules

Access Shop Floor Time Card Validation rules via the Business Manager Role Center, or Shop Supervisor Role Center by navigating to Shop Floor Insight → Configuration → Payroll → Time Card Validation Rules, or by searching for “Shop Floor Time Card Validation Rules” in the Business Central Search.

How the rules are initially populated

The validation rules are not entered manually, validation rules are created on demand by codeunit 23044110 “SFI Time Card Line Validation”.  If a violation occurs and the system code does not yet exist, it will be created at that point with a default rule code, default tokenized message, default category, and the default preferred message area.  After that, the configured rule controls the actual category and whether the message is created.

To disable a rule, do not delete it, just flag it as disabled or change the category to information only.  Deleting a rule will just cause it to be re-created.

When validation runs

Validation runs from the approval process and from explicit re-validation, this can be done manually as well with the ‘Validate’ action or the “Re-Validate” action on the Time Card Approvals page.  During validation, the code clears existing messages, records elapsed-vs-recorded time, checks total time, adds shift messages, then validates each time card line.

Columns on the page

Default Validation Rules

Important notes for administrators

Changing Category changes the severity used when future validation entries are created. The code reads the category from the configured rule before inserting the validation entry.

Setting Enabled to Disabled prevents that rule from creating validation entries.

Use Pattern carefully. It applies a Business Central table view/filter to SFI Time Card Line; if the current line does not match the pattern, the validation message is skipped.