About registrations with future timestamps
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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
When workers clock in and clock out, Microsoft Dynamics AX checks the registration table for the most recent clock-in or clock-out registration. If the most recent registration is a clock-out, the application clocks in the worker. If the most recent registration is a clock-in, the application clocks out the worker.
When registrations are calculated, a supervisor or team leader may mistakenly create a clock-in or clock-out registration that has a future timestamp. This is accomplished by using the missing clock-out feature. For more information, see About adding clock-out registrations.
Example
On a Tuesday, a supervisor mistakenly registers a clock-out time for Wednesday at 16:00 for a worker by using the Missing clock-out function. When the worker clocks in Wednesday morning at 08:00, he or she receives a clock-in message, which is correct. However, when the worker attempts to clock out at 16:05, Microsoft Dynamics AX acknowledges the registration as a clock-in, because the worker already has a clock-out registration for Wednesday at 16:00.
To prevent the problems that these types of registrations can cause, you can remove faulty registrations that contain future timestamps from the registration table.
Remove registrations that have timestamps set for the future
Click Production control > Periodic > Clean up > Archive future registrations.
–or–
Click Human resources > Periodic > Time and attendance > Update > Archive future registrations.
Click OK.
Note
You can set up this task to run regularly as a batch job, such as one time every 24 hours. For more information, see Submit a batch processing job from a form.