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Employee Self Service (ESS) for Student Time Entry Instructions Guide

  • Students will login to the EBS Portal:
  • Click My Time & Payroll
  • Click Time Entries & Statement
  • The Calendar View and the Timesheet will open
  • You can expand Personnel Assignment tray for details.
    • This is helpful for students with more than 1 assignment because they will need to select the correct assignment for time entry
    • **Students with only 1 personnel number will not need to expand this to select the assignment to enter time
  • The Time sheet will open with current week
  • You can navigate using the previous period/next period buttons, or by selecting a date in the drop down and clicking ‘Go to Date’.
  • You can also navigate by clicking on a week in the calendar view, in this example, I have clicked on the week of October 27th; it is highlighted in green. A purple border appears around current date.
  • Once in the desired week, all time entries must be associated to a funding line. To populate the funding line, click on the Worklist button.

  • Then click Import
    • If there is more than 1 permissible account, the student will have to select the correct line. 1st account in list always comes checked
    • To select a different fund, highlight the correct row and click Import
    • Students can Select All
    • Students can select more than 1 Account by checking the applicable rows
  • Once the desired fund(s) are selected, The Time Sheet will be populated with the funding information. There can be multiple entries (rows) for the same day if more than 1 funding string is required
  • Select Student Hourly (2020) Attendance [Att./abs.]Type.
  • Enter hours for that day(s). Hours can be entered to the 10th of the hour.
  • A comment can be entered into the details box that can be viewed by the time approver (example Help Desk). There is a 40 character maximum. The details also display the funding information, date, and hours for review. Click the icon in the Details Column.

  • Click OK when finished entering comment and/or reviewing details.
  • Comments are NOT necessary to save time entry
  • When Time Entries are complete, Click SAVE
  • Save button is located in the bottom Right Corner of the Timesheet
  • Entries will appear yellow in the calendar view indicating Awaiting Approval
  • Common Error 1: Student did not import Funding (Account) Information from Worklist
  • Common Error 2: Student did not select the Correct Personnel Assignment from the Drop Down (time entry area grayed out)

  • Common Error 3: Student selected the wrong Attendance Type