Accrual forecast

Computes and maintains accrual forecasts for employees based on their employment terms and time-off policies.

How it works

The accrual forecast job runs daily and performs the following:

1. Identifies employees who need forecast computation (new hires, policy changes, or forecasts nearing expiration)
2. Computes forecasts based on configured accrual plugins in the employee’s time-off policies
3. Stores forecasts for future materialization into actual time account events

Forecasts are projections of when and how much time-off will be accrued. They are not actual balance changes — those are created by the Accrual materialize job.

When forecasts are computed

The job automatically computes forecasts when:

• An employee has no existing forecast
• The existing forecast’s horizon is about to expire (less than a year remaining)
• Employment terms or time-off policies have changed

Manual run options

When triggering this job manually, you can customize its behavior:

Run date behavior

The run date determines:

• Which employees are considered “active” (employments ending before the run date are excluded)
• The starting point for forecast computation

Backfilling past periods

To generate forecasts for historical periods:

1. Trigger the job manually
2. Set the run date to the desired historical date
3. Enable Force Recompute to replace any existing forecasts

This is useful when:

• Onboarding employees mid-year who need retroactive accruals
• Correcting misconfigured policies
• Setting up the system with historical data

Job results

Troubleshooting