Choosing field requirements and validation types

For each user-defined column that you select to appear on time cards, your choices for field requirements are:

Required	The employee cannot save the time card unless a value defaults or the employee makes a manual entry. Typically associated with a hard error message.
Optional	The employee can save the time card, even if the field is blank. Typically associated with a soft error message.

Your choices for validation types are:

Hard Error	The employee must change the entry before s/he can save or submit the time card.
Soft Error	The employee does not have to change the entry in order to save or submit the time card, but e-timecard places a notation on any line with a soft error.
None	The program does no error checking.