What happens if I specify the standard working hours in a position?

In an assignment, the standard working hours are inherited from the position. The working hours and
the standard working hours provided in the position are used to calculate the FTE (Full Time
Equivalent) in the assignment. If there is a FTE value already existing in the position, you can choose
to update it based on the ratio of the working hours to standard working hours.

When position synchronization is enabled, even if FTE value exists for the position, it is not copied to
the assignment during synchronization. Instead, the assignment FTE value is calculated as a ratio of
working hours to standard working hours, if specified.

FTE definition
Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's productivity and/or involvement in
a project. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker. An FTE of
0.5 may signal that the worker is only half-time, or that his projected output (due to
differences in qualification, for example) is only half of what one may expect. Typically,
different scales are used to calibrate this number, depending on the type of institution
(schools, industry, research) and scope of the report (personnel cost, productivity).

The full time equivalent workforce describes the total number of full-time employees required
to account for all paid ordinary time paid hours work. It is not a count of the number of
employees. For example, if 18 people are employed (the headcount figure), 8 work full time
and 10 of these people work part time (at 50% of a full time load) then the relative strength
is:

8 full time (8 x 1.00 = 8.00) PLUS

10 part time at 50% (10 x .50 = 5.00)
a total of 13.00 FTE.