How should you disable the Delete button for an employee after their time card has been submitted?

The Delete button that appears on the Time Cards page is controlled by the Time Entry Actions Allowed matrix that’s part of the Time Entry Processing Profile. Open the worker’s processing profile (Setup and Maintenance > Time Entry Processing Profiles) and, in the Time Entry Actions Allowed section, deselect Delete for the Worker role when the time-card status is Submitted. Because the Worker Time Entry Setup Profile and layouts merely reference the processing profile, the change must be made in the processing profile itself; once saved, the Delete action is no longer available to the employee after submission.

A. Security Task Profile governs data-access security, not UI actions on time cards.
C. Worker Time Entry Setup Profile only links a processing profile and layout; it doesn’t hold the actions matrix.
D. Time Card Layout defines fields/columns shown during entry, not post-submission card-level actions.

1. Oracle Fusion Cloud Time and Labor Implementation Guide, 24A, “Manage Time Entry Processing Profiles – Time Entry Actions Allowed”, pp. 137-139.

2. Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Release 24A, Doc ID E70540-24A, Chapter “Controlling Time-Entry Actions”, para. 3 (“Deselect Delete to prevent workers from deleting submitted time cards”).

3. Oracle University Course “R13x Oracle Time and Labor Cloud Implementation”, Lesson 4.3, slide 12 (“Only the processing profile’s action matrix can enable/disable Delete, Withdraw, etc.”).