Avoid Logging If... is a conditional field that is used to control when a working opportunity transaction is recorded in a bucket.
This setting is rarely used because the average organization schedules 7 - 10 days out at most.
Avoid logging if... greater than x hours in advance does not log the working opportunity until the opportunity is within x amount of hours. If this field is left blank, working opportunity transactions record in a bucket immediately after the person accepts or rejects the opportunity for work.
Avoid logging if... allows organizations that schedule several weeks in advance the ability to control when an opportunity contributes to a bucket. For example, if 72 hours is entered in this field, overtime received for an opportunity more than 72 hours from today will not be logged.
To clarify, when working opportunities are scheduled several weeks in advance, the person who accepted the work technically has not worked the opportunity and it is possible that future work may get canceled. Because of this, some organizations use the Avoid Logging if setting which prevents work opportunities that are several weeks in the future from contributing to personnel standings on an opportunity list until that day has arrived.
Important: When using Avoid logging if... it is very important to schedule the Recalculate Logging task daily using the Task Manager. Doing so allows the system to reevaluate opportunity transactions that were not logged because the date then was within avoid logging if parameters which may not be the case at the present time.