In the Element and Distribution Set window, you can select element classifications or individual elements to define a set. There are three types of set:

• Customization set: You can use a Customization set to:

  • Restrict the elements that can be entered or viewed on a configured version of the Element Entries window

  • Specify the elements to be entered for assignments using BEE in the Batch Assignment Entry window.

  • Prevent users updating entry values in the Element Entries window for a group of elements. You select the element set in the HR:Non-Updateable Element Set user profile option.

  • Restrict the elements displayed in the Compensation Activity view in SSHR. You select this element set in the Element Set Name user profile option.

  • Canada, Mexico, and US users can define an element exclusion set for the Payalip Modeling functionality.

    For more information, see:

    • Paycheck Modeling (US)

    • Payslip Modeling (Canada)

    • Payslip Modeling (Mexico)

• Run set: You can use a Run set to:

  • Specify the elements that the application must process in a payroll run. This functionality is available only for Oracle Payroll users. If you are creating a Run set for US payroll, and you are using the Enhanced Tax Interface, you must include the US_TAX_VERTEX recurring element (see step 4). If you have not enabled the Enhanced Tax Interface, you must include the VERTEX recurring element.

  • Display accrual balances

• Distribution set: Oracle Payroll users can use a Distribution set to define the elements over which the costs of other elements are to be distributed.

   To define an element or distribution set:

1. Enter a unique name for the set and select the type: Distribution, Run, or Customization.

2. Save your new set.

3. If you want to include all elements in a classification, choose the Classification Rules button.

   • In the Classification Rules window, select one or more classifications to include. Save the set and close this window.

     The elements in the classifications you choose are now listed in the Elements region.

   • If you want to exclude individual elements, place your cursor in the element's row and choose the Exclude Element button.

4. If you want to include particular elements from other classifications, choose the Include Element button.

5. Select the element you want to include in the Elements window, and choose the OK button.

   Note: After you include a particular element, you cannot go to the Classification Rules window and include the classification to which this element belongs.

6. Save your set.

7. If you want to see a list of the individual elements you have included or excluded from the set, choose the Element Rules button. The Element Rules window is view-only.