Setting Up the Retro-Notifications Report

You use the Retro-Notifications report to identify any changes that have a retrospective effect for payrolls that you have already run. You can define the relevant types of change by setting up an event group to specify the changes. Follow these steps to set up the Retro-Notifications report:

arrow icon   To enable dynamic triggers:

  1. Navigate to the Dynamic Triggers window.

  2. Enable any dynamic triggers that the application generates. It is important to enable these triggers to ensure your payroll processing updates each database table correctly. The recommended minimum list of triggers to enable for the Retro-Notifications report is as follows:

    Table Name Trigger Type
    PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRY_VALUES_F Update
    PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F Update
    PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F Insert
    PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F Delete

arrow icon   To define an event group:

  1. Navigate to the Table Event Group window.

  2. Enter a name for your Event Group, for example, Retro-Notification Events.

  3. Select Retro as your event groups type.

  4. Save your entries.

  5. Select the events that will produce notification if retrospective changes occur. Specify the following information to identify the type of update and the database table to which it applies:

    For example:

    Update Type Table Column Name
    DateTrack Correction PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRY_VALUES_F SCREEN_ENTRY_VALUE
    DateTrack Update PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F EFFECTIVE_START_DATE
    DateTrack Update PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F EFFECTIVE_END_DATE
    DateTrack End Date PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F  
    DateTrack Insert PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F  
    DateTrack Delete PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRIES_F  

arrow icon    To enable the Incident Register:

  1. Navigate to the Functional Area Maintenance window.

  2. Query the Incident Register and ensure that you have triggers defined.

  3. Decide whether to capture the triggers by legislation, business group, or payroll. Navigate to each tab to make your selection.