Deleting an Element

Before you delete an element, you must first delete any entries of the element recorded for employees and then any links defined for the element.

Use the following process to delete any elements you defined in the Element window. North American Payroll users can also use this process to delete elements generated by the system when they initiated earnings or deductions.

Attention: Do not delete any predefined elements.

arrow icon   To delete an element:

  1. Use the List Employees by Element window to get a list of all employees with entries for the element.

  2. For each employee, query the element entry in the Element Entries window, choose Delete Record, and save.

  3. Query the element in the Element Link window and, for each link for this element, choose Delete Record, and save.

  4. Query the element in the appropriate window (Element or, for North American users, Earnings, or Deductions), choose Delete Record, and save.

    The system prompts you to either End Date the element or Purge it. Select End Date if you want the element to remain in the system but be effective through a certain date. Select Purge if you made a mistake defining the element and you want to delete it from the system altogether.