Status Indicator

Definition

Distinguishing feature of payroll results with the same for-period .

Use

The system assigns a status indicator to each payroll result.

If a payroll result is no longer up-to-date because retroactive accounting was performed, it is not deleted. Instead, it is assigned a different status indicator by the system.

Structure

There are three different status indicators:

  • A for the current result

  • P for the previous result

  • O for all other results

As the following example illustrates, a for-period can only have one result with status indicator A and one result with status indicator P . However, a for-period can have several results with status indicator O .

Example

  1. You run a regular payroll for period 05.

  • The system creates original result 05 in 05 and provides it with status indicator A .

For-Period

In-Period

Status Indicator

05

05

A

  1. Retroactive accounting is performed in period 06 for period 05.

  • The system changes the status indicator of original result 05 in 05 from A to P .

  • The system creates a retroactive accounting result for period 05 ( 05 in 06 ) and provides it with status indicator A .

For-Period

In-Period

Status Indicator

05

05

P

05

06

A

  1. Retroactive accounting is also performed in period 07 for period 05.

  • The system changes the status indicator of original result 05 in 05 from P to O .

  • The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 06 from A to P .

  • The system creates another retroactive accounting result for period 05 ( 05 in 07 ) and provides it with status indicator A .

For-Period

In-Period

Status Indicator

05

05

O

05

06

P

05

07

A

  1. Retroactive accounting is also performed in period 08 for period 05.

  • The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 06 from P to O .

  • The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 07 from A to P .

  • The system creates another retroactive accounting result for period 05 ( 05 in 08 ) and provides it with status indicator A .

For-Period

In-Period

Status Indicator

05

05

O

05

06

O

05

07

P

05

08

A

See also:

Displaying Payroll Results