Begin Payroll Period BPE (07) / End Payroll Period EPE (08) 
Definition
The individual payroll periods in the payroll run are listed within the personnel number blocks. These block begin with the BPE operator and end with the EPE operator.

The begin payroll period operator indicates the beginning of a payroll period.
No. |
Operand |
Length |
Type |
Example |
1 |
Start date of payroll period |
8 |
Date |
19990101 |
2 |
End date of payroll period |
8 |
Date |
19990131 |
3 |
Retroactive accounting indicator 0=no RA period,1=RA period |
1 |
Character |
1 |
4 |
Payroll type |
1 |
Character |
A: bonus accounting |
5 |
Payroll ID |
1 |
Character |
1 to make distinction between several special payroll runs |
6 |
Payroll area |
2 |
Character |
A1 |
7 |
Period modifier |
2 |
Numeric |
01 |
8 |
For-period |
6 |
Character |
199901 |
9 |
Sequence number for cluster IF |
9 |
Numeric |
00001 |
10 |
Sequence number, payroll result |
5 |
Numeric |
00001 |
The end payroll period operator closes the begin payroll period operator. This operator has no operands. It indicates that a payroll period has been processed.