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Conversion of Payroll Results for Out-of-Sequence Check Processing 

Use

From Release 4.6C forward, out-of-sequence check processing is supported by the standard system. The activities described in this release note are required to enable this new functionality. We recommend that you first read the release note on out-of-sequence check processing before reviewing the present release note.

If you are upgrading to Release 4.6C from a prior release level, then certain prerequisites must be fulfilled before you may begin to process out-of-sequence checks.

1. If your enterprise is upgrading to Release 4.6C from Release 3.1I or lower, then you must run two conversion programs.
a) First, you must execute XPRA conversion program RPU40ACD to render the payroll result directory (cluster CU, used both in Canada and the United States) compatible with Release 4.6C. This program must run successfully for all employee numbers before you may proceed.

To this end, select System -> Services -> Reporting, then execute program RPU40ACD.
a) Secondly, XPRA conversion program RPU40ACL must be run successfully for all payroll results in cluster RK (in Canada) or cluster RU (in the United States).
1. You must execute the Implementation Guide steps described below.
For additional information, see Effects on Customizing.
2. If your enterprise is upgrading to Release 4.6C from any prior release level, then you must convert existing payroll results within cluster RK or cluster RU of table PCL2 before you may begin to process out-of-sequence checks.

To this end, you must execute conversion program H99U_CONVERSION_46C . If the size of table PCL2 in your system is relatively small (100,000 or fewer records), you may execute the program directly. However, for larger databases, we strongly recommend that you divide the run of program H99U_CONVERSION_46C into several parallel jobs by means of an alternative program, H99U_CONVERSION_SCHEDULER.

Effects on Existing Data

To reduce the size of table PCL2 and to keep the total run time of the conversion to a minimum, we strongly recommend that you archive past payroll results if a large number of records are already stored within PCL2.

Since additional fields have been assigned to cumulation tables CRT, TCRT, and UTIPS, the conversion, upon completion, will increase the total amount of data stored in PCL2. The percentage of the increase will vary from system to system, depending upon the number of wage types stored in table TCRT.

Effects on Customizing

As stated in the release note on out-of-sequence check processing, you must perform the following two steps in the Payroll Implementation Guide (IMG) before you may process out-of-sequence checks for the first time.

For detailed information on the new configuration tables that enable out-of-sequence check processing, refer to the release note on new Data Dictionary cumulation tables .

See also

For information on structural changes that have occurred within cumulation tables, refer to the release note on the new structure for cumulation tables CRT, TCRT, UTIPS and GRCUM.