Understanding Multiple Resolutions

You can cause an element to resolve multiple times in a single segment by:

• Slicing or segmenting the element (using element or period segmentation).

  When you segment elements using period or element segmentation, Global Payroll resolves the elements multiple times.

• Entering positive input for an element using an Action Type of Additional, Override, or Resolve to Zero.

  When you enter additional positive input for an element, the element resolves once using the element's rule definition—or if there are element overrides, using the override values. The element resolves again using the values associated with the add-type instance of positive input.

  When you enter multiple positive input overrides, the system resolves them separately by instance number.

• Entering multiple instances of an element on the element assignment pages.

  For example, you could enter the same garnishment multiple times for the same periods or segments. The system assigns an instance number to each entry and processes each one separately.

• Defining an accumulator driver to cause multiple resolutions of an earning or deduction.

  For each instance of the accumulator, there is a corresponding resolution of the earning or deduction that it drives.

This topic focuses on these types of multiple resolutions:

• Resolutions generated by positive input.

• Resolutions initiated by element assignments.

• Resolutions initiated by accumulator drivers.

Multiple resolutions of an element initiated by segmentation are discussed in the topic on segmentation.