Processes

Having briefly discussed the tables that are either required for online input to Payroll or written to by Payroll, the next step is to discuss the processes by which the system maintains the output tables.

This table provides a general view of the upper-level programs of Payroll for North America:

Online Process Name	High-Level Processes	Run Control Programs	Main Programs (COBOL)	Selected Processing Programs (COBOL)
Create Paysheet	PAYSHEET	PSPPYBLD	PSPPYSHT
Calculate Payroll	CALCPAY	PSPPYRUN	PSPPYCAL (U.S.)	PSPECALC (Earnings Calculator) PSPDEDTN (Deduction Calculator) PSPTCALC (Tax Calculator-U.S.)
		PSPPYRUN	PSPCPCAL (Canada)	PSPECALC (Earnings Calculator) PSPDEDTN (Deduction Calculator) PSPXCALC (Tax Calculator-Canada)
Calculate Deductions	DEDCALC	PSPDCRUN	PSPDCCAL
Confirm Payroll	CONFIRM	PSPCNFRM	PSPPYUPD
Confirm Deductions	DEDCONF	PSPDCCNF	PSPDCCNF
Unconfirm Pay	UNCNFRM	PSPUNCNF	PSPPYUNC
Calendar Build	CALENDAR	PSPCLBLD	PSPCLBLD
Delete Balances (US)	DLTBALUS (U.S.)	PSPDLBAL	PSPDLBAL
Delete Balances (Canada)	DLTBALCN (Canada)	PSPDLBLC	PSPDLBLC
Check Reprint	REPRINT	PSPRPRNT	PSPRPRNT
Reversal Processing	REVERSAL	PSPPYREV	PSPCKREV
Leave Accrual	ACCRUAL	PSPACCRL	PSPACCPR
Payroll Unsheet (SQR)	PAYUNSHT
Deductions Unconfirm	DEDUNCF	PSPDCUNC	PSPDCUNC
Final Check Build		PSPFCBLD	PSPFCBLD
Create Initial FLSA Cal Period (create initial Fair Labor Standards Act calculation period)		PSPIFLSA	PSPIFLSA
Imputed Income		PSPIMRUN	PSPIMRUN
Load Time and Labor		PSPLDTL1	PSPLDTL1
Delete online check data		PSPOLCDL	PSPOLCDL
Check number reassignment for online checks		PSPOLCRN	PSPOLCRN
Load Paysheet Transactions		PSPPSHUP	PSPPSHUP
Retro Deductions Calculate		PSPRDEXT	PSPRDEXT
Retro Deductions Mass		PSPRDMSS	PSPRDMSS
Retro Deductions Load		PSPRDPSH	PSPRDPSH
Retroactive Pay Calculations		PSPRPEXT	PSPRPEXT
Retroactive Pay Mass Process		PSPRPMSS	PSPRPMSS
Retroactive Pay Load Paysheets		PSPRPPSH	PSPRPPSH
Retroactive Pay Undo		PSPRPUND	PSPRPUND
Run Tips Allocation		PSPTARUN	PSPTARUN
Calculate Total Compensation		PSPTCRUN	PSPTCRUN
Actuals Distribution	DISTPAY	PSPPFUND	PSPPFDST	PSPPFDST (Distribute Earnings) PSPPFDED (Distribute Deductions) PSPPFTAX (Distribute Taxes - U.S.) PSPPFCTX (Distribute Taxes - Canada)
Batch Encumbrance Calculation Process	ENC_CALC	ENC_CALC	ENC_CALC
Tenure/Flexible Service Calc'n		EGPPRCTL	EGPPRCTL
Savings Management Balances		PSPSV403	PSPSV403	PSPDEDTN (Deduction Calculator) PSPDCOVG (Benefit Coverage Calculator)
				Other Lower-Level COBOL Programs:
				Table Access Programs
				Input Programs
				Utility Programs
				Output Programs
				PTPSQLRT

So, for example, PAYSHEET is a high-level process; its online name is Create Paysheet. If you run DOS, you use the PAYSHEET.BAT file to initiate the process; if you run MVS/DB2, there's a PAYSHEET JCL PROC.

Note: The run control processes on the preceding chart are the only programs that are initiated at the operating-system level. All other programs—including everything to the right of the Run Control Programs column on the chart—are initiated by the high-level process programs through call statements.

For further views of the architecture of the application, you can use the PeopleTools cross-reference reports. These are actually predefined SQR reports, not unlike the standard reports that are delivered with the PeopleSoft system. The cross-reference reports scan the PeopleTools tables containing the definitions for application objects, then print them out in a report designed specifically as a PeopleTools configuration reference tool.

As with our other standard reports, you can easily identify cross-reference reports by their three-character prefix: XRF. So, for example, XRFFLPN is the Fields and Pages cross-reference report, which lists all fields in alphabetical order.

Payroll for North America has only one set of COBOL source for all platforms. Our COBOL source is ANSI-85-compatible, and it is becoming strictly ANSI-85-compatible.

Note: Each platform does have a few COBOL programs written expressly for that platform, notably a batch API program and a PeopleSoft Process Scheduler program.

Processes

Upper-Level Programs

Cross-Reference Reports

One Set of COBOL Source