Defining Entry Types
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Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
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GP_ENTRY_TYPE |
Enter entry types and define unique groupings of elements. |
Elements can use other elements. Sometimes there are restrictions on the types of elements that you can use in certain places. To restrict the entry types that are entered into an element definition, you use the Entry Types page.
Entry types can be elements, but they don’t have to be. For example, an entry type can be an element name, an amount, or a date. You use entry types to determine what you’re going to enter initially. The information from the Entry Types page is stored for every element.
For example, let’s say that you have an entitlement (ENTITLEMENT1) with a calculation rule that is defined as ENTITLEMENT1 = Amount. Because it’s defined as an amount, entry types for ENTITLEMENT1 can include numeric variables, numeric formulas, and numeric values, but you cannot enter a date in the amount field.
You use the Entry Types page mainly to associate a corresponding prompt view to use if the entry type is selected online. For each entry type that’s defined, you associate a prompt view with it. For some entry types, you also associate additional, special prompts to be used for security and override areas (related to the Override fields on the Element Name page). Entry type prompts are closely related to entry types. Use an entry type prompt to indicate the entry types for a field in the application. The entry type prompts are then used and attached through Absence Management so that only those entry types are available. Based on the entry type that you selected, you go to the prompt views that are indicated for that entry type to get a list of elements to select from.
Use the Entry Types page (GP_ENTRY_TYPE) to enter entry types and define unique groupings of elements.
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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Entry Types page.
Field or Control |
Description |
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Value Type |
Select the type of field that appears on a page when an entry construct is used. Values are: Character, Date, Element Name, Integer, Not Applicable, and Numeric. If you select Element Name, you can enter information into the Prompt Views for Element Security and Overrides group box. For all other values, this group box is unavailable for entry. |
Prompt View Name |
Displays the value that appears in the Valid Entry Type field on the Entry Type Prompts page. Instead of hard-coding the values in the view text, the system controls the prompt by defining the values on the Entry Types page. |
Prompt Views for Element Security and Overrides
Field or Control |
Description |
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Calendar, Payee, Pay Entity, Positive Input, Pay Group, Via Element, and Element Definition |
These fields are related to the Override Levels check boxes on the Element Name page. You can enter overrides at various levels and control additional security in prompt views. For example, if you are on the Pay Entity page, the system looks for the Pay Entity prompt view first (instead of the prompt view name). All eight prompt views (including the prompt view name and the seven prompt views in this group box) have the same purpose, but are coded differently. The prompt views in this group box also look at the security check boxes on the Element Name page. |