Common Elements Used in eCompensation Manager Desktop

Field or Control	Description
Compensation Cycle	Compensation activity that is established for a specific period of time (for example, annual merit increase).
Salary Plan	Salary plans represent individual compensation programs such as merit increases, optional increases, bonuses, or incentive stock options and include specific qualifications and funding.
Variable Compensation	Business process that is set up in PeopleSoft HCM. It enables you to create and manage multiple variable compensation plans. These plans can encompass everything from onetime ad hoc awards to stock options, bonus plans, non-cash incentives, holiday gifts, bonuses, and more.
Cycle Status	The status maintained on the Compensation Cycle definition. These high level values are used with compensation cycles: Defined, Build In Progress, Built, Opened, and Closed.
Group Node	Based on the tree hierarchy defined on your compensation cycle, employees are assigned to a specific node on the tree. This is referred to as the group node. For each group node, direct and indirect report funding information is maintained, as well as the employee proposals. In addition, role access is also assigned at the group node level to control who has the ability to submit, review, and confirm or approval of the proposals for that group.
Group Node Status	A status is maintained for each group node. These values are used for group nodes: Calculated, In Progress, Submitted, Pushed Back, Confirmed, Ready to Load, Completed, and Completed with Errors.
Employee Proposal Status	The system maintains a status for each employee proposal. These values are used with employee proposals: Pending, Bypass, Load Error, and Processed.
Access Role	A role assigned to an employee for a specific group node. The role controls the access and action that can be performed by the employee. These values are used with access roles: Compensation Administrator, Submitter, Reviewer, and Confirmer.
Compensation Administrator	Access role that manages and monitors the status of the compensation cycle. This role is defaulted to the root node of the tree hierarchy. The person having this role gives them the ability to review and monitor all group nodes. This access role also enables the person to update the group node status to Ready to Load.
Submitter	Access role assigned to a group node that enables an employee to enter proposals for salary changes and awards, then submit those changes to be confirmed or approved by the person with the Confirmer or AWE Approver role.
Reviewer	Access role assigned to a group node that enables an employee to review proposals. The system does not allow employees with the Reviewer role to change or submit proposals for a group node.
Confirmer	Access role assigned to a group node that enables an employee to confirm salary change and award proposals for a group node.
AWE Approver	If you are using the Approval Workflow Engine, this is the derived approver that is defined within that approval framework. It is not the same as the Confirmer access role that is assigned to a group node within the eCompensation Manager Desktop application.