Element Naming Conventions for Global Payroll for Thailand

Understanding the naming convention used for PeopleSoft delivered elements can help you determine how an element is used, its element type, and even the functional area it serves.

This topic discusses:

  • Naming conventions.

  • Functional area codes.

  • Element type codes (PIN_TYPE).

This topic discusses the naming conventions for:

  • Primary elements.

  • Supporting elements.

  • Component names (suffixes).

  • Element abbreviations.

One of the keys to understanding how delivered payroll elements function in the system is to understand their names. Understanding the naming convention developed for PeopleSoft-delivered elements can help you determine how an element is used, the element type, and even the functional area it serves. Depending on whether the element is a primary element, a component of a primary element, or a supporting element, one of the following naming conventions applies:

Primary Elements

Primary elements, such as earnings and deductions, often contain functional area codes or element type codes in their names.

For example, the name of the earning element BON EARN clearly identifies this element as an earning, and more specifically, as a bonus earning.

Supporting Elements

For supporting elements, such as variables, formulas, dates, and durations, PeopleSoft uses this naming convention: FFF (or FF) TT NAME.

  • FFF (or FF): represents the functional area code.

  • TT: Type of supporting element.

  • NAME (or NAME NAME): Indicates what the element does or is used for.

    The number of NAME components may vary.

For example, in the variable PF VR EE RATE:

  • PF stands for Provident Fund.

  • VR stands for variable.

  • EE RATE stands for employee contribution rate.

The element's description (DESCR) of thirty characters or less provides a fuller explanation of what the element does or is for.

Component Names (Suffixes)

In Global Payroll for Thailand, suffixes are used to name the components of earnings and deduction elements.

When you create an earning or deduction element in Global Payroll, you define the components that make up the element, such as base, rate, unit, and percentage. The system automatically generates the components and accumulators for the element based on the calculation rule or accumulator periods. The system also names the components and accumulators by appending a suffix to the element's name.

For example, suppose that you define an earning named EARN1 with this calculation rule:

EARN1 = Rate * Unit

The system automatically creates two additional elements for the components in the calculation rule by appending the suffixes _RATE and _UNIT to the name of the earning:

  • Rate component: EARN1_RATE.

  • Unit component: EARN1_UNIT.

In Global Payroll for Thailand, all suffixes fall into one of the following types:

  • Separator.

  • Earnings and deductions component suffixes.

  • Earnings and deductions accumulator suffixes.

  • Deduction arrears component suffixes.

  • Deduction arrears accumulator suffixes.

  • Recipient suffixes.

Note: To view the suffixes used for Global Payroll for Thailand, use the Element Suffixes component in PeopleSoft Global Payroll.

See Defining Element Names.

Element Abbreviations

Many Global Payroll for Thailand elements contain abbreviations that provide clues to their use in the system beyond those provided by the functional area codes or element type codes.

For example, consider the following date element:

TER DT LOS FROM.

  • The functional area code TER indicates that this element is used for termination elements.

  • The element type code DT identifies it as a date element.

  • The abbreviations LOS and FROM provide additional clues about the element. The date is the beginning date (FROM) of the length of service (LOS).

As you become more familiar with the payroll rules created for Global Payroll for Thailand, these abbreviations will help you to further identify and understand the role played by each element.

This table lists the most common abbreviations in the names of Global Payroll for Thailand elements:

Abbreviation

Description

ABS

Absence

AC

Accumulator

ACT

Actual

ALLOW

Allowance

AMT

Amount

ANNI

Anniversary

AVG

Average

BAL

Balance

BAS

Basic

BLD

Build

BON

Bonus

CAL

Calculation

CH

Child

COMP

Compensation

CONTRI

Contribution

CUR

Current

DED

Deductions

DELT

Delta

DN

Donation

EDU

Education

EE / EMP

Employee

ENT

Entitlement

ER

Employer

ERN

Earnings

EXP

Expense

FLT

Float

GA

Gross Up All Cycle

GO

Gross Up One Cycle

GPTH

Global Payroll for Thailand

GRP

Group

GUPA

Gross Up All Cycle

GUPO

Gross Up One Cycle

INC

Income

IND

Indicator

INFOR

Information

INS

Insurance

IR

Irregular

ITF

Income Tax Form

LTEF

Long Term Equity Fund

LMT

Limit

LOS

Length of service

LWOP

Leave without pay

MAX

Maximum

MF

Mutual Fund

MI

Mortgage Interest

MIN

Minimum

MOTH

Mother

MSG

Message

MTD

Month to date

MTH

Month

NM

Not Maintained

NO

Number

OVR

Over

OVT

Overtime

PAR

Parent

PER

Personal

PF

Provident Fund

PIT

Personal Income Tax

PLSP

Payslip

PRO

Projection

PTD

Period To Date

REG

Regular

RP

Report

RTO

Retroactive

SAL

Salary

SEG

Segmentation

SI

Security Insurance

SP

Spouse

SS

Social Security

TAL

Total

TER

Termination

TMS

Times

WH

Withholding

YTD

Year to date

Many elements include a three-letter functional area code in their names. This code identifies the functional area supported by an element.

This table lists the functional area codes used in the names of Global Payroll for Thailand elements:

Functional Area Code

Description

ABS

Absence, leave

ALL

Allowance

CM

Areas common to multiple functional areas

BON

Bonus

DED

Deductions

ERN

Earnings

PF

Provident Fund

SAL

Salary

SI

Social Security Fund

OVT

Overtime

PSLP

Payslips

RTO

Retroactive processing

TAX

Taxation

TER

Terminations

Many element types, particularly supporting elements, are identified by the type code in their name.

For example, in the element SI FM CAL BAS, the type code FM identifies the element as a formula.

This table lists the element type codes used in the names of Global Payroll for Thailand elements:

Element Type Code

Description

AR

Array

BR

Bracket

DR

Duration

DT

Date

FM

Formula

HR

Historical Rule

VR

Variable

WA

Writable Array

You can see all the element types in the search page when you use the Element Types component. Because not all element types are delivered , not all of these codes appear in the names of Global Payroll for Thailand elements.