Loading Service Data

Periodic processing normally adds to existing history data. The service function is unique because it rebuilds an employee's entire history every time it is processed.

Because of this, never load service history as part of the data conversion. You can:

• Load the job history and the hours data used to calculate service. If you load hours data, you can load either raw hours data or consolidated hours data.

• Load startup balances for all your employees.

Startup data consists of two parts:

• Startup amount

• As of date

The as of date is critical because the service function calculates service only from that date forward. The system adds the startup amount to the calculated amount to determine the total service. During periodic processing, the Delete and Rebuild component of the service function applies only to the calculated amount; the startup amount remains untouched.

An employee's startup date must not be earlier than the employee's hire date. Otherwise, the system checks for data for the time period between the startup date and the hire date, and, if no data is available, generates an error.