General System Setup

Before using any features in your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Capital Management Foundation system, you need to define critical information that the system uses for processing. You also need to define information that you will use to enter data throughout the system.

This information consists of:

Topic	Description
System controls	Set up system controls to activate specific features and systems, such as: Country-specific Human Capital Management system Personic Workflow
System options	Set up system options to define default information and to activate processes, such as: History tracking Recruitment management Pay grade step management Position budget management
Company options	Set up company options to define default information that applies to all of the employees in a particular company within your organization. For example, company options let you define different standard hours per day for each company within your organization.
Business-unit constants	Set up business unit constants to define default information associated with a business unit.
Common settings	Set up common settings to control specific display or processing features of benefits enrollment, compensation management, and self-service applications.
Employee information	Set up employee information to: Track information that is unique to your organization or your industry. Define the fields for which you will allow future changes.
Employee history and turnover tracking	Set up employee history and turnover tracking to track historical records of employee information.
Job information	Set up job information to track complete information about the jobs within your organization.
Earnings information	Set up earnings information to define the types of pay that your employees receive.
Tax information	If you are using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Payroll system, set up tax information so that you can process payroll for employees.