Common Elements Used for Off-Cycle Processing

Field or Control	Description
Off Cycle Group	Identifies a set of off cycle transactions to process. The name of an off cycle group is user defined. You can use any value.
Period Begin Date and Period End Date	Dates the system uses to determine: The period for updating accumulators, for those accumulators that are defined to accumulate based on period begin date or period end date. The element definitions to retrieve during processing, for those elements that use period begin date or period end date as the definition as of date. Corrections inherit these dates from the target calendar; you can override the default dates. Advance payments inherit these dates from the source calendar, the calendar that is being advanced; you cannot override these dates for advances.
Target Period ID	Affects the period for which balance accumulators are updated. The target period provides the default values for the period begin date and period end date for all transaction types except advances. For advances, the target period determines the process begin date and process end date.

Field or Control

Description

Off Cycle Group

Identifies a set of off cycle transactions to process. The name of an off cycle group is user defined. You can use any value.

Period Begin Date and Period End Date

Dates the system uses to determine:

The period for updating accumulators, for those accumulators that are defined to accumulate based on period begin date or period end date.
The element definitions to retrieve during processing, for those elements that use period begin date or period end date as the definition as of date.

Corrections inherit these dates from the target calendar; you can override the default dates. Advance payments inherit these dates from the source calendar, the calendar that is being advanced; you cannot override these dates for advances.

Target Period ID

Affects the period for which balance accumulators are updated. The target period provides the default values for the period begin date and period end date for all transaction types except advances. For advances, the target period determines the process begin date and process end date.