Types of Segmentation

This topic discusses:

• Types of segmentation.

• Selecting elements to segment.

Types of Segmentation

Absence Management offers two types of segmentation:

• Period segmentation

  This type of segmentation is applicable when data that changes mid period, such as a compensation rate, requires all elements in the process list to be calculated repeatedly on either side of the change date. The system divides the period (defined by the period begin and end dates) into two or more distinct segments and treats each segment as a complete and separate set of absence calculations. It calculates each element in the process list for each segment, so a payee has multiple Payee Process Stat records. The system calculates each element using components that were effective during the different time slices.

• Element segmentation

  This type of segmentation is applicable when data that changes mid period requires the affected element (and perhaps a subset of other elements) to be calculated repeatedly on either side of the change date. (Each sub period is called a slice.) The system segments only the elements that you select and it creates separate result rows only for the specified elements. In element segmentation, there's only one result set.

Selecting Elements to Segment

With period segmentation, the system segments all elements on the process list automatically. With element segmentation, you must specify which elements in the process list to slice. To do this, you add the elements to be segmented to an element list that you define using the Segmentation Event Definition page.