Naming Conventions

This topic discusses the naming conventions for:

  • Primary elements.

  • Supporting elements.

  • Component names (suffixes).

This topic also discusses common abbreviations used in the names of China elements.

Primary Elements

Primary elements such as earnings, deductions, absence takes, and absence entitlements do not contain functional area codes or element type codes in their names. Primary elements have names that identify their functions and element types without the use of additional codes. For example, the name of the deduction element HOUSE_EE identifies this element as a housing deduction (HOUSE) and more specifically as an employee (EE) deduction.

Supporting Elements

For supporting elements such as variables, formulas, dates, and durations, PeopleSoft Global Payroll for China uses this naming convention: CN VR CONT AREA.

  • CN: Represents China.

  • VR: Identifies the type of supporting element.

  • CONT AREA: Identifies what the element is used for.

Note:

This naming convention applies to these element types: arrays, brackets, counts, dates, durations, formulas, rate codes, variables, historical rules, fictitious calculation rules, proration rules, rounding rules, writable arrays, and generation control conditions.

A handful of exceptions exist for accumulators, which are displayed on the Accumulator Results page. In these cases the accumulators were given more readable names, such as CHN GROSS and CHN NET.

See Functional Area Codes.

Component Names (Suffixes)

Global Payroll automatically names the components in the calculation rule of an earning, deduction, or absence element by appending suffixes 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.

Global Payroll also generates suffixes to identify:

  • Autogenerated accumulators for earnings and deductions.

  • Deduction arrears components.

  • Deduction arrears accumulators.

  • Absence entitlement accumulators.

Note:

To view all of the suffixes defined for the China, use the Element Suffixes (GP_SUFFIX) component in Global Payroll.

See PeopleSoft Global Payroll: Understanding Elements