Naming Conventions

This topic discusses the naming conventions for:

• Primary elements.

• Supporting elements.

• Component names (suffixes).

Additional information about abbreviations that are used in Mexican elements is also discussed in this section.

Primary Elements

Primary elements (such as earnings, deductions, absence take, and absence entitlement elements) 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 earnings element SDO POR HORA identifies this element as earnings (SDO [Sueldo]), and more specifically, as an hourly salary element(por hora).

Supporting Elements

For supporting elements (such as variables, formulas, dates, and durations), PeopleSoft uses this naming convention: FF TT NAME.

• FF: Functional area code.

  See Functional Area Codes.

• TT: Type of supporting element.

  See Element Type Codes (PIN_TYPE).

• NAME: Based on a term in Spanish and provides a further means of identifying the element.

For example, in the variable IE VR ESTADO GC:

• IE represents the functional area (state taxes [Impuestos Estatales]).

• VR represents the element type (variable).

• ESTADO GC provides a further means of naming the element (variable identifying the state [estado] used in generation control [GC]).

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.

Component Names (Suffixes)

In Global Payroll for Mexico, suffixes are used to name the components of earnings and deduction elements. For example, when you create an earnings, deduction, or absence element in Global Payroll, you must define the components that make up the element, such as base, rate, unit, and percentage. The system automatically generates the components and accumulators for the element based on the calculation rule or accumulator periods that are used. The system also names the components and accumulators by appending a suffix to the element's name.

For example, suppose that you define the earnings element named EARN1 with this calculation rule:

EARN1 = Rate × Unit

The system automatically creates two additional elements for the components in the calculation rule:

• Rate element: EARN1_RATE.

• Unit element: EARN1_UNIT.

The system creates suffixes to name the components of the element (_RATE and _UNIT).

In Global Payroll for Mexico, all components and accumulators have:

• Country: MEX

• Separator: _

In Global Payroll, all suffixes fall into one of these types:

• Separator.

• Earnings or deductions component suffixes.

• Earnings or deductions accumulator suffixes.

• Deduction arrears component suffixes.

• Deduction arrears accumulator suffixes.

• Deduction recipient suffixes.

• Absence entitlement component suffixes.

• Absence entitlement accumulator suffixes.

To view all of the suffixes that are defined for Mexico, use the Element Suffixes page in Global Payroll (core application).

See PeopleSoft Global Payroll: Understanding Elements.

Additional Information About Abbreviations Used in Mexican Elements

Many Mexican elements contain abbreviations that provide additional information about their use in the system (beyond that provided by functional area codes or element type codes). For example, Global Payroll for Mexico delivers the duration element GN DR AÑOS SERV. While the functional area code GN indicates that this element is used across various functional areas (it has general [GN] relevance) and the element type code DR identifies it as a duration element, the abbreviation AÑOS SERV (Service Years [Años de Servicio]) provides additional information about how the element measures time. As you become more familiar with the payroll rules that are created for Mexico, these abbreviations can help you further identify and understand the role that is played by each element.

This table lists the most common abbreviations that are used in the names of Mexican elements.

Abbreviation	Spanish	English
#	Número	Number
%	Porcentaje	Percentage
ACT	Actual	Current
ACUM	Acumulado	Balances
AGUI or AGUIN	Aguinaldo	Christmas bonus
AHOR or AHORR	Ahorro	Savings
ALIM	Alimenticia	Alimony
ANT or ANTIG	Antigüedad	Seniority
ANU	Anual	Annual
ANV or ANIV	Aniversario	Anniversary
ASIG	Asignar	Assign
ASIST	Asistencia	Assistance
CAL	Calendario	Calendar
CALC	Cálculo	Calculation process
CIA	Compañía	Company
COMP	Compensar	Compensate
CRE or CRED	Crédito	Credit
CUO	Cuota	Quote or fee
DED	Deducción	Deduction
DES	Despensa, Descuento, o Descanso	Food, discount, or rest
DESP	Despensa	Food
DEV	Devolución	Return
DIF	Diferencia	Difference
DOB or DOBL	Dobles	Doubles
DOM or DOMIN	Domingo	Sunday
EFE	Efectivo	Cash
ESP	Especial	Special
EX	Exento o Extra	Nontaxable or over
EXC or EXCE	Excedente	In excess
EXE or EXENT	Exento	Nontaxable
FACT	Factor	Factor
FED	Federal	Federal
FES or FEST	Festivo	Holiday
FIC or FICT	Ficto	Fictitious
FIJ	Fijo	Fix
FRE or FREC	Frecuencia	Frequency
GR, GRAV, GRAVA, or GRAVAD	Gravable	Taxable
HOR	Hora	Hours
IMP	Impuesto o Importe	Tax or amount
INC or INCAP	Incapacidad	Disability
ING	Ingresos	Earnings
LIM	Límite	Limit or boundary
LIQ or LIQUIDAC	Liquidación	Layoff
MIN	Mínimo	Minimum
NEG	Negativo	Negative
PER	Periodo	Period
PERC	Percepciones	Earnings
PMA	Prima	Premium
PRES	Préstamo	Loan
PRM or PROM	Promedio	Average
PRO	Producidas	Produced
PROP	Proporción o Proporcional	Proportion or proportional
PROV	Provisión	Provision
PRY	Proyectado	Projected
RET	Retenido	Withheld
RETRO	Retroactivo	Retroactive
RNG	Rango	Rank
RSGO	Riesgo	Risk
SAL	Salario	Salary
SDO	Sueldo	Salary
SEGM	Segmento	Segment
SUB	Subsidio	Subsidy
SUP	Superior	Top limit
TOP	Tope	Cap
TOT	Total	Total
TRA or TRAB	Trabajado	Worked
TRI or TRIP	Triple	Triple
ULT	Último	Last
UNI or UNID	Unidades	Units
VAC or VACAC	Vacaciones	Vacations
VAL	Vales	Coupons
VAR or VARIAB	Variable	Variable
X	Por	Per