Accumulator Elements

Accumulators are elements that store the cumulative values of defined items as they're processed. For example, they can store accrued entitlement balances, gross earnings, and other cumulative values.

Accumulators can be defined:

• Automatically

  When you create an earning, deduction, or entitlement element, the system can automatically generate a set of accumulators to track the value of the element over time. Automatically generated accumulators typically accumulate values for a single element. You specify the periods of time that the accumulators are to track.

• Manually

  You can create accumulators to track several elements, such as all voluntary deductions or all accrued entitlement. You select the elements that the accumulator is to track and define the period of time that the accumulator is to cover. You can accumulate a single value or multiple values over time.

There are two types of accumulators, those that pertain to a single segment, and those that span several calculation periods:

• Segment accumulators accumulate values during a single gross-to-net calculation.

• Balance accumulators accumulate values over a period of time, such as a month or a year.

Note:

You can accumulate values for segment accumulators using old values that are derived from formulas. You cannot, however, accumulate values for balance accumulators using old values from formulas.