Overrides Available for Supporting Elements

Eight override levels enable you to control the values of brackets, dates, duration, formulas, and variables:

  • Pay entity overrides.

  • Pay group overrides.

  • Payee overrides: Override the value of a bracket, date, duration, formula, or variable element whenever it's resolved for the payee.

  • Payee/Element overrides. Overrides the value of a variable used by a specific earning or deduction assigned to a payee.

  • Pay calendar overrides.

  • Via element overrides.

  • Element definition overrides.

  • Positive input overrides.

This diagram illustrates the sequence in which the system applies overrides when it encounters multiple overrides for a supporting element. It begins with pay entity overrides.

Element override hierarchy

Note:

A payee/element override refers to the override of a variable element associated with a particular earning or deduction for a payee. Enter such overrides on the Element Detail page, linked to the Payee Assignment By Element and Element Assignment By Payee pages. A payee override is the override of a bracket, date, duration, formula, or variable associated with a payee. Enter such overrides on the Payee Supporting Element Overrides page.

Example

VARIABLE1 has the following values:

  • 30 according to the rule definition.

  • 20 according to a pay entity override.

  • 10 according to a pay group override.

In this case, VARIABLE1 resolves to 10, because pay group overrides take precedence over pay entity overrides.