Understanding Matrix Displays

This section discusses how the system displays a configurable matrix.

Matrix Display

Within compensation processes, data is often presented and used in a two-dimensional table, or matrix form. An example is in salary increase guidelines, which store increase percentages for different performance ratings and percent-in-range ratios. How this data is presented affects how easily it can be understood. When defining inputs for a matrix, you can specify one of the inputs to be the column header instead of the row header. The following section explains this concept further.

Example: Displaying Inputs as Columns

Assume that you have two inputs (step and department) and one output (rate). The system can display the matrix in two ways.

Example 1: Each combination of inputs is like a row header.

Step	Department	Percent Rate
1	100	2
1	122	4
2	100	6
2	122	8
3	100	10
3	122	12
4	100	14
4	122	16

Example 2: One input is a column header.

This display is easier to understand because the Department input was set to Column rather than to Row, which is the standard.

Step	Department: 100	Department: 122
1	2	4
2	6	8
3	10	12
4	14	16