Deduction Override Status Indicators

The system uses two invisible deduction status indicators to tell the Pay Calculation process whether the benefit and/or general deduction taken information has been modified after running the Create Paysheet process. The two indicators are the General Deduction Status (GENL_DED_STATUS) and Benefit Deduction Status (BEN_DED_STATUS) fields on the PAY_EARNINGS record.

The Create Paysheet process initially sets the status of both deduction status indicators to I (initial). The status of the appropriate indicator changes when you save a modification of the deduction taken fields after the initial paysheet creation.

The Pay Calculation process performs the deduction override evaluation process to determine if deduction overrides apply to the paysheets being processed. The following table shows the deduction status indicator values and the response in the Pay Calculation process:

Status	Explanation
I (initial)	This value is set by the Create Paysheet process or by manually adding a paysheet. This status indicates that no modifications have been made to deduction taken values. The Pay Calculation process does not check for possible update to paysheets.
U (user update)	Deduction taken value(s) have been manually updated on the One-Time Deductions page. The Pay Calculation process does not modify the values on the paysheet.
L (pay calendar update)	Deduction taken value(s) on the Pay Calendar Table page have been modified. The Pay Calculation process checks the deductions taken values for possible update to paysheets.
D (employee data update)	Deduction taken value(s) on the Payroll Options 2 page or the Override Benefits Deductions page have been modified. The Pay Calculation process checks the deduction taken values for possible update to paysheets.
A (additional pay update)	Deduction taken value(s) on the Create Additional Pay page have been modified. The Pay Calculation process checks the deduction taken values for possible update to paysheets only for additional pays to be paid on a separate check.
C (calculated)	Update to the deduction taken value(s) on the paysheet has been processed by the Pay Calculation process.

If you change and save the value in the General Deductions Taken, General Ded Subset ID, Benefit Deductions Taken, or Benefit Ded Subset ID field, then restore the original value, the value of BEN_DED_STATUS and GENL_DED_STATUS will still indicate that a modification has been made and processing will proceed accordingly.