Person Number Entry in Benefits Batch Processes

You can use a set of comma-separated person numbers in the Process tab of the Benefits batch processes.

For example, you can use this parameter if you want to quickly test your plan design changes against a sample set of employees. This parameter is available for these processes:

• Evaluate Life Event Participation
• Evaluate Scheduled Event Participation

• Evaluate Temporal Event Participation

• Evaluate Unrestricted Event Participation

• Enroll in Default Benefits

• Close Enrollment

• Prepare Benefit Coverage Charge Data

• Re-evaluate Designee Eligibility

Here’s the list of points that you should consider when you enter person numbers:

• You can enter up to 2000 characters.
• The comma-separated person numbers should be in a single continuous text format.
• Don't enter person numbers with embedded commas. The process ignores such constructions. For example, the person numbers 127,356 and 89,34 have embedded commas and these numbers are ignored.
• The list can have whitespaces, tab, line feed, and carriage feed characters embedded in the string, if you have copied it from a spreadsheet. Such irrelevant characters are ignored or truncated during the processing if they are surrounding the real person number within the comma delimitation.
• You can’t use the person number parameter along with any of these person-determining parameters:

  • Person Name

  • Person Selection rule

  • Person Type

  • Organization Name

  • Benefits Group

  • Location

  • Postal Code Range

  • Legal Entity

Any auto-submitted process, such as Default Enrollment, will consider the values in the person number list. The log file provides details on which person numbers were processed, and which ones weren't.