Component Type Changes and Simple Components

When you change from a salary basis with simple components to a salary basis that includes components of the same name and type, the component values carry across the salaries. If the type changes, you don’t see a prior amount.

The salary bases in this example both have five simple components.

Both bases include the Basic salary, Travel allowance, and Overall salary components and the components have the same type.
Both bases include the Housing allowance component. But the first basis has the user entering a percentage while the second basis has the user entering an amount.
Only the first basis includes a City allowance component.
Only the second basis has a Variable allowance component.
The first salary basis has an annual frequency and all five components are required.
The second salary basis has a monthly frequency and three components are required while two components are optional.

Annual Salary Basis with Five Required Components

Component	Type	Component Percentage Applies To	Affect on Overall Salary	Optional	Default Value
Basic salary	User enters amount	NA	Add	No	0
Housing allowance	User enters percentage	Basic salary	Add	No	50
Travel allowance	Fixed amount	NA	Add	No	19,200
City allowance	Fixed percentage	Basic salary	Add	No	10
Overall salary	Overall salary	NA	No effect	No	NA

Monthly Salary Basis with Three Required Components and Two Optional Components

Component	Type	Component Percentage Applies To	Affect on Overall Salary	Optional	Default Value
Basic salary	User enters amount	NA	Add	No	None
Housing allowance	User enters amount	NA	Add	No	None
Travel allowance	Fixed amount	NA	Add	Yes, don’t carry forward	1,600
Overall salary	Overall salary	NA	No effect	No	NA
Variable allowance	User enters amount	NA	No effect	Yes, don’t carry forward	0

You start proposing a salary change and select the second salary basis. You can see that only the prior Basic salary amount adjusted for the new frequency, from 50,000 to 4,166.67. Even though the Housing allowance exists in the second salary basis, you don't see a prior amount because the component types are different.

Salary details showing how the current Basic salary component amount differs from the prior amount in the proposed salary because the frequency of the new salary basis is different from the previous salary basis.

Next, you include the optional components, which appear in the last rows of the table, below the Overall salary component. You can see that the prior Travel allowance amount automatically adjusted from 19,200 to 1,600 because of the new frequency.

Salary details showing how the current Travel allowance component amount differs from the prior amount in the proposed salary because the frequency of the new salary basis is different from the previous salary basis.