Overview of Loading Payroll Event Groups

Use HCM Data Loader to load an event group, which is a collection of related events that are monitored for various features.

Types of Payroll Event Groups

As this table shows, you can define these three types of payroll event groups:

Event Group	Use It To
Proration	Calculate proportionate earnings and deduction amounts whenever payroll relevant data changes during a payroll period.
Retroactive	Ensure that your payroll run for the current period reflects any backdated payments and deductions from previous payroll periods.
Event Action	Trigger actions, such as the recalculation of a time card or the creation of payroll actions, for a late new hire. This type of event group can be associated with multiple event actions. For example, an event group that tracks changes to the assignment details of an employee can be associated with these events: Timecard Resubmission HCM Rates Recalculation

Event Group Components

This table illustrates the HCM Data Loader components that can be defined for each type of payroll event group.

Component	Description	Proration	Retroactive	Event Action
Event Group	Group of related events, such as changes to an employee's assignment, being monitored for features such as the retroactive recalculation of payroll and time cards, or the generation of HCM rates.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Date Tracked Event	The type of changes monitored by each event group, such as the creation of an element entry or updates to an employee's assignment.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Event Value Changes	Criteria to qualify a change that initiates or disqualifies an event, such as change from job director to senior director.	No	No	Yes
Event Value Qualifier	Additional contextual information to enforce when determining the validity of the event value change. For example, when a position changes from job director to senior director on the primary assignment rather than a secondary assignment. The assignment level is the qualifier in this example. Note: For more information on qaulifiers, see Qualifiers for Event Actions.	No	No	Yes
Event Group Action	Association between an action and event groups, such as initiating retroactive calculations when a job and position changes.	No	No	Yes