Examples of Editing Flow Patterns

Review these scenarios to understand how you can edit flow patterns to meet the requirements of your enterprise. Use the Payroll Flow Pattern task or the Refine Extracts task to edit these scenarios.

Update a Parameter to Use a Specified Value

Your payroll uses a single process configuration group named InFusion Consolidation Group A. You want to specify a constant for the configuration group task action parameter and hide the parameter to avoid data entry mistakes. Perform these steps.

Query the flow pattern you defined for the payroll cycle.

On the Parameters tab of the Payroll Flow Pattern page, edit the Process Configuration Group parameter.

Enter these values to maintain a constant value for the Process Configuration Group task action parameter and avoid data entry mistakes.

Parameter Detail	Value
Display	No
Display Format	Text
Lookup	No value
Usage	Input Parameter
Parameter Basis	Constant Bind
Basis Value	InFusion Configuration Group A

Supply a Reason for a Corrective Action

Your enterprise typically issues electronic funds transfer payments. You defined a flow pattern to issue check payments and you want to verify and track the reason managers issue checks. You can add a flow parameter to capture that information.

Query the payments flow pattern you defined.

On the Parameters tab of the Payroll Flow Pattern page, Select and Add the Reason parameter to include the parameter as a flow submission parameter. Enter these details.

Parameter Detail	Value
Display	Yes
Display Format	Text
Lookup	No value
Usage	Input Parameter
Parameter Basis	Context Binding
Basis Value	Payroll Flow

Add Tasks and Reorder the Task Sequence

Your flow pattern includes the Calculate Gross Earnings process and the Element Results Register Report. Perform these steps to run the two extract reports concurrently, and add a verification task, to simplify the checklist to a single list.

From the Data Exchange area, select the Refine Extracts task.
On the Refine HCM Extracts page, query the flow pattern.
On the Tasks tab of the Payroll Flow Patterns page:
1. Add the first extract report, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Gross Earnings.
2. Add the second extract report, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Cross Earnings.
3. Add a manual verification task, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Cross Earnings.
Edit each task, specifying a sequence number on the Edit Task Details: Owners and Checklist Details page.

The lowest number is used for the first task in the checklist. For example, you might specify a sequence of:
- 10 for the Calculate Gross Earnings task
- 20 for the first extract report
- 30 for the second extract report
- 40 for the manual verification task

On the Tasks Sequence tab, reorder the sequence of reporting tasks in this order to run the two reports concurrently.

Task	Following Task
Start Flow	Calculate Gross Earnings
Calculate Gross Earnings	First extract report
Calculate Gross Earnings	Second extract report
First extract report	Manual verification task
Second extract report	Manual verification task
Manual verification task	End Flow

Automatically Increment Dates in the Scheduled Extract

You create a flow pattern to extract weekly payroll data that requires the user to enter a process date parameter. You schedule the extract to run weekly. The application evaluates the flow parameters at the time of submission, and the task parameters at the beginning of task execution. You edit the task parameters to automatically increment the date field. The date values are derived from the default date parameter values.

You use the Refine Extracts task or the Payroll Flow Patterns task. Perform these actions to edit the task parameters on the task's Basic Information page.

Select the Process Date parameter.
Select Context binding from the Parameter Basis field.
Select System Date from the Basis Value field.