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.
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Query the flow pattern you defined for the payroll cycle.
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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.
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Query the payments flow pattern you defined.
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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.
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From the Data Exchange area, select the Refine Extracts task.
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On the Refine HCM Extracts page, query the flow pattern.
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On the Tasks tab of the Payroll Flow Patterns page:
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Add the first extract report, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Gross Earnings.
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Add the second extract report, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Cross Earnings.
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Add a manual verification task, specifying the same Activity and Task Group as the Calculate Cross Earnings.
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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:
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10 for the Calculate Gross Earnings task
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20 for the first extract report
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30 for the second extract report
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40 for the manual verification task
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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.
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Select the Process Date parameter.
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Select Context binding from the Parameter Basis field.
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Select System Date from the Basis Value field.