Application Parameters (APPCTRL)

Although officially listed as an Infrastructure table, the Application Parameters (APPCTRL) table is one that is part of general system configuration. Options on this table are set once and do not vary by year, fund, department, transaction, or other factors. The table is very generic in its design so that it can host many different types of options with the Parameter Name and Parameter Value fields. Of the controls on this table, those listed below directly relate to the Benefits/Deductions Processing business area. Note: Any changes to records on this table should be followed by a bounce of all servers used for CGI Advantage HRM.

Parameter	Description
FILTER_VENDOR_PICKS_ON_TABLES	This parameter determines whether the Vendor pick list on the Employer Fringe Benefit Plan (EFBP), Employee Fringe Benefit Plan (BENP), and Deduction Plan (DPLN) pages are filtered to only show the vendor records that have the Department field on the General Information tab of the Vendor/Customer table equal to the user’s home department, set to a wildcard value of ALL, or if the Department field blank. By default, this parameter is set to False, which indicates all VCUST records are displayed on the Vendor pick list on EFBP, BENP, and DPLN. To filter the Vendor pick list by Department, the parameter must be set to True.
ABA_ROUTING_NUMBER_VALIDATION	This parameter determines whether validations are performed against the ABA Routing Number to confirm the value entered is a valid ABA Routing Number on the R_VEND_ABA_MAINT table when submitting a Net Pay Distribution (NPD) transaction. When this parameter value is set to Y, validations are performed against the ABA Routing Number to confirm the valid ABA Routing Number. If the ABA Routing Number is found, the transaction validates/submits successfully. If the ABA Routing Number is not found, an error is issued and the user will be unable to submit the transaction. When the setting is turned off, no validations are performed against the ABA Routing Number field.
INACTIVE_EMP_DEDUCTION_VALIDATION	This parameter determines whether validations are performed against deduction transactions for inactive employees. By default, this parameter is set to N. When the parameter is set to Y, the deduction validation for inactive employees are enabled and users is not allowed to submit the limited set of Deduction transactions.
MULTI_STATE_TAX	This parameter determines whether or not enhanced multi-state tax processing is in use at your site. By default, this parameter is set to N. If the parameter value is Y, the multi-state tax functionality is enabled that means: Users utilizes the Federal Tax Enrollment (TAXF), State Tax Enrollment (TAXS) and Employee State Tax Withholding Certificate (ETAXS) transaction to adjust employee federal and state taxes. The Employee Tax Parameter tab on Deduction Management (DEDM) only utilizes the federal tax information. State tax information is not displayed. This tab provides the option to create or modify Federal Tax Enrollment (TAXF). The Employee State Tax Parameter tab allows users to make adjustments to employee state tax deductions. This tab provides the option to create or modify State Tax Enrollment (TAXS). The Employee State Tax Withholding Certificate (ETAXS) transaction is available for employee user roles to create on the Manage Tax Information tab of Pay Landing (MEIPAY). The Time-to-Gross (TTG) process populates the State ID and Local ID on the pending payments, if a Schedule Location is available on the Timesheet (TIMEI), Timesheet Adjustment (TADJ), Overload Payment Generator (OPAY) or One-Time Payment (OTPAY) transactions, or a valid State Tax Enrollment is available for the employee. The Gross-to-Net (GTN) process retrieves the ST_CD that is processed using the following hierarchy: Retrieve from EMPL_TAX_PARM_ST if record exists for an employee. If an employee has multiple state taxes, each state tax deduction should be calculated based on the subject gross amount. Retrieve from ADDRESS if record exists for an employee and employee does not have a record in EMPL_TAX_PARM_ST. Retrieve from Multi-State Tax OPROC if employee does not have a record in either EMPL_TAX_PARM_ST or ADDRESS.