Pay Policy Rate

The Pay Policy Rate (PPRT) page allows you to define an organization's pay plans and allows an employee's pay to be table-driven. Depending on the options selected on the Site Specific Parameters (SPAR) page, pay rates can be established on Pay Rate (PPRT) for any combination of grade, step, pay chart or pay progression.

When a Pay Policy/Event Type combination is entered on PPRT, the system checks to see whether the event type exists on the Pay Policy Event Type (PPET) page and tries to match the Pay Policy/Event Type record to the one on PPET. If no match is found, it looks for a wildcard pay policy to match the event type.  If this match is not found, the system issues an error message.

Data from PPRT can be selectively downloaded into spreadsheet format via the Grid Actions menu. Once downloaded, the data can be updated and uploaded back to PPRT. The Export/Export All actions are available when there is at least one record returned as a result of a browse or search action. When the Export/Export All action is selected, the data that was returned as a result of the previous browse or search is selected for download. Once the download is complete the data can be manipulated using the preferred spreadsheet application and can then be uploaded back to PPRT, based on the user’s security setup. If the user can add records to the reference table online, then they are able to upload records to the table. If additional security is desired, the System Maintenance Utility job that is triggered by the Upload action can be configured with Job Security to restrict the upload action.

If you plan to use the Export feature, data in the fields on this page should not contain any special characters, including return characters. When opening the downloaded file, if special characters are present in the reference page record, that particular record might be, for example, split into two records in the downloaded file, and the extra records would have to be manually deleted/modified.