UserCalc Terminology#
[A]#
- Alphanumeric OT
- Used to represent constants referred to as Alpha, Char, Character, or String
[B]#
- Boolean OT
- Used when only the value True or False may be entered in the Operand.
[C]#
- Calculation
- The main routine or procedure usercalc. Calculations may make use of Qualifiers and/or Functions, and are able to modify values of pay components. Calculations are used exclusively by the Payroll application.
- CMD
- Command
- Commands
- Used to perform operations within a UserCalc.
- Comparison Operators
- Allows the UserCalc to compare two values
[D]#
- Database Fields
- Allow the user to access a large amount of information about the employee from within a UserCalc.
- Date OT
- A string that should be interpreted as a date by the program.
- Disbursement Messages
- The lines of information that will print on the employee’s payroll stub/deposit stub.
[E]#
- Elements
- A group of pay components that, for convenience in calculations, are added together and named, and may be referenced by Calculations, and in some instances, Functions and Qualifiers.
[F]#
- Function
- May return a Boolean, Char(acter), Date, or Number value. Functions may be part of a Calculation UserCalc as a CALL, or may be a stand alone UserCalc for the Attendance or Benefits modules.
[G]#
- Global Values
- Used to hold information between UserCalcs for one employee.
- Global Variables
- Variables that hold their value beyond the existing UserCalc.
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[L]#
- Lexicon
- Provide a controlled set of values, which a particular field may contain.
- Lists
- Used in order to simplify the number of UserCalc lines it would take to eliminate employees from the selection.
[M]#
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[N]#
- Number OT
- Any numeric amount.
[O]#
- Operand Types
- Used to declare what value the Operand will have, and how to process it within the UserCalc.
- Operator
- Defines the action that is to be applied to the Operands indicated.
- OT
- Operand Type
[P]#
- Parameters
- These are number amounts, character strings, Boolean values, or date values that are passed automatically to Functions and Qualifications UserCalcs.
- Processing Frequencies
- Define the timely manner under which a payroll item (deduction, benefit, etc) is processed.
[Q]#
- Qualifier
- Returns a Boolean value of either True or False. It is used to either eliminate or include employees in a calculation. Qualifiers may be part of a Calculation UserCalc as a CALL.
[R]#
- Relative Date Operators
- Allows the UserCalc to return the value of a date relative to another date.
- Round Nearest
- Defines the level of rounding within a UserCalc.
[S]#
- Statistics
- Used to hold information for each employee that is not easily accessed with Pay Components.
- System Constants
- Provided to allow the user access to typically required dates
- System Variables
- The amounts calculated by the FLSA process ONLY.
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[U]#
- User Variables
- A type of variable whose value is defined by the user.
- UserCalc
- A set of user-defined instructions that tells the execution program (UPCALC, UFCALC, etc.) to perform an action or operation.
[V]#
- Variables
- Used as temporary working storage to hold values required by the UserCalc.
[W]#
- Wage Basis
- A Wage Basis type is used with the WAGE operator
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