This table provides information about the list of the mandatory system parameters.
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| PRAP | Payroll Accounting Period (PRAP) is updated by the end of period process and is the one used to determine the accounting period to be affected in the general ledger by transactions generated through timesheet entry, payroll processing and payroll reversal. |
| PAYROL | This is a positional parameter. |
| 1st Character | The first character determines the meaning of the values entered for job charge and
external charges in pay rates maintenance.
A (Amounts): The values entered in pay rates for job charge and external charge are considered dealt as amounts by the timesheet entry program. The job charge is then the amount charged to the job per hour. If you prefer to have the system calculate the job charge bases on the oncost percentages specified at transaction level, leave an "A" in the position and do not enter job charges in pay rate maintenance. P (Percentages): The values entered in pay rates for job charge and external charge are considered as percentages by the timesheet program over the employee rate. The value applied against the job per hour is then the employee rate plus the percentage specified in the job charge of the employee rate. C (Combined): The job charge is considered as a fixed amount and the external charge is considered as a percentage. The value applied against the job is then the employee rate plus the percentage specified in the external charge of the employee rate plus the amount specified in job charge. |
| 2nd Character | The second character determines if the productivity module will be used. Valid values are
(Y)es or (N)o. If "Yes" is specified then timesheet entry considers the productivity code as a mandatory field for transactions related to me. |
| 3rd Character | The third character determines the default allocation for timesheet entry transactions. This value appears in the timesheet entry screen when you are about to enter the first transaction for each employee. Valid values are:J (Jobs): Default allocation to jobs. C (Jobcards): Default allocation to jobcards. (blank): No default allocation. |
| 4th Character | The fourth character determines if accruals for sick, annual leave and long service
Leave as well as gross YTD and tax YTD are printed at the end of each payslip. L (Leave only): This indicates that only leave accruals are printed. G – YTD: This indicates that only YTD amounts are printed. Y – Both: This indicates that both leave accruals and YTD amounts are printed. |
| 5th Character | The fih character determines if pseudo companies are used.
Valid values are (Y)es or (N)o. If the parameter is (Y)es, then the name of the company tax centre related to the employee is printed in pay envelopes and group certificates. |
| 6th Character | The sixth character determines if a margin will be paid on top of the employee rate. Valid values are (Y)es or (N)o. If the parameter is "(Y)es", then the margin is requested in the employee maintenance program and the timesheet entry program displays a prompt which allows the disability of this margin for selected transactions. |
| 7th Character | The seventh character determines which user definable field (User 1 or User 2) is
displayed at the top of timesheet entry when a new employee is called.
Valid values are User 1, User 2 or blank (none). |
| 8th Character | The eighth character determines if general ledger payroll clearing accounts will be used at departmental level. valid values are (Y)es or blank. |
| 9th Character | The ninth character determines the allocation method for automatic allowances. The valid values are (A) for all hours, (N) for normal hours only and blank for none. |
| 10th Character | The tenth character determines if additional posting is required for inter-company
transactions.
Valid values are (P) or blank. If (P) is entered, every posting to the inter-company account in the current work ID will generate a credit for the same amount to the account specified in the system parameter "PRREVE" and a debit to the account specified in the system parameter "PREXPE". |
| 11th Character | The eleventh character determines the default value for the control break of payroll
reports. Valid values are (D)epartment, di(V)ision, (L)ocality or blank. |
| 12th Character | The twelfth character determines whether the general ledger account defined as
default in the employee record is to be used instead of the account linked to the
job/cost-code/cost-type when posting transactions. Valid values are (E) - use employee G/L account or blank. |
| 13th Character | The thirteenth character indicates if a fix job rate is charges to the jobs regardless of the
type of hour or multiplier. Valid values are (F) - use fix rate or blank. |
| 14th Character | The fourteenth character is used for customer specific purposes. Please don't enter any value in this position unless you have been advised to do so. |
| 15th Character | The fifteenth character is used for customer specific purposes. Please don't enter any value in this position unless you have been advised to do so. |
| 16th Character | The sixteenth character determines if RDO Accruals will be printed in the payslips.
Any value different to blank means that no accruals are printed. |
| PAYCLR | T/S Payroll Clearing Account.
This is a G/L Account used by the timesheet entry program to credit all the amounts paid
to employees for transactions related to jobs, jobcards or when a G/L Account has been
specified in the transaction. This G/L Account could be the same G/L account specified as clearing account on payroll parameters. |
| ONCOST | T/S Oncost Account. This is a G/L account used by the timesheet entry program to credit the difference between the amount charge to the jobs and the employee rates. |
| PLTCLR | T/S Plant Clearing Account. This is a G/L Account used by the timesheet entry program to credit the difference between the plant rate and the job charge for transactions related to plant items. |
| ICXFER | Inter-company clearing account: This is the G/L account used in both companies to contain the values transferred
between companies as result of having employees of one company doing work for
another company. Both companies have to be in the same database (library). |
| PRFTR | If the financial year of your company is different to the one that has to be used for payroll, you can use this parameter to specify the offset of months for the Payroll financial year. |
| OZEDI | Required for Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting. |
| STPPER | Required for Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting. |
| SFTRNC | It is the default transaction code for Standard Student Loan deductions. |
| PAYPER | This parameter is specific to New Zealand Payroll. They are essential for Payday Filing. |
| NZIRDS | This parameter is specific to New Zealand Payroll. They are essential for Payday Filing. |
| SFTVER | This parameter is specific to New Zealand Payroll. They are essential for Payday Filing. |