Contents:
* General description
* Selection criteria and parameters
* Error messages and troubleshooting
* Technical notes

General description
The wage type statement is used for displaying lists of wage typedistributions based on the payroll data for the persons selected. Theevaluation indicates the (number and amount) values currently assignedto the wage types. The data from results tables RT or CRT from therelevant payroll results can be used for the wage type statement. Theemployee's organizational assignment is also evaluated using thepayroll results. The system uses work center data (table WPBP) for thispurpose.
The wage type statement can be evaluated in the following two ways:
- Individual evaluation per personnel number or name
- Total evaluation without displaying personnel numbers and names
For a description of the evalution types, please refer to the notes forthe "Evaluation type" parameter below.
The evaluation can be sorted by organizational assignment or employeename (see "Sort sequence" push button).
The evaluation is limited to one country. Personnel numbers assigned toa different country are listed afterwards in the error log.

Selection criteria and parameters
The parameters comprise those for the database and the specificparameters for controlling the wage type statement. You may use alldatabase parameters except for " Sort: Field names". This parameter isreplaced in the wage type statement by the "Sort sequence" pushbutton.At this point, we assume that you are already acquainted with the useof database parameters.

'Wage type to be evaluated' parameter
In this field, enter all wage types for which you want to carry out anevaluation. If you do not specify a wage type, the system selects themall. Please note that it is only possible to select wage types whichare listed in tables RT or CRT.

"New page per wage type" parameter
If you activate this parameter, a page break is inserted for each newwage type included in an individual report. This parameter is not usedif a totals report is carried out.

"Evaluation type" parameter
There are two types of evaluation:
- Individual evaluation
- Totals evaluation
With the individual evaluation, the number and amount for each wagetype are printed for each person. The totals evaluation only prints theselected wage types for each employee. The totals evaluation istherefore a compressed printout of the individual evaluation withoutthe personnel numbers and employee names.
The "Reference period" field allows you to specify a payroll period asa comparison period for the above-mentioned reporting period. Thecomparison results and the absolute and relative differences are thenincluded in the list printout. Please note that this requires a listwidth of 132 characters, therefore you should choose an appropriateprint format. If you have a small monitor, you should use the verticalscroll bar. The following four selection options enable you to restrictthe putput of the specified difference values, for example, you candisplay only the wage types whose totals differ by more than 5%. Pleasenote, however, that the totals represent the overall total and includethe hidden wage types. The overall total is also always displayed withsubtotals for the organizational assignments. The comparison values arenot available for use with form output nor in the CRT evaluations.
If the "Read cumulated results" parameter is active, the cumulatedannual values in CRT are read instead of the period values in table RT.

"Sort sequence" pushbutton
This parameter determines the sequence in which the data is output. Youcan control output by means of the following sort criteria:
- Company code - Personnel area (formally "plant")
- Personnel subarea (formally "plant section")
- Cost center
- Employee group (formally "person group")
- Employee subgroup (formally "person subgroup")
- Organizational unit
The values for the sort criteria are taken from work center data forthe payroll results (table WPBP).
When sorting and evaluating according to cost centers, the last workcenter data (table WPBP) is relevant for the assignment of the wagetypes for an employee. The evaluation does not take place from thepoint of view of cost accounting, in other words, the report programdoes not consider cost distribution, or cost assignment. Only theemployees last master cost center is taken into account.

'Sort names' parameter
Whan an individual evaluation is performed, the employee names areprinted out, sorted in ascending order by personnel number. If you seta flag for this parameter, output is sorted by last name.

'Totals formation'
This parameter can be used to modify standard output after changing thesort criteria. The following options are possible:
- Total after a change of wage type
- Total after a change of personnel number
Each function is activated by marking it with a cross.

Error messages and troubleshooting
If you find values in the evaluation which may be incorrect, pleasecheck your payroll results first of all, looking for a personnel numberand wage type where the incorrect result occurs. In the payrollresults, check the amount assigned to the wage type in the resultstable (RT or CRT), and check if there is a split in work center data(table WPBP).
The following system messages are intended to help you locate and solveerrors:

Message: Parameter 'Sort: Field names' not supported
You have tried to use the database parameter 'Sort: Field names'. Thewage type statement uses the parameter 'Sort sequence' instead. Pleaseuse the latter.

Message: Different period modifiers
You cannot perform evaluations for more than one country in the wagetype statememt. Please select payroll areas from one country perevaluation.

Technical notes

Programs and includes
The wage type statement uses the following programs or INCLUDEs:
- RPCLGA09 Start wage type statement, selection screen
- RPCLGA19 Read routines
- RPCLGA29 Output routines
- RPCLGA39 Main routines
- RPCLGAx0 Read program for database PCL2 (payroll cluster)
The read program for database PCL2 varies for each country version.Program RPCLGAU0 is used for the USA, RPCLGAK0 for Canada and so on.
The wage type statement writes the read payroll results (tables RT orCRT and table WPBP) to a sequential dataset. This is saved as anextract. The storage requirement can be deduced from the followingformula:
Storage in bytes = Number of personnel numbers *
Number of wage types *
Number of read payroll results *
Record length (approx. 100 bytes)
Example: The wage type statement is started for 3000 employees for 1period. Around 500 wage types per employee are accumulated. Theresulting storage requirement for the extract is approximately 150megabytes (3000 * 500 * 1 * 100).
If you have problems with storage capacity, extend the roll area in theprofile.