Oracle Apps Payroll Terminology

1. Elements.

Element is a unit used to build earnings, benefits and deductions that can be give to employees.

2. Input Values

Input value are like the place holder for holding actual values of elements. An element can have more then one input values.

3. Elements Links.

Play a role to link the elements to employees.This link can be done by associating an element to payroll and then associating that payroll to an employees assignment.
An element can also be linked to employees by Employment, Category, Grade and job.

4. Element Entry Value

Actual Value of the entry.

5. Payroll Action.

Any payroll related actions performed on employee's assignment is referred to as Payroll Action.

6. Assignment Action.

This is record of actions performed by the payroll process on each and every assignment.

7. Run Resul

This is the actual calculated result of the payroll process.