When working on business rules for Cost Estimates and Compensation Calculation line items, a useful option available is the Input option. Inputs can be used as "fixed" or "variable" parameters to build more accurate logic within the Business Rule.
It is possible to use Business Rules to replicate the cascading of different Cost Estimates / Compensation Line Item results as inputs to the calculation done by the Calculation Input Mapping section. This includes the calculating of any Hypo Tax line items.
The inputs for Benefit Sets and What-If Cost Estimates are also supported using the variable input option.
Using the Input option in the Business Rules, there is functionality to use a variable input as an input to the calculation for CE /CC line items.
There are three ways to use Variable Input function:
Adding Input Variable
When adding Input Variable, the Input Variables modal appears. It provides the following options:
Create New
This options allow you to create a new input variable.
To create an Input Variable, populate the 3 mandatory fields and click
Name - this appears on the Calculations screen
Input Name - this appears in the Input Value To (Calculation Input) drop down list or in the Additional Inputs section on the Calculations Inputs tab when running CC/CE.
Data Type - select Money or Number
Select Existing
This option allows you to use an existing configured input variable.
To select an existing Input Variable, click
from the list of Input Variable configured:
Copy Existing
This option allows you to copy an existing configured input variable and make slight changes to it.
To copy an existing Input Variable, click
from the list of Input Variable configured.
The copied version of the component will be created and you can make the necessary changes to it.
Click
for the changes to incorporate.
Things to Note
Input Variable only support Number and Money data type
When a variable input component is saved, it will automatically appear on the Business Rules Components grid