Prevar - *PP_PEX_COST_AUTOGEN

PREVAR *PP_PEX_COST_AUTOGEN controls the automatic entry of Preceda Cost Centre. This PREVAR determines whether the HRIS Cost Centre is to be retained (when characters are less than 8) or changed to automatically create Preceda Cost Centre (when characters are greater than 8). Maximum of eight characters is the Preceda limit.

Position Position Description Default Options/ Value
1 PEX Control on Cost Centre 8 character limit

Blank/ Y -

  • Set Preceda Cost Centre to be = HRIS Cost Centre (if HRIS < 8 characters); or
  • Create Preceda Cost Centre as DEP[NNNNN] and create the External Interface Mapping entry (if HRIS > 8 characters).

 

*NNNNN is a system generated number and will increment by 1 when it creates the Cost Centre in Preceda.

Scenario HRIS Cost Centre Action Preceda Cost Centre
HRIS Cost Centre already exists in Preceda FIN888 No action required FIN888
New HRIS Cost Centre less than 8 characters FIN999 Create Preceda Cost Centre the same as HRIS Cost Centre FIN999
New HRIS Cost Centre greater than 8 char FINANCE555 Create Preceda Cost Centre as DEP[NNNNN]. Create the External Interface Mapping entry. DEP00001

 
 

N -

  • Create Preceda Cost Centre as = HRIS Cost Centre (if less than 8 characters); or
  • Raise error (if greater than 8 characters) – Users would have to manually enter the code in Preceda, update the External Interface Mapping and reprocess.
2 - 4 Department Code Source DEP This is used as the source for the first three characters to apply to new Department Codes (when the Cost Center that is received from PEX is greater than 8 characters).