Understanding the Primary Job Selection
A primary job is the job that aliases use to get information. When an alias needs to be resolved, the primary job record is used. For example, if you set up an alias that references an employee's monthly rate of pay, the alias returns the primary job record's monthly rate of pay.
In a single job environment, the primary job is the only job. However, for multiple jobs, the system must determine which job is the primary one. It does this based on when an employee is active and which jobs enable the employee to be eligible for a plan.
When setting up the system for calculation, you can accept the primary job record that the system selects, or override that selection with another job record.
In most cases, the system chooses the correct primary record. However, in some instances, that record may not be appropriate for your company's needs. In these situations, you need to override the primary job selection.
The system selects an employee's primary job for a particular time period by searching for records in the following sequence, then choosing the lowest-numbered qualifying record.
Overrides: The system first looks for any overrides you entered for the employee. If it finds one, it accepts the override as the primary job record for the period.
Eligible active: If there are no overrides for the period, the system looks for an eligible active job. If it finds one, it accepts it as the primary job record for the period.
Eligible inactive: If there are no overrides and eligible active jobs, the system looks for an eligible inactive job. If it finds one, it accepts it as the primary job record for the period.
Ineligible active: If an ineligible inactive job is available, the system searches for any active job record that is not eligible for the plan.
Ineligible inactive: If no ineligible active jobs are available, the system selects an ineligible inactive job.
If the system finds more than one of a record type, it selects the lowest-numbered record as the primary job record.