Working with COBOL Processes

This topic discusses how to:

Review delivered COBOL processes.
Review delivered COBOL processes for special events.
Create COBOL routines.

Use the Process Table component - Interface Process Table page, Process Description field to review descriptions of the COBOL processes that are delivered with Payroll Interface.

The delivered COBOL processes are either field or record processes (you can associate a process with either a field or a record) that perform processing tasks outside the normal scope of Payroll Interface.

See Setting Up the Process Table.

Example: Process ID 000015

This COBOL process performs a validation against some data values and sets the value of the field to which the process is attached to one of the values listed in the Interface Process Table page, Returned Value field. Because the timing is Before Field Translation, you can then use these values in the Field Translation list. The list of values in theReturned Value field documents the process so that you know which values can be used in the Field Translation list and what they represent. This technique enables you to leverage one COBOL routine for two fields.

This process is useful because the PeopleSoft system stores certain tax values in two separate fields: one field for percents and another field for flat amounts. For this type of field, some payroll systems have one field with a Type code to specify whether it is a percent or an amount. The COBOL process determines which PeopleSoft field contains the value and returns those fields that are equal to the one identified in the Returned Value field. The Payroll Interface process then converts or translates the value in theReturned Value field to another value based on the Field Translation list.

Delivered Processes

This table lists and describes the COBOL processes that are delivered with PeopleSoft Payroll Interface:

Process ID	Process Phase	Description	Type	User Defined Process	User Exit Program	Description
000001	Record Processing	Ded End Dt	Record	No	None	When the primary PeopleSoft source for the transaction is additional earnings, matches the earnings end date against the pay end date to determine whether the additional earnings should be stopped.
000002	Before Field Translation	Area Code	Field	No	None	Extracts the U.S. area code from the phone number field if the field contains 10 characters. If the field contains fewer than 10 characters, spaces are returned.
000003	Before Field Translation	City Code1	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Returns the locality code for the City 1 field. If the employee has more than one locality code defined, the code returned is where he or she works.
000004	Before Field Translation	City Code2	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Uses the City2 Code value only if resident state and work state are different. Uses the translate entries when needed.
000005	Before Field Translation	Cnt Deduct	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Adds 1 to a counter for deductions using fields that are mapped to the ON1 field. Issues a warning message when the employee has more than 24 deductions.
000005	Export File Creation	Tilde Chr	Field	No	None	For delimited data file structures only. Inserts a Delete character as defined in the working storage of the COBOL program PIPXPRCS.CBL A tilde (~) follows the value of the field to be deleted. Only works when invoked from a Process Control record definition.
000006	Record Processing	Co change	Record	No	None	Recognizes that the PeopleSoft company ID for this employee has changed. When using this process, the PeopleSoft company ID must be mapped to a field within the record. If the converted value for the PeopleSoft company ID changes, the record containing this process ID is formatted.
000008	After Field Translation	Excess	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Returns the translated deduction code for the direct deposit bank account identified to contain the "excess" within PeopleSoft.
000008	Export File Creation	Skip Blank	Field	Yes	PIPXPADP	Bypasses this field in the output file if the Export Full option is selected and the field is blank.
000009	Before Field Translation	Lcl recip	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Creates values to apply to the translate table. If Local 2 exists, then Field 1 will be resident local and Field 02 will be work local.
000010	Before Field Translation	First Name	Field	No	None	Extracts the first name from the PeopleSoft Name field on the Personal Data Table.
000011	Before Field Translation	Last Name	Field	No	None	Extracts the last name from the PeopleSoft Name field on the Personal Data Table.
000012	After Field Translation	New Hire	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Sets the new hire action to a lowercase N. This is set when no history records exist for the employee.
000013	Before Field Translation	Old PI ID	Field	No	None	Uses the employee's previous PI_EMPLID.
000014	Before Field Translation	Before Field Translation	Field	No	None	Maps the previous export value for this field into the current record.
000015	Before Field Translation	Pct or Amt	Field	No	None	Derives a type code from data in two related numeric fields. The first is the amount; the second is the percent. Both fields must be on the same table and row. The return values reflect non-zero entries in the fields. Examples include Federal Tax Data, Additional Amount, and Additional Percent.
000016	Export File Creation	Bypass Rec	Record	No	None	Bypasses the entire record on the output file.
000016	Import Processing	Bypass Rec	Record	Yes	PIPMPADP	Validates and bypasses the record during the import process.
000017	Before Field Translation	Phone No	Field	No	None	Extracts the 7-digit phone number from the free-form Phone field.
000018	Record Processing	Pygrp chg	Record	No	None	Recognizes that the PeopleSoft pay group for this employee has changed. When using this process, the PeopleSoft pay group must be mapped to a field within the record. If the translated value for the PeopleSoft pay group changes, the record containing this process ID is formatted.
000019	After Field Translation	Rehire Cd	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	If the employee's status code was terminated the last time this employee's data was exported, but the current status code is Active, sets the Rehire code.
000020	Before Field Translation	RmSlsh/Dsh	Field	No	None	Returns the data value from the PeopleSoft database minus any embedded slashes or dashes. Use to return the U.S. ZIP code value without the separating dash and to return a phone number without dashes.
000021	Before Field Translation	State 2 Cd	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Uses the Resident State Code if resident state and work state are different. Uses the translate entries when needed.
000022	Before Field Translation	Std Hours	Field	No	None	Calculates standard hours per pay period from standard weekly hours and pay frequency of the pay group.
000023	Record Processing	Stop DirDp	Record	No	None	Recognizes that the Direct Deposit code no longer applies for this employee. The record containing this process ID is formatted.
000024	Record Processing	Stop AdPay	Record	No	None	Recognizes that Additional Payment no longer applies for this employee. The record containing this process ID is formatted.
000025	Before Field Translation	Stop Code	Field	No	None	Returns a Yes indicator (a returned value of "Y") when one of the following events occurs: Stop Deduction, Stop Direct Deposit, Stop Additional Pay, PI Employee ID change, Company change or Pay Group change.
000026	Record Processing	Stop Ded	Record	No	None	Recognizes that the deduction code no longer applies for this employee. The record containing this process ID is formatted.
000027	Record Processing	Stop Goals	Record	No	None	Recognizes that deduction goals no longer apply for this employee. The record containing this process ID is formatted.
000028	Before Field Translation	Stop Date	Field	No	None	Returns a stop date when any of the following events occur: Stop Deduction, Stop Direct Deposit, Stop Additional Pay, PI Employee ID change, Company change and Pay Group change. The date supplied is the pay begin date minus one day. If the event does not occur, spaces are supplied for the stop data.
000029	Record Processing	Stop Save	Record	No	None	Recognizes that the savings plan deduction no longer applies for this employee. The record containing this process ID is formatted.
000030	Before Field Translation	ST Recip	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Creates values to apply to the translate table. If State 2 exists, then Field 1 is the resident state and Field 2 is the work state.
000031	Record Processing	Transfer	Record	Yes	PIPSPADP	Detects when the transfer transaction should be formatted.
000031	Export File Creation	Transfer	Record	Yes	PIPXPADP	Recognizes when the PI_EMPID for an employee has changed. The transfer transaction is generated to include the appropriate change indicators for the fields that have changed.
000032	Before Field Translation	MD Local %	Field	No	None	Calculates the Maryland locality percentage. Translate values apply only when State 1 is Maryland.
000033	After Field Translation	SUI/SDI	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Generates an error message and does not export the employee's data to ADP if a change is detected in this field and the employee has not been assigned a new PI_EMPLID. Use to validate a change to the SUI/SDI state tax code.
000034	Before Field Translation	> 3 DirDep	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Edits the employee data for more than three direct deposit accounts.
000035	After Field Translation	New PI ID	Field	No	None	Uses the current or "new" PI-EMPLID when the old PI_EMPLID is not the same as the current PI_EMPLID assigned to the PeopleSoft employee ID.
000036	Import Processing	DPA09	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Saves pay date 1 from the Direct Pay header record for access by process 000040.
000037	Import Processing	DPA10	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Saves the pay period end date 1 from the Direct Pay header record for access by process 000040.
000038	Import Processing	DPA11	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Saves the pay date 2 from the Direct Pay header record for access by process 000040.
000039	Import Processing	DPA12	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Saves pay period end date 2 from the Direct Pay header record for access by process 000040.
000040	Import Processing	DPB11	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Selects pay dates 1 or 2 from the Direct Pay header record. PI_CHECK key fields are based upon the value of this field.
000041	Import Processing	PCX 3E8	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Updates PI-BALANCE_YEAR, PI_BALANCE_PERIOD and PI_BALANCE_QTR based upon the as of date.
000042	Import Processing	PCX 3E9	Field	Yes	PIPMPADP	Updates all of the current employee's balance entries before they are inserted in the database.
000043	After Field Translation	Goal Amts	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Paired with special process 000044. Does not send the goal limit amount if it is zero on setup. Formats the reset of a goal limit amount to zero when needed.
000044	After Field Translation	Goal Code	Field	Yes	PIPSPADP	Pairs the Goal Limit codes with the Goal Limit Amount.
000045	Before Field Translation	Middle Int	Field	No	None	Retrieves the person's middle initial from the Name field. Names are entered last name, first name, and middle name. This routine takes the first character following the space after the first name.
000046	Before Field Translation	Middle Nme	Field	No	None	Retrieves the person's middle name from the Name field.
000047	Export File Creation	Skip Field	Field	Yes	PIPXPADP	Causes the export process to bypass the field on the output file when the Export Full option is used and the field is blank.
000048	Export File Creation	Bypass Fld	Field	No	None	Bypasses the field in the output transaction file.
000049	Record Processing	Eff Status	Record	No	None	Checks the effective status field. If it is not active, the data will not be formatted for export.
000050	Record Processing	CSV	Record	Yes	PIPSPRCS	Marks records with a stop deduction as having a stop on the PI Partic Export.
000200	Before Field Translation	GVT Remark	Field	No	None	(USF only) Creates an array of remarks codes from the SF50 remarks for inclusion in EPIC Record.
000201	Before Field Translation	Tang Amt	Field	No	None	(USF only) If Tangible Benefits > 0 sets to "Y" else blank.
000202	Before Field Translation	Intang Amt	Field	No	None	(USF only) If Intangible Benefits > 0 sets to "Y" else blank.
000203	Export File Creation	Geo Code	Field	No	None	(USF only) Process GVT_GEOLOC_CD Code.
000204	Before Field Translation	Hire Date	Field	No	None	(USF only) Hire Date evaluation.
000205	Before Field Translation	Posn Title	Field	No	None	(USF only) Position Title Code/Description.

The Definition Table component - Interface Definition Record page, Process ID field enables you to access COBOL processes that signal special events (transactions) such as a Stop Deduction. These events set an indicator that can be used later by another special process indicator. The following table lists the processes that PeopleSoft Payroll Interface delivers for special events.

See Setting Up the Definition Table.

Note: The processes listed in this topic are a subset of the COBOL processes that are delivered with Payroll Interface.

See Reviewing Delivered COBOL Processes.

See Working with Transactions.

Process ID	Description	Record Type	Special Event
00001	0N1 Change	Data	Used for logical file types. Assigned to data records for DED_CALC and savings.
000023	Stop DirDP	Process	Stops direct deposit.
000024	Stop AdPay	Process	Stops additional payment. Assigned the stop record.
000026	Stop Ded	Process	Stop deduction. Assigned the stop record.
000027	Stop Goals	Process	Stop deduction goal. Assigned the stop record.
000029	Stop Save	Process	Stop savings plan deduction. Assigned the stop record.
000050	Savings, Additional Pay	Data	Assigned to the data records for non-logical file formats (such as CSV) for additional pay and savings plan before and after tax. These record IDs must be named: "SAVE" for before-tax savings "SPAT" for after-tax savings "APAY" for additional pay

You can create your own COBOL routines for use with Payroll Interface. The system isolates your COBOL routines from the delivered Payroll Interface COBOL processes and calls them by retrieving the name specified on the Process Table component - Interface Process Table page, User Exit Program field.

Shell programs for three user exit invocation points are provided with Payroll Interface. You can use these programs as templates for your COBOL routines:

PIPMPOTH: For routines performed during the Import process.
PIPSPOTH: For routines performed during the Export process select/compare phases.
PIPXPOTH: For routines performed during the Export process create export file phase.

To define your own COBOL routine:

Make a copy of the shell program that is associated with the Payroll Interface process phase in which your special process routine will be performed.
Do not modify the shell programs. These programs are set up with all the necessary working storage and linkage section data elements already defined and should be preserved as modules for future development.
Change all references to the shell program name to the name of your new routine.
Follow the PeopleSoft naming convention to make it easier to identify the timing of your own routines. You should change the last three characters of the program name to the system ID for which the routine is written. For example, the ADP system ID has three routines: PIPMPADP, PIPSPADP, and PIPXPADP.
Select a process ID for your new routine.
Review copy member PICPRCSW.CBL and select an unassigned number between 80000 and 899999. These numbers will not be used by PeopleSoft development. Add an 88 level description for your new routine in the copy member. Code your program logic and compile your program.
Define your new routine to Payroll Interface by setting up a process ID using the Process Table component.

Note: For AS400 and Oracle/VMS platforms, you must specify the calls to your user exit programs in copy member PICUEXIT.CBL. Edit this copy member to add your new program in the appropriate place.

Working with COBOL Processes

Reviewing Delivered COBOL Processes

Example: Process ID 000015

Delivered Processes

Reviewing Delivered COBOL Processes for Special Events

Creating COBOL Routines