Variables

You can use positive or negative numbers (constants) in formulas. You can also use the variables below in place of the numbers:

Note: All variables must be enclosed in quotes " ".

When working with variables in a formula for TRAVERSE 11 you must first select the f.GetNumericVariable command from the list of selections. The variable must be enclosed in quote marks within the parentheses: f.GetNumericVariable(“TAXEARN”).

Variable	Description
ADJEARN*	Adjusted earnings for net pay deductions.
ADJHR	Adjusted hours, minus exclusions.
ADJMIN	Adjust to minimum wage flag.
ADJSUIEARN	Total SUI earnings before the Self Adjust Month changed.
ADJSUIWITH	Total SUI withholdings before the Self Adjust Month changed.
DEDEXCL	Total amount of deductions exclusions.
DEDUCTIONTOT	Total deductions for the current check.
EARNEXCL	Total amount of earnings excluded.
EARNHOURSEXCL	Total hours excluded.
EICCODE	EIC code for each employee (N, E, B, or M).
EMPDEPT	Default department ID for the current employee.
EMPFICAWH	Employee FICA Contribution (OASDI and Medicare).
EMPTYPE	Employee type (H or S).
EXEMPTIONS	Number of exemptions per employee.
EXTRAWH	Extra withholdings for the employee.
FEDEXEMPT	Number of federal exemptions for the employee.
FEDEXTRAWH	Extra federal withholding for the employee.
FEDFIXEDWH	Fixed federal withholding amount for the employee.
FEDMARITSTATUS	Marital status of the employee for federal withholding.
FEDWITH	Total employee federal withholdings (including OASDI, Medicare, and EIC.)
FIXEDEARN	Total fixed earnings for the employee.
FIXEDPCT	Fixed percent for the withholding.
FIXEDWH	Fixed withholding amount.
FWHWITH	Employee federal withholding (not including OASDI, Medicare, and EIS).
GETDEDUCTION	Retrieve a deduction taken out of an employee's check. Need to list deduction code in ("xxx").
GRANDTOTEARN	Total gross earnings, not including earnings that are not included in net pay.
GRANDTOTGROSS	Total gross earnings, including all earnings.
GRANDTOTNET	Net pay for the employee.
HOURS	Total hours worked.
LOCALWITH	Total employee local withholdings.
MINWAGE	Minimum wage.
NETDEDTOT	Total deductions based on the net pay for the employee.
PALOCAL	Local code if calculation local withholding.
PASTATE	State code if calculating state withholding.
PASTATUSCODE	Current withholding code.
PAYPERIODS	Total pay periods for the year; taken from the tblPaEmpGenInfo table.
PAYEAR	The payroll year to bring data into the formula from.
PERIODCODE	Current deduction run code for the group code the current employee is in.
REGHRS	Regular hours worked.
STATEWITH	Total employee state withholdings.
STATUS	Marital status for current withholding.
TAXEARN	Taxable earnings per tax authority (total earnings minus all exclusions).
TAXHOURS	Taxable hours per tax authority (total hours minus all exclusions).
TAXMONTH	Tax month being processed (as set in the Business Rules)
TIPS	Tips accumulated for the employee.
TOTEARN	Total earnings.
UNCOLMED	Year-to-date uncollected Medicare.
UNCOLOASDI	Year-to-date uncollected OASDI.
WEEKSWORKED	Number of weeks worked for the employee.
WEEKSWORKEDLIMIT	The value from the tax authorities setup in the weeks worked limit field.
WITHHOLDINGEARNINGS	Earnings used to calculate current withholding amount. Accounts for limits.
YTDEARNINGS	Year-to-date earnings for the withholding.
YTDFICATIPS	Year-to-date FICA tips (used in employee OASIDI to figure FICA tips).
YTDTIPS	Year-to-date tips deemed as wages (used in employer OASDI adjustments).
YTDWITHHOLDINGS	Year-to-date withholdings for the withholding.
* For Gross, ADJEARN is set to the same amount as GRANDTOGROSS, minus any earning code exclusions that may exist for that deduction. For Net, ADJEARN is set to GRANDTOTEARN. Then DEDUCTIONTOT. FEDWITH, STATEWITH, and LOCALWITH are subtracted to account for all withholdings up to that point. So if you have two net pay deductions, the first one is calculated and that amount is added to DEDUCTIONTOT. The second deduction will follow the same process, with DEDUCTIONTOT having the updated deduction total from the previous net pay deduction.

Note: All variables must be enclosed in quotes " ".

Variable	Description
CALC_COLUNCOLMED	Collected on Uncollected Medicare.
CALC_COLUNCOLOASDI	Collected on Uncollected OASDI.
CALC_FICATIPS	Recorded FICA tips.
CALC_TAXABLE	Taxable earnings.
CALC_TDW	Adjusted SUI withholdings.
CALCVALUE	The final value calculated by the formula.

Text variables can be used to return a variable that has a text value. Text variables can be used to bring in things like statuses for tax purposes. The formula might depend on a status to calculate a different amount based on the status an employee is set up for.

Test variables are grouped, in the formula box, by the heading #text variables.

Note: All variables must be enclosed in quotes " ".

Variable	Description
EICCODE	The EIC code selected in the employee information setup.
EMPDEPT	Employee's department code.
EMPLABORCLASS	Employee's labor class.
EMPTYPE	Employee's wage type: Hourly or Salaried.
FEDMARITSTATUS	The status selected on the federal tax tab in the employee information setup.
LOCALCODE	Local tax code.
STATECODE	State tax code.
STATUS	The status selected on the state and local tax tabs in the employee information setup.
TABLEID	The table ID used for the formula.

Formula factors are variables used to change the base rate in a formula without changing the formula. Each formula can have six factors. Factors can be used in formula lines by entering [FCn], where n is the number of the factor.

When working with variables in a formula for TRAVERSE 11 you must first select the f.GetNumericVariable command from the list of selections. The variable must be enclosed in quote marks within the parentheses: f.GetNumericVariable(“FC1”)

For example, you can set up a formula that multiplies taxable earnings by a percentage. The formula can be one line long:

f.GetNumericVariable(“FC1”) * .5

If you set Factor 1 to .05, the employee’s taxable earnings will be multiplied by five percent. Later you can change the factor or override it in the employee record.

NOTE: Formula factors can be overridden for deductions on the Employee Information screen's Federal, State, and Local Taxes tabs, and also on the Employee Information screen's Deductions and Employer Costs tabs.

Each line of a formula sets the value of a variable [LInnn] (nnn is the line number). Lines are calculated in sequential order: line [LI001] is calculated before [LI002] and so on. You can use the results of previous lines with other variables in later formula lines. The result of the entire formula is the result of the last line you defined.

Note: All line references must be enclosed in quotes " ".

Each line of a formula sets the value of a variable Ln (where n corresponds to the line number the value of the variable is calculated on). Lines are calculated in sequential order, line L1 is calculated before L2, and so on. You can use variables storing the results of previous lines with other variable in subsequent formula lines. The result of the entire formula is the result of the calculation on the last line of the formula.

Line numbers can be defined many ways in the TRAVERSE formulas. Most of the examples in this chapter use the L1, L2 convention for naming lines other examples could be y1, y2, y3 etc.... You can use any character reference prior to the equal sign = to define a line number. The important thing to remember is what you used to define the line number to use later in the formula.

Example: In line 3 (L3) of the formulas displayed on the following screen, L3 stores the amount calculated in line 2 L2 of the formula. L1 is the amount retrieved for the table in line 1. (The table to be used with this formula is assigned when the withholding code is set up when you set up the tax authority). These variables are used to calculate an amount in line 3 and then that amount is stored as the variable L3 and used in the if, then, else statement that gives us our tax amount.

Note: All line references do not need to be enclosed in brackets [ ].