Compare Sets

A pay agreement can include one or many pay code rules that determine how a payee will be paid depending on the pay code against which an attendance or absence is allocated.

Compare sets are labels that allow the pay code rules of a pay agreement to be grouped for the purposes of comparing their results so that payment can be based on the lowest or highest result yielded by any of the pay code rules within the group.

Before pay code rules can be grouped for comparison, a compare set must be created to represent each grouping to which a pay code rule can be assigned for the purposes of comparing results.

Once a compare set has been configured on a pay agreement, it can be selected in the Compare Set field on the Pay Code Rule Entry screen when configuring a pay code rule, as shown in the example below.

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By selecting an option in the Compare Set field, you assign the pay code rule to a pay code rule group so that the results of that pay code rule can be compared to that of other pay code rules that belong to the same pay code rule group.

How to Create a Compare Set

To create a compare set, follow the procedure below.

1.	If not already open, open a pay agreement in the Pay Agreement Entry screen.
2.	Click on the Compare Sets tab under the Pay Agreement section, as shown in the example below. The Compare Sets pane opens on the right-hand side of the screen.	Open
3.	Near the top of the Compare Sets pane, click Add. A blank row appears to allow you to key in the name of the new compare set.
4.	In the Set Name column of the blank row, key in a name for the compare set. The name must be unique for the agreement.
5.	In the Priority Order column of the blank row, key in the priority sequence number for the compare set. This determines which compare set is applied when the results of multiple compare sets give the same result. For example, where compare set A has a priority of 0 compare set B has a priority of 1, compare set A will be applied if the results of sets A and B are the same.
6.	When you are ready to save the new compare set, click Save. The compare set is saved, the Compare Sets pane closes and a confirmation message opens to indicate that the compare set has been saved.

You can delete a compare set that has not been used and is not required by clicking the delete button next to the relevant compare set that is listed on the Compare Sets pane. You cannot delete a compare set if it has already been selected on a pay code rule. You can change the name of any existing compare set at any time.