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Section 21 Miscellaneous Enhancements - FunctionalExpansion of Benefit Plan Amount Fields For Percent CalculationsExpansion of Benefit Plan Amount Fields For Percent CalculationsFor benefit/deductions codes with calculation rules that accommodatepercentage-based plans, the Amount 1 and Amount 2 fields, seen in many places inthe system have been expanded to four decimal places from the current two.Please note that the resulting deduction calculation will still be rounded to twodecimal places.This change has been made throughout the Benefits/Deductions module in both,Banner and Employee Self-Service, and includes flexible benefits, payroll, and masschange processing. Forms and processes impacted include the:• Employee Benefits or Deduction Form (PDADEDN),• Employee Flexible Benefits Form (PDAFLEX),• Employee Benefits and Deductions Rule Form (PTRBDCA),• Employee Benefit or Deduction Set Up Form (PDABDSU),• Benefit/Deduction Mass Change Rules Form (PTRBDMC), and• Payroll Calculation Report (PHPCALC).Note: The expansion of Amount 1 and Amount 2 fields do not pertain to thosebenefit/deduction codes that use dollar amounts. If you try to enter toomany decimal places you will receive an error message: *ERROR*{AMT1/AMT2} has to be in format 999,999,999.99. You will be required tochange the number to the appropriate format prior to saving and leavingthe record.This completes RPE #25848. Resolved in Human Resources Release 6.1.Expansion of the Amount and Special Rate FieldsIn order to accommodate larger payments through the One Time Payment Form(PEA1PAY), the Special Rate and the Amount fields have been increasedthroughout the HR product. The Special Rate field was expanded to accommodatea maximum one-time payment amount of $999,999.99. Previously, the maximumpayment that could be processed was $99,999.99. The Special Rate field is nowdefined in the database as 999,999.999999. Due to the increase in the size of theSpecial Rate field, the Amount field was also expanded to accommodate thepotentially larger resultant calculation of Hours/Units times Special Rate.Human Resources/Position Control Release 7.0 January 2005262 Release Guide Confidential