Using the Input option in Business Rules allow user to have manually enter values appearing in the Additional Inputs section on the Calculations Inputs tab and use them as inputs to the calculation to return a value for the line item.

The Annual Expense business rule is designed to return which amount is greater than the other. It uses two variable inputs and either one of them can be used as the final calculated value.

The Presumed Amount is a variable input which comes from the Additional Inputs section on the Calculations Inputs tab while the Base Annual Salary is a variable input that comes from the "Base Salary" line item within the template. When running the CE/CC, the calculation for the "Annual Expense Amount" line item checks whether the Presumed Amount is greater than the "Base Salary" line item. If true, the Annual Expense Amount line item amount is the Presumed Amount otherwise it is the "Base Salary" line item amount.

To configure this, the "Annual Expense Amount" Line Item is calculated using the "Annual Expense" business rule as specified in the Compensation / Custom Calculation / Business Rule field. The Presumed amount input is not selected in the Calculation Input Mapping (Optional) section.

The Input Name of the variable appears on the Additional Inputs section on the Calculations Inputs tab where inputs can be manually entered before generating the CE / CC numbers.

To create a Variable Input in a business rule, select Input as an option followed by Variable.

The Input Variables modal appears. You can select to create new, select existing and copying an existing business rule. The following steps can be followed if you will create the business rule from scratch.

To create an Input Variable, populate the 3 mandatory fields and click