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Rate Determination (Elements) Entry Panel

The Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel acts like a spreadsheet. It provides data entry and data display capabilities for rate information.

On entry to the panel, CA PMA Chargeback displays rates generated from forecasting. These rates can be overriden with values you specify. If you enter C (calculate) in the C (command) column, CA PMA Chargeback uses any entry you make to recompute all displayed values for the charge element and any subordinate qualifiers.

• CA PMA Chargeback uses the Cost column exclusively for entry purposes (see D. on the next panel). This column works with the C (command) column to recompute the values displayed based on any entries you specify.
• The Ord and Elements columns list the names of the ORD Types and Charge Elements for which CA PMA Chargeback displays rate information (see A. on the next panel)
• The M column indicates whether or not the application applied a modifier to an element (see B. on the next panel)
• CA PMA Chargeback uses the Units column and Totals for Units field for display purposes. These fields can only be set by the Forecasting function (see C. and E. on the next panel)
• All numeric display/entry fields, except %Of-Tot can be in units (U), thousands (K), millions (M), billions (B) or in trillions (T). The factor used for each display/entry field is shown next to the field.

A sample Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel follows.

  USERID                    CA PMA Chargeback                 MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
  __    Acctdefs   Cbdefs   Query   Data   Period   Options   Exit   Help
 +-- CBORTEE ------------ Rate Determination Entry ----------------------------+
 |     Panel  Exit  Help                                                       |
 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | Enter rate determination data. Then select an action or Enter.              |
 |                                                                             |
 |   Period : 005                     More: < - + > ____ Row 0001 of 0001      |
 |       A.                  B.   C.                                     D.    |
 | C Ord Elements           M Units     Avg-Rate  Proj-Chg  %Of-Tot Cost    S  |
 |                                                                             |
 | _ MBJ CPU-CHARGE           6.99999 U 4.16666 U 28.3333 U 100.000 _______ _  |
 | _                                                                _______ _  |
 | _                                                                _______ _  |
 | _                                                                _______ _  |
 | _                                                                _______ _  |
 |                                                                             |
 |    E.  Totals               6.99999 U           28.3333 U                   |
 |                                                                             |
 |   Enter   F5=<Per   F6=>Per   F7=Bkwd   F8=Fwd   F11=Generate               |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
  Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
  F1=Help    F3=Exit    F4=Prompt    F9=Command    F10=Action Bar    F12=Cancel

A description of the Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel follows.

Access

The Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel appears when one of these events occurs:

• You type PR in the fast path area of the Primary Panel's action bar.
• You choose Rate Determination on the Period Functions pull-down.
• You return from the Rate Determination (Qualifiers) Entry panel.

  
  ----------------
  |Period Funct. |__________
  | Pull-Down    |         |
  |>2. Rate Deter|         |
  ----------------         v
                    ----------------
                    |  Rate Deter. |
                    |  (Elements)  |
                    |  Entry Panel |
                    ----------------
                           ▲
                           |
                    ----------------
                    |  Rate Deter. |
                    |(Qual) Entry  |
                    |>F3           |
                    ----------------
  

Scrolling

F7 and F8 let you scroll backward and forward through the Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel. You can also use the scroll bar, as explained on page Sample List Panel, to move through the panel.

You can also scroll left and right, by period number, through the Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel using F5 and F6 or by placing the cursor on the < or > symbol on the scroll bar and pressing Enter.

Input

The following Rate Determination (Elements) Entry panel fields are available for input:

Period

A three-digit numeric field used to specify the period for which CA PMA Chargeback displays rate information. If you want rate information for another period, specify the new period in place of the one displayed and press Enter. Values within all fields also change.

C

(Command column) Valid entries are:

C: (Calculate) Calculate any changes you specify for the column entries. CA PMA Chargeback prorates changes across all subordinate qualifiers for the period.

Q: (Qualifiers) Displays any qualifiers associated with a given charge element.

Cost

An entry field used to specify the charge to be recovered. The system automatically adjusts the rates to recover this amount.

S

A scale which indicates whether the cost for each charge element is in thousands (K), units (U), millions (M), billions (B), or in trillions (T).

Pathways

Enter

By entering a C(Calculate), or a Q(Qualifiers) in the C command column next to an element and pressing Enter you can perform the function specified.

F11

(Generate) Replaces the existing rates in the development set of the RATETAF and ELEMTAF tables to the ones generated on the Rate Determination panels.

Note:

• If the records in the CCCMOD table do not match therecords in the rate tables, rate generation fails.
• When you select F11 to automatically generate rates, you must commit the new rates before you use them.
• You can enter Rates on the rate table automatically using F11 or manually using the Cbdefs option. If you use F11 CA PMA Chargeback deletes any rates you enter manually. You should therefore use this option with caution.