Defining Modifiers

Modifiers are the CA PMA Chargeback method of enabling you to modify, either globally or by a specific ORD Type, charge elements calculated charge based on user-defined qualifiers. Examples include adjusting charges for:

Holidays
Weekends
A specific class or priority
A specific department

These conditions can obviously be coded within the algorithm for a charge element, but being more general in nature, they warrant specific handling. Modifiers also reduce the number of qualifiers and qualified rates required. When charges are applied, the charge is computed and a record is written to the CCCTAB. At the same time, an additional modified record is also written to the CCCTAB. This lets you maintain an effective audit trail.

Note: To create a global modifier, specify an ORD Type of ALL on the Modifiers primary panel. This means for those conditions specified, you only have to define the modifier once, rather than defining it over and over for each ORD type. This is very efficient when defining modifiers that relate to conditions such as SHIFT and WEEKEND.

The algorithm for applying a modifier is:

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Charge Element * |Modifier| = Modified Charge Element
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The Modifiers panel set is made up of the following panels:

Modifiers primary panel
Modifiers List panel
Expanded Modifiers List panel
Modifiers Entry panel

Note: Protected display field areas are preceded by a colon (:).