PA54 Combine with Historical Action Special Processing

Has anyone used the special processing combine with historical action on PA54? I looked at the PA user guide but couldn't find instructions on how to use this feature. Used it once before an it wiped out the fields of the one action instead of just over-riding the field of the second action done.. so trying to find how to properly use it. They entered 2 hire actions rather then change the original one so want to merge them into one action so that it does not mess up our new hire reporting. It will not allow me to reverse the second one done since except for the reason code I can not find any other fields it modified. Which on some of the other duplicates is how I fixed them. Reverse the second action done and then do a combined action on the first one for the fields they were trying to fix. This one is different and will not allow me to use same process. Any suggestions would be appreciated on how to merge these 2 together or remove the second one. Thanks.

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If the second action was just processed today, there could be pending updates on the PA55. You could delete those and then reverse the second action and combine the first with the proper information.

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You can process the PA55 records with a PA113 only for that ID. Then review the first action on the PA54, you will need to page down, to see where the Current Value is No. These would be the fields updated in the second action. You can delete them out and then combine the two.

If you use the the latter method above make sure what you are deleting isn't tied to another action. If the employee only has the two hire actions then it is simple. If they have other actions that updated anything from the initial hire action then you will need to review carefully.

If the second action has no data tied to it, meaning it is blank on the PA54 without any records, try deleting it from there.

Sylvie Vincenti

Thanks Tony. There is nothing in PA55 to process. These actions were done back in June (but I did verify there was noting hanging out there). There are some on the first action that have No for the current value but none of these were updated on the second hire action. They were update through other actions. There are lines on the second action but all the fields on it match the value for those fields on the first action. I really have no idea how they created this record when no update (that I can see) was done.

As far as using the combine action option. would you be on the second action and select the first one for the action number? Or would it be the reverse?

We just refreshed our test system so this one will probably be in there. Going to try and reverse the actions that caused the current value to become No and see if that will allow me to do something with the second hire action once they are no longer there.

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[quote userid="17257" url="~/infor-lawson-human-resources-group/f/infor-lawson-human-resources-group---discussion/26847/pa54-combine-with-historical-action-special-processing/71809"]There are lines on the second action but all the fields on it match the value for those fields on the first action. I really have no idea how they created this record when no update (that I can see) was done.

If this is true, you should be able to delete each line item on the PA54 for the second action. Enter a D in the FC box and hit change. As long as the previous value matches current value you should be able to remove it.
Then, you should be able to do your combine to add in what is needed.

Sylvie Vincenti

Thanks... Let me delete all rows on the second action except the Rate of Pay and Emp Base Pay Rate lines. I see the Rate of Pay on the first action and it matches but won't let me delete it. I do not see the Emp Base Pay Rate on the first action so no idea how it got on the second one since it is not part of the action. When I delete the rate of pay line it looks and says it deleted it but when you inquire it is still there. The emp base pay rate gives an error of Can't process chg; most recent history will differ from emp when I try to delete it.

So I did a pay rate action to change the value to No, which then allowed me to delete the second action and then did a reversal on the pay rate action I did so that one would be removed from history and then fixed the original hire action.

Thank you for pointing in the right direction.

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