Inquiry

The inquiry process is the extraction of data for display

based on criteria, if so desired, specified by the user.
Said data are presented in inquiry windows in predefined formats.
However, module 4 of this inquiry page presents data in
tabular format, displaying fields selected by the user.
Module 5 displays data in a browse mode.

Personnel Information
This module presents personnel data groups (5 of them
pre-formatted) in the browse mode. Records presented
may be filtered based on specified criteria.
The prompts for the data groups are self-explanatory
and they are enough guides to lead the user to the
information he wishes to see.
Other benefits can be viewed under data group :SSS
deductions, etc. / other benefits". When the SSS
deductions are currently in view, simply pressing Enter
displays the benefits pertaining to the employee being
highlighted by the cursor. To see other records, the
cursor may be moved with the Up/Down Arrow keys to
the target record.

The information can be extracted from the CURRENT

or HISTORY file. There are three (3) grouping levels:
1. Daily details
2. Overall summary
3. Cutoff summary
The informations are presented in browse mode starting
from the specified value if any is indicated. They are also
filtered based on a specified criteria.
As it implies, Daily Details is the presentation of records
summarized according to dates.
Overall Summary presents a record for every employee
regardless of cutoff while Cutoff Summary presents a
record for every employee for each payroll cutoff.

This inquiry module retrieves payroll data on an

individual employee basis. Source of data is either the
current payroll (unposted) or the history file.
Retrieval basis is the employee number. When at this
entry point, pressing F10 displays the list of employees
included in the payroll. If an entered number is not
located in the source file, the first record in such file is
retrieved.
When a record is retrieved, the options are:
1. Display the payroll details for the
currently displayed number
2. Go to the preceding record
3. Go to the next record
4. Terminate inquiry
In option 2 if the beginning of file is reached and in
option 3 if the end of file is reached, the relevant prompt
appears to inform the user of such situation.
In option 1 upon display of data, details of payroll
additions or deductions can be further viewed by
pressing the relevant bottom. Pressing "Total Pay"
shows the total net pay consisting of taxed and taxshielded portions.