Defining scenarios

A scenario is a copy of a specified slice of data. You can use scenarios to perform a what-if analysis of different pay, benefit, or salary options.

1. Click the Home icon.
2. Select Module Settings and Budgeting > Configuration > Scenario.
3. From the standard dimensions select the context in which to create the scenario.
   If a scenario that you search for is not listed in the Overview pane, click Find Scenarios to find a scenario that you want to copy or edit.
4. Click Add New and select the configuration set and version from which to create the scenario.
   An existing scenario version can also be used as a data source for a new scenario.
5. Click Create and specify this information:

   Scenario Name

   Specify a name for the scenario.

   Scenario Details

   Specify a description of the scenario.

6. Select the position types to include in the scenario.
   For example, you might include positions that were created in Workforce Budgeting and through a decision package but not positions that were imported from your source system.
   Filled positions represent positions that have at least one employee assignment. Vacant positions represent positions with no employee assignment.
7. Click Select Context and specify the context of the scenario by selecting elements of each dimension.
   The context identifies the organizations, entities, and jobs to copy from the source version to the scenario version.
   Business objects that are not copied to the scenario cannot be adjusted by the scenario actions. Results from different scenarios cannot be merged together.
8. Click Copy Data to Scenario. Close the Processing page when processing is finished.
9. In Scenario Details are these links that you can use to configure the scenario:

   View Actions

   You can view the actions that apply to the scenario. Or, you can add new actions to positions and position assignments that were copied to the scenario.

   Modify Salary Table

   You can select a salary table for the scenario and modify it. For example, you might increase or decrease all the salaries in the table by a percentage.

   Adjust Salary %

   You can adjust salaries for positions and position assignments with the annual salary or monthly salary pay types by a percentage.

   Adjust Benefit %

   All actions that were created as benefit definitions with Flat Amount and Rate x Quantity calculation types are adjusted by the selected percentage.

   Adjust Hourly Amount

   You can adjust salaries for positions and position assignments with the hourly pay type by a specific amount.

   Adjust Supplemental Pay %

   All actions that were created as supplemental pay definitions with Flat Amount and Rate x Quantity calculation types are adjusted by the selected percentage.

   Adjust Salary %, Adjust Benefit %, Adjust Hourly Amount, and Adjust Supplemental Pay % options apply the configured modifications to all positions and position assignments that were copied to the scenario.

   More detailed adjustments are possible in the pages for which a scenario version is selected in the context.

   Salary Tables

   View the salary tables that are copied to the scenario.

   Job Overview

   View the jobs definitions that are copied to the scenario.

   Position Overview

   View the positions that are copied to the scenario.

10. Click Generate Scenario once only.
    Note: Generating the scenario multiple times would results in the modifications being applied more than once.
11. Close the Processing page when processing is finished.