beqomPay Suite 16.1 - Feature release notes
This article details the latest improvements introduced in version 16.1 of the beqomPay Suite application, their benefits for our end-users and their principles of use.
Compensation
"Team planner view" step improvements
Version 16.1 of the beqom sees the introduction of a number of improvements to the Team planner view step of the compensation round configuration wizard, as detailed in the following sections.
Possibility to view & edit disabled columns
When editing the compensation round or configuring the comp round it is possible now to view and edit the columns which are not enabled for the Planner. This gives an opportunity to check or update the configuration of the columns which are not enabled to be viewed by the Compensation managers and HRBPs.
Disabled field edit action
Possibility to delete custom columns & calculated columns
In order to offer a better user experience to users working in compensation round configuration, it is now possible to delete custom columns and calculated columns from the compensation round. If a column to be deleted is used in conditional formatting or in a calculated column, the platform offers the possibility to check dependencies, as well as download a log file where dependency details are reflected.
Dependency details
Possibility to enable or disable columns in bulk
With version 16.1, it is now possible to enable or disable columns in the Team planner view step of comp round configuration wizard using bulk actions. To do this, a new Visibility column was added to the column table in the step page. In this column, users can:
Enable or disable individual columns with the help of toggle.
Select, using checkboxes, multiple columns enable or disable all selected columns at once with the Bulk options action.
Bulk actions
"Bonus" compensation element - Possibility to disable "Bonus amount"
Compensation admins can now disable the Bonus amount sub-element of the of Bonus comp element. When disabled, the bonus amount does not appear in the Planner compensation grid which removes the possibility to make adjustments to the calculated bonus of the workers.
Disabling "Bonus amount"
Possibility to disable compensation elements
Starting with 16.1, Compensation admins can now disable any compensation elements they do not need to use in there is a need not to reflect it in Planner. Elements disabled here will not be visible to Compensation managers and HRBPs. To do this, a similar mechanism to the one used to enable/disable columns was put into place.
Enabling/disabling a comp element
In progress compensation round deletion
The latest version of beqom introduces an exciting new capability for compensation management: the possibility to delete compensation rounds in In progress status. Available only to Global compensation admins (not to Compensation admins), this feature offers advanced flexibility when it comes to the management of rounds.
Once a compensation round is deleted, it no longer appears in the list of comp rounds in Workbench > Compensation > Compensation Rounds; however, this is a "soft delete" process, meaning that the record of the round is retained in the database.
For added security, the user performing this action is required to enter the code of the comp round in the round deletion confirmation pop-up.
Comp round deletion
Bonus plan modification for in progress compensation rounds
It is now possible to change the bonus plan associated to a comp round that currently in progress from the Round details step of the compensation round configuration wizard (Workbench > Compensation > Compensation Rounds).
When the bonus plan is changed, upon publishing the changes, bonuses are automatically recalculated.
Bonus plan improvements
Bonus plan usage indication
Once a bonus plan is selected in a compensation round in Draft status, the bonus plan is then considered in use and a marker is now applied in the list of bonus plans in Workbench > Compensation > Bonus Plans. The "In use" marker is retained for the bonus plan when the associated comp round is in the following statuses:
Draft
In progress
Closed
'In use" marker for bonus plan
Bonus plan usage details
The action menu for bonus plans now contains a Usage details option which gives Compensation admins and Global compensation admin the possibility to review the list of the compensation rounds in which a given bonus plan is used. Upon clicking this option, a drawer containing all the relevant information is opened on the right-hand side of the application screen.
Bonus plan actions
The range of actions that Compensation admins and Global Compensation Admin can perform on bonus plans was extended:
View: view the configuration of the bonus plan.
Duplicate: copy the bonus plan with all its parameters and edit the content of the duplicated item.
Usage details: check the usage of a given bonus plan in comp rounds.
Deactivate: mark a bonus plan as deactivated so that it does not appear in the selection when configuring the compensation rounds.
Delete: remove the bonus plan.
Bonus plan deletion
Starting with version 16.1, Compensation admins and Global compensation admins can delete bonus plans in Draft status of which they are owners. Additionally, Global compensation admins can also delete bonus plans in Ready status. Before deleting bonus plans in Ready status, Global compensation admins must however resolve any dependency of the bonus plan (i.e. remove the bonus plan from any comp rounds), as indicated in the user interface:
Bonus plan deletion
Platform
Population criteria update
In this version, the logical operator used between criteria blocks in the Population Builder, within the Data Management section of the Workbench, was updated.
Previously, criteria blocks were joined using the AND logic (i.e. a restrictive logic where all criteria must be true); they are now joined using the OR logic (i.e. an inclusive logic where at least one of the criteria must be true), aligning with how criteria blocks function in other areas of the product (such as the compensation round eligibility criteria).
This change makes the behavior consistent across the platform and easier to understand when defining complex populations.
Effective dates in the Data Viewer
The Data Viewer, under Workbench > Data Management > Data Foundation, now displays EffectiveDate columns for all effective-dated entities.
This enhancement allows users to:
View effective dating directly in the Data Viewer.
Track data validity across different timeframes more efficiently.
Improve confidence in reviewing and validating effective-dated records.
Data Modeler - Remove "Preview grid"
The Preview grid action was removed from the Data Modeler. Instead, users can now leverage the new Snapshot Manager, available in the Data Management section of the Workbench.
Using the Snapshot Manager, it is possible to create a snapshot based on a data model and then export it for detailed review.
This change provides a more consistent and powerful way to validate and analyze data models before they are used in compensation rounds or other processes.
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For more information on the Snapshot Manager and how to export, see Snapshot Manager and Snapshot manager: export snapshot as CSV.