Selecting a benefit program for view

Select the “View Benefits Program” hyperlink from the left pane.
The “Select Program for View” page appears.
The system displays the following.

Date format

The date format applicable to the login user. More details

Enter or select the following

Benefits Definition Unit

Select the organization unit in which you must view details of a Benefit program. The drop-down list box displays all the organization units where you have permission to view details of a benefit program. Tell me more

To select through Direct Entry

Use this method if you know the complete code of the program code.

Enter the code of the benefits program that must be viewed, in the “Program Code” field.
Select the “View Benefit Program ” hyperlink.
The “View Benefit Program” page appears. All details of the selected record are displayed.
To view the benefit program record refers to the topic “Viewing Benefit Program Details”.

To select through Search Criteria

Use this method, if you know just a few characters of the benefit program code or the benefit program description. In the search criteria group box, specify the search criteria based on which the system will fetch the records.

To specify the search criteria, you must enter one or more characters that the benefit program code or description contain. Optionally, you can specify the “Effective From Date” and “Effective To Date” fields, to narrow your search. You can also specify the status of the benefit program. Search based on wild card characters is also supported.

Enter the following search criteria values, in some or all of the following fields.

Program Code	The unique code that identifies a benefit program. To view all the benefit program codes containing specific characters, type in the starting character or characters of these benefit program codes.
	Alternatively, type in these characters in any combination with wild cards. Example: Benefit Program 1, will search for those benefit program codes that start with benefit program 1. Other examples are AM1 and B*N1.
Program Short Description	The description of the benefit program. To view all the benefit program descriptions containing specific characters type in the starting character or characters of the benefit program descriptions.
	Alternatively, type in these characters in any combination with wild cards. Example: Exe, will search for those benefit program descriptions that start with Exec. Other examples are ec and Ex*c.
Program Description	The long description of the benefits program. To view all the benefit program descriptions containing specific characters type in the starting character or characters of the benefit program descriptions.
	Alternatively, type in these characters in any combination with wild cards. Example: Exe, will search for those benefit program descriptions that start with Exec. Other examples are ec and Ex*c.
Status	From the drop-down list box select the status of the plan type. One among the following can be selected namely “Active”, “Pending” and “Inactive”.

Use the fields below to specify dates to indicate the probable period for which the program is effective.

Effective From Date	The date on or after which the benefit program is in effect. For example, if you enter 09/16/01, the system fetches the records of all the benefit program that are effective from the specified date.
Effective To Date	The date on or before which the benefit program is in effect. For example, if you enter 09/16/01, the system fetches the records of all the benefit program that will be in effect till the specified date.

Note: To indicate the probable period for which the benefit program is effective, enter both the From and To dates. The system fetches the records of all the benefit program that are effective during the period.

Select the “Search” pushbutton to get the details.

Note: If only one search criteria value is entered, the system will fetch the records that satisfy this value.
If more than one search criteria value is entered, the system will fetch the records satisfying all the specified values.
If you do not enter any value in the search criteria group box and select the “Search” pushbutton, the system will fetch all the records that are benefits definitions t unit.

The system displays the following details in the multiline, for the records that satisfy the search criteria specified.
The system displays the following in the multiline.

Program code	The unique code that identifies the benefit program.
Program Short Description	The short description of the benefit program.
Program Description	A brief description of the benefit program.
Effective From Date	The date from which the benefit program is effective.
Effective To Date	The date until which the benefit program is effective.
Status	The status of the benefit program. One among the following is displayed namely “Active”, “Pending” and “Inactive”.

Page objective

To select a benefit program whose details are to be viewed

What you can do in this page

To select through Direct Entry

To select through Search Criteria