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Locations and LBNL use these inbound interface files asthe mechanism to pass data to UCPath Payroll for their employee populations. UCPath Payroll loadsand processes data from these files during payroll processing.  \nUC Faculty and Staff are offered the opportunity to be a member of, or contribute funds to, charities, foundation(s), fitness, recreation, life services, and ID cards. If they elect to participate in any of these activities, they can enroll in the related monthly payroll deduction option.  \nThe I-171 inbound interface transfers Location payroll deduction data from the template to a flat file.  \n Voluntary deductions, Plan Type 00 – General Deduction, are the only deductions allowed on this template.  \nDeductions for Benefits, Union, Garnishment, Parking, Transit & systemwide deductions are not allowed. Do not use this template for entering one-time deductions. Use the I-378 Inbound File Generator – One-Time General Deductions for those deductions.  \nUse this job aid to complete the I-171 General Deductions template in Excel.The template is located on the UCPath Location Support site.  \nSearch on “171” to find the latest version of the template. Be sure to access the most current version of the file on SharePoint each pay period for new recurring voluntary deductions entries.  \nContents  \n•  Definitions  \n•  Inbound File Generator I-171 Recurring General Deductions Template  \no Example I-171 Inbound File Generator Template with the Three Header Rows  \no I-171 Inbound File Generator Position Data Header Row  \n• Interface File Template Guidelines  \no Record Level Validations  \n•  Deduction Code Details  \n• Generate the I-171 IB File  \no Example of a Generated I-171 Inbound Interface Text File Using the Template  \no Sample Log File of an I-171 Inbound Interface Text File Processed by UCPath Payroll  \n•  Error Correction Process  \n•  File Transmission Process  \n•  UCPath Payroll I-171 General Deduction Processing  \nDefinitions  \n• UC: University of California  \n• Location: a University of California UCPath Location  \n• CI: Component Interface is a tool that allows you to upload a file that contains mass data changes directly into UCPath  \n• Historic Effective Date: Effective dates that are less than the current effective date  \n• Current Effective Date: Effective date that is less than or equal to the current system date  \n• Future Effective Date: Effective dates that are greater than the current system date  \n• Employee: Any person in UCPath with an Organizational Relationship of Employee , which appears as EMP in the header of the Job Data component  \n• DDODS: Data Dissemination Operational Data Store. A nightly job, also known as the ODS Nightly Burst, sends select UCPath data to DDODS for Locations to access via Cognos reports.  \n• LBNL: Lawrence Berkley National Lab  \nInbound File Generator I-171 Recurring General Deductions Template  \nThe Excel template is designed to load data to the UCPath staging table for processing to the GENL_DEDUCTION record in UCPath. With this method, deduction data sent from the Locations is loaded once and continues on subsequent pay periods until the deduction reaches a specified enddate, goal amount or is turned off.  \nThe template header area contains:  \n• Rows 1-4: Blank  \n• Row 5: Button to Generate I-171 IB File when complete to create the data file.  \n• Row 5: Folder \\ Drive path identifies the folder location where the I-171 IB file will be saved upon generation. If a different folder is to be used, change the location path here.  \n• Row 8: First header row lists the Data Fields – Do not change or edit.  \n• Row 9: Second header row is Characters/Field Format – Do not change or edit.  \n• Row 10: Third header row is entered as an Example – Do","cbCaia4OMx9oL8cH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia4OMx9oL8cH","pdf",806809,"English","# Overview\n## Inbound file generator purpose\n## Allowed and disallowed deductions\n# Definitions\n# Inbound File Generator I-171 Recurring General Deductions Template\n## Template header rows and data entry\n## Interface file template guidelines\n## Deduction code details\n# Generate the I-171 IB file\n## Example of generated text file\n## Sample log file\n# Error correction process\n# File transmission process\n# UCPath Payroll I-171 general deduction processing","[{\"question\":\"What is the I-171 inbound interface used for in UCPath payroll?\",\"answer\":\"It transfers location payroll deduction data from the I-171 template into an inbound interface flat file for UCPath payroll to load and process during payroll runs.\"},{\"question\":\"Which deductions are allowed in the I-171 General Deductions template?\",\"answer\":\"Only voluntary deductions with Plan Type 00 – General Deduction are allowed.\"},{\"question\":\"What deductions should not be entered using the I-171 template?\",\"answer\":\"Do not use the template for one-time deductions or for benefits, union, garnishment, parking, transit, and systemwide deductions; use the I-378 inbound file generator for one-time general deductions.\"}]","I-171 General Deductions Inbound File Generator - Recurring General Deduction Template | PDF"]