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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Configure Scramble Plans for Compensation

Configure Scramble Plans for Compensation

You can scramble or remove compensation data in Implementation tenants for training and testing purposes, or to cloak sensitive information.
Scrambling permanently changes or removes data. Scramble data in Implementation tenants only.
When you submit more than 1 scramble field at a time, Workday removes data before scrambling. Example: When you configure both the
Removal of Compensation Assignments and Payments
 and
Allowance Plans
 scramble fields, Workday removes plan assignments, leaving no allowance plan assignments to scramble.
Workday doesn't scramble plan defaults that equal zero.
  1. Access the
    Create Data Scramble Plan
     task.
  2. As you complete the
    Compensation
     section, consider these scramble fields and scramble methods:
    Option Description
    Allowance Plans
    Bonus Plans
    Commission Plans
    Merit Plans
    One-Time Payment Plans
    Stock Plans
    Select:
    • Any option beginning with
      Input Value, Increment Profiles, and Update
      .
      For each plan type, select a scramble method and enter values for
      Amount
      ,
      Percent
      , or the
      Number of Units
       and
      Per Unit Amount
      .
      Workday scrambles:
      • Amount-based plan defaults, assignments, and payments to the value specified for
        Amount
        . For commission plans, Workday scrambles both the amount and the draw amount.
      • Percent-based plan defaults and assignments to the value specified for
        Percent
        .
      • Unit-based plan defaults and assignments to the values specified for
        Number of Units
         and
        Per Unit Amount
        .
    • Set to Plan or Plan Profile Default
      Workday:
      • Overrides compensation assignments and payments with individual targets.
      • Sets the plan or plan profile default to plan assignments, payments, and any grants. For commission plans, Workday scrambles both the amount and the draw amount.
    Workday assigns the new scrambled default or profile default value to those employees that don't have individual targets on their plan, depending on their eligibility.
    Compensation Elements
    Compensation Grades, Grade Profiles, and Grade Hierarchies
    Compensation Packages
    Compensation Plans
    For both methods, Workday generates a generic name for each object and appends a dash and the next number in sequence. Example:
    General Salary Plan
     renamed to
    Salary Plan - 1
    .
    Select:
    • Scramble to Number Sequence (Names and Descriptions)
    • Scramble to Number Sequence (Names, Descriptions, and Reference IDs)
      Workday also renames all object Reference IDs to match the name of the scrambled object.
    Compensation Pay Ranges
    Select:
    Input Percentage Variance
     and enter the percentages to decrease the minimum and increase the maximum.
    Workday:
    • Selects random values according to your input percentage variance settings for the minimum and the maximum.
    • Recalculates the segments in between evenly.
    Workday recalculates segments the same as the
    Calculate Segments
     check box on the
    Create Compensation Grade
     task.
    Removal of Compensation Assignments and Payments
    Remove all guidelines, plan assignments, and payments. Or, remove selected plan assignments and payments, but not guidelines.
    • Remove All Guidelines, Plan Assignments, and Payments
    • Remove Selected Plan Assignments and Payments
    Removal of Compensation Review Data
    Workday removes all compensation review:
    • Plan assignments.
    • Employee or organization-specific award data.
    • Scorecards and profiles.
    • Organization / budget pool contributions.
    • Statements.
    Salary and Hourly Plans
    Select:
    • Input Percentage Threshold for Salary and Hourly Assignments
      Workday scrambles all salary and hourly plan assignment values to a random value between the minimum and your specified threshold percentage of the total base pay range.
      Example: The total base pay range for an hourly plan is 10 through 20. You want to scramble that to a random point between the minimum (10) and 50% of the range (15), so you enter 50 for the threshold percentage. Workday scrambles the hourly plan assignment to 12, which is a random point between the minimum of 10 and the threshold percentage of 15.
    • Input Value and Update Assignments
      Enter values for hourly plan defaults, hourly assignments, and salary assignments.
      Workday:
      • Sets hourly plan defaults and assignments to the value you specify for
        Hourly Assignments
        .
      • Sets salary assignments to the value you specify for
        Salary Assignments
        .