Benefit Plan Codes (BPLANnn) Maintenance

Use Benefit Plan Codes (BPLANnn) Maintenance to maintain the codes pertaining to the plans used by employees in your organization. This information is used during MSR Magnetic Filing. Information includes the position class codes, report remarks codes, mag plan codes and the rate schedules information.

Note: You will want to make sure all of your employees who participate in MainePERS have valid codes.

Directions:

To open:

1. Click Reporting from the Menu.

2. Click Government.

3. Click MSR Magnetic Filing.

4. Click Tables.

5. Click Benefit Plan Codes (BPLANnn).

Tip: Or, use the keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [e] [g] [m] [a] [b].

Benefit Plan codes (BPLANnn) Window Example:

Benefit Plan Code (BPLANnn) Maintenance Prompts The benefit plan codes that have been set up display when the screen is opened.
Adding Benefit Plan Codes To add a benefit plan code, click New and then enter the following information.
Position Class Code	Enter the position class code. (up to 5 characters)
Rate Category	Enter the rate category code for the position class code.
Report Remark 2 Char	Enter the Report Remark for the position class code. (up to 4 characters) Note: Each plan code should have a corresponding report remark code, where the first two characters of the remark code matches the plan code.
Mag Plan Code	Enter the mag plan code that corresponds to the position class code.
Rate Schedule #	Enter the rate schedule number (often referred to as an RSN) that corresponds to the position class code.
	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + s]
	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
Editing a Benefit Plan Code	To edit information, click the field and enter the new value. Repeat until all desired fields are changed. Then click Save to complete your entries.