The standard and correct method for a formula to access a balance value within Oracle Payroll is by using a Database Item (DBI). Fast Formulas are designed to retrieve live data from the application during a payroll run. To get the value of the salary balance, the car allowance element's formula must reference the specific DBI associated with the salary balance. The formula must also specify a balance dimension (e.g., ASGRUN, ASGYTD) to define the specific context and time period for the balance value being retrieved. This ensures the calculation is dynamic and accurate for each payroll period.

A. Calculation cards are primarily used for statutory and involuntary deductions (e.g., taxes, court orders), not for passing general balance information to a standard allowance formula.

C. A balance feed defines how an element's run result contributes to a balance (element → balance), not how a balance value is retrieved by an element.

D. Entering the salary as a static input value is manual, inefficient, and error-prone. It does not create the required dynamic reference to the official salary balance.

1. Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

Implementing Payroll for Core HR (Release 24B)

Chapter 10: Formulas

Section: Balances in Formulas.

"To retrieve a balance value

the formula must use a database item. The database item requires the defined balance ID as a parameter. The defined balance ID is a unique reference for the balance and dimension combination." This directly supports option B as the correct method.

2. Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

Using Fast Formulas (Release 24B)

Chapter 4: Using Database Items

Functions

and Other Formula Components

Section: Database Items.

"Database items are variables that represent items of data in your applications... In a formula

you can use database items to get the values of variables

such as the sex of a person

an assignment's job name

or an element's input value." This establishes the fundamental role of DBIs in retrieving data for formulas.

3. Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

Implementing Payroll for Core HR (Release 24B)

Chapter 8: Balance Definitions

Section: Balance Feeds.

"Balance feeds define the contribution of an element's run result value to a balance. You can feed a balance with one or more elements." This confirms that balance feeds operate from an element to a balance

making option C incorrect.