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Payroll Results Payment Election Structure

PaymentElection schema from Workday Payroll Results API

Type: object Properties: 10
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PaymentElection is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Payroll, describing 10 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id order distributionType amount percentage accountType bankName lastFourDigits currency active

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-structure/payroll-results-payment-election-structure.json",
  "name": "PaymentElection",
  "description": "PaymentElection schema from Workday Payroll Results API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the payment election",
      "example": "pe_w100542_primary"
    },
    "order": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Priority order of the election",
      "example": 1
    },
    "distributionType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Amount",
        "Percentage",
        "Remainder"
      ],
      "description": "How payment is distributed",
      "example": "Amount"
    },
    "amount": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Fixed amount (when distributionType is Amount)",
      "example": 2500.0
    },
    "percentage": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Percentage of net pay (when distributionType is Percentage)",
      "example": 100.0
    },
    "accountType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Checking",
        "Savings"
      ],
      "description": "Bank account type",
      "example": "Checking"
    },
    "bankName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Financial institution name",
      "example": "Wells Fargo"
    },
    "lastFourDigits": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Last four digits of account number",
      "example": "4521"
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 4217 currency code",
      "example": "USD"
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this election is currently active",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}