10 conclusion estimation process
Conclusion of the Estimation Process
After the estimation algorithms have completed their processing of a delinquent or partially reported account, the information pertaining to the estimates is transferred to the Micro Estimation Report Data File. In keeping with the flexibility of the estimation and edit processing, this file can be sorted by a host of parameters, such as county, NAICS, descending employment size, individual digits of the U-I account number, etc. This occurs as an external sort after the estimation program has finished. The sorted file is read into the estimation report printing program (ES2UT02) to produce the estimations report and (if requested by program parameters) the estimation failures report. Only single and master accounts are eligible to appear on these reports, since worksite distributions are both mundane and tremendously wasteful of paper. Unlike the Micro Edit File, updated by the ES2MI28 program, there is no permanent record left of estimation attempts for later recall. If the estimation report is lost, it is not possible to trace the records on a particular run. However, if transaction records are kept during the estimation run (one of the batch job parameters set with the ES2N screen), the successful estimates can be shown on the ES2P screen using the before/after paging. Estimation failures will have only an “F” estimation flag to show for their historical remnants.
One of the program constants in the Lookup File is PK083. This specifies the minimum employment level needed in order to list a failed-estimation employer in the failures-only variety of the Estimation Report. This is useful when there are numerous failed estimation attempts, and attention needs to be focused on those employers that have had more significant employment. The PK083 parameter is defaulted to zero, but it can be adjusted to whatever level is needed for the State. This can, however, list some accounts that might have large wages and seasonal accounts that should be coming back into season, but failed to estimate. Despite these caveats, the general output reduction of this tolerance can be useful, especially for larger States.
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