Introduction

This appendix describes the functionality provided by the application that allow the agency to implement rate tables. This appendix describes the rate table entities and the fields they contain. It also describes the rate table business processes and provides examples of how different types or rate table can be used. Rate tables are designed to store any given value or set of values that can vary over time. Rate tables can vary from the simple to the complex. A simple rate table may have a single column with a single row containing a value. Complex rate tables can consist of multiple columns, that may contain multiple sub-columns, and multiple rows. Each cell in addition to a value may contain a maximum and a minimum value. The interpretation of the values contained in a rate table is dependent upon the context within which they are used.