You are creating a car allowance element.

In Oracle Payroll Cloud, to reference a salary balance in the rules for a car allowance element, the most direct and recommended method is to use afast formulathat references thedatabase item (DBI)and the appropriatedimensionof the salary balance (Option A). Database items provide real-time access to balance values (e.g., "Gross Earnings YTD"), and the dimension specifies the time period or scope (e.g., period-to-date, year-to-date). This approach allows the car allowance calculation to dynamically pull the salary balance without additional setup. Option B (calculation card) is not applicable, as calculation cards are for individual overrides, not balance references. Option C (balance feed) is used to feed one balance into another, not for direct formula references. Option D (manual input) is static and impractical for ongoing calculations. Oracle documentation supports using DBIs in formulas for this purpose.