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Angela Skenderi 2Angela Skenderi 2 

"Variable does not exist: PayElement" is the error that I have regarding this code, what would be a good solution? (Would also appreciate explanations as well)



private static Pay_Element__c createEarningsAttachmentPayElement(
    Earnings_Attachment__c earningsAttachment,
    Decimal deductionAmount,
    Id ppsId,
    IncomeModifierService.Settings earningsAttachmentSettings
  ) {
    String aeoName = buildEarningsAttachmentName(earningsAttachment);
    Decimal deductionAmountAndAdminCost = EarningsAttachmentCalculator.addAdminCosts(
      earningsAttachment,
      deductionAmount
    );

    Id payElementTypeId = earningsAttachment.PayElement.Earning_Attachment_Pay_Element_Type__c;

    return PayElementService.createPayElement(
      aeoName,
      ppsId,
      deductionAmountAndAdminCost,
      payElementTypeId,
      earningsAttachmentSettings
    );
SwethaSwetha (Salesforce Developers) 
HI Angela,

The error "Variable does not exist: PayElement" indicates that Salesforce cannot find a variable or object with the name PayElement in the context where this code is being executed.

In your code, it looks like you're trying to access the PayElement object or variable, but it's not declared or instantiated.

Example 
of how you might structure the code with a declaration of the PayElement variable: 
private static Pay_Element__c createEarningsAttachmentPayElement(
    Earnings_Attachment__c earningsAttachment,
    Decimal deductionAmount,
    Id ppsId,
    IncomeModifierService.Settings earningsAttachmentSettings
  ) {
    String aeoName = buildEarningsAttachmentName(earningsAttachment);
    Decimal deductionAmountAndAdminCost = EarningsAttachmentCalculator.addAdminCosts(
      earningsAttachment,
      deductionAmount
    );

    // Assuming PayElement is a custom object
    Pay_Element__c payElement = new Pay_Element__c();

    Id payElementTypeId = earningsAttachment.PayElement.Earning_Attachment_Pay_Element_Type__c;

    return PayElementService.createPayElement(
      aeoName,
      ppsId,
      deductionAmountAndAdminCost,
      payElementTypeId,
      earningsAttachmentSettings
    );
}

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