---
title: clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment
summary: API reference for clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment.
status: draft
owner: Technical Writer
last_reviewed: 2026-07-31
library: SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium
reference_type: package
---

# clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment

Represents a rate adjustment applied to a premium reporting period; holds adjustment factor, type code, and effective date range for reporting premium calculations.*

## Purpose
- Persists and retrieves a rate adjustment (factor, type code, date range) for a premium reporting period.*
- Consumed by reporting-period premium calculation workflows that apply ordered rate adjustments to compute reported premium amounts.*

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PremiumSetID | `Public Property PremiumSetID() As Decimal` | Primary key used to load, compare, and join this premium set with child coverage, adjustment, and billing records. |
| AdjustmentType | `Public ReadOnly Property AdjustmentType() As clsPremiumAdjustmentTypeCode` | Lookup object that describes the current adjustment type.* |
| PremiumAdjustmentTypeCode | `Public ReadOnly Property PremiumAdjustmentTypeCode() As String` | Numeric premium adjustment type code value used by this type's rating, billing, or reporting logic.* |
| EffectiveDate | `Public ReadOnly Property EffectiveDate() As Date` | The date from which this record is effective. |
| RatingRuleMasterID | `Public ReadOnly Property RatingRuleMasterID() As Decimal` | Identifier used to correlate this row with related premium records.* |
| ExpirationDate | `Public ReadOnly Property ExpirationDate() As Date` | The date on which this record expires; null indicates no expiration.* |
| AdjustmentValue | `Public ReadOnly Property AdjustmentValue() As Decimal` | Business value exposed as adjustment value for callers of this API.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Shared Function Equals(ByVal objA As Object, ByVal objB As Object) As Boolean` | Static overload: compares two Object references for equality using value-equality semantics.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Overrides Function Equals(ByVal inObject As Object) As Boolean` | Compares this instance with another `Object` instance for value equality.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Function Equals(ByVal inObject As clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment) As Boolean` | Compares this instance with another `clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment` instance for value equality.* |
| GetHashCode | `Public Overrides Function GetHashCode() As Integer` | Returns a hash code consistent with the value-equality implementation. |
| ToString | `Public Overrides Function ToString() As String` | Returns a string representation of this instance, typically for diagnostics.* |
| GetRateAdjustment | `Public Shared Function GetRateAdjustment(ByVal inDataportal As IDataPortalInfo, ByVal inPremiumSetID As Decimal, ByVal inPremiumAdjustmentTypeCode As String, ByVal inEffectiveDate As Date, Optional ByVal inPremiumSetDatabase As PremiumSetDatabases = PremiumSetDatabases.Enterprise) As clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment` | Loads a cls reporting period rate adjustment that matches the supplied lookup criteria. |
## Inherited public members

| Member | Signature | Purpose | Origin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rules | `Property Rules As clsRulesManager` | Framework rules manager used to register, evaluate, and surface broken rules on the object.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| BeginEdit | `Sub BeginEdit()` | Starts an n-level edit session so callers can stage changes.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| CancelEdit | `Sub CancelEdit()` | Rolls back the active edit session.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| ApplyEdit | `Sub ApplyEdit()` | Commits the active edit session.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |

## Behavioral notes
- Source file: `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium\clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment.vb`.

## Constraints and usage notes
- Effective and expiration dates define the reporting period window; type codes must reference valid adjustment types.*


> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium\clsReportingPeriodRateAdjustment.vb`