Order of Automatic Entry of Elements

Summary:

Is there a way to control the order that elements are automatically assigned?

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We have created a Payroll element that is automatically assigned to all employees and includes a calculation based on their Annual Salary but for new pending workers the calculation returns 0.

If we refresh the element by resaving it then the calculation works correctly.

Is there anyway to delay the assigning of this element so the triggers are met, i.e the Annual Salary has been generated and the Payroll Relationship is saved? Or can the element be made more dynamic so it will recheck the Annual Salary going forward?