37 Overview to General Setup

This chapter contains these topics:

37.1 Objectives

  • To select and activate software features that define company and employee information

  • To enter constants information that allows your organization to process and track accurate information

37.2 About General Setup

Before you can use any features of the system, you need to define critical information that the system uses for processing. This information consists of:

Item Description
User defined codes You set up user defined codes to customize your system to your specific business needs. You can customize a wide variety of information with user defined codes.
Company information You set up company information to establish system constants, such as:
  • Company constants

  • Business unit constants

  • Master pay cycles

Reports You set up versions of the reports you run for payroll:
  • Payroll cycle reports

  • Net pay reports and forms

Employee information You set up information on employees:
  • Additional, or profile, information to track employees

  • History and tracking

You can use Enhanced Subledger Accounting in the Payroll system. See Work with Enhanced Subledger Accounting in the JD Edwards World General Accounting I Guide for more information.


General setup consists of:

  • Setting up user defined codes for payroll

  • Setting up general information

  • Setting up payroll cycle reports

  • Setting up net pay reports and forms

  • Set up employee profile information

  • Set up employee master history and turnover

  • Set up contract calendar information