Understanding Payroll Schedules

To track and export changes that occur to employee-level payroll data, you run the Payroll Interface processes at least once each pay period using the payroll schedules that you establish in PeopleSoft HCM.

Payroll schedules consist of pay groups and pay calendars. Pay groups tell the system which employees to process. Pay calendars tell the system when to process these employees.

To enable payroll scheduling, perform these tasks:

  1. Set up the pay groups.

  2. Set up a balance ID—required for pay calendars.

  3. Set up a pay run ID—required for pay calendars.

  4. Set up the pay calendars.

Note: Set up your pay groups and pay calendars following the requirements of the third-party payroll system. The payroll schedules that you use to run the Payroll Interface processes should coincide with the payroll schedules that are used by the third-party payroll system.