Running the Pay Cycle Job

This section discusses how to run the Pay Cycle job (APPCJOB), which enables you to run the pay cycle from payment selection through the output processes without user intervention.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Pay Cycle Job Request Page

AP_PCJOB_CREATE

Submit a Pay Cycle job to run on Process Scheduler. The Pay Cycle job consists of a lights-out run of the Payment Selection and Payment Creation processes.

To run a Pay Cycle job:

  1. When setting up the payment selection criteria for the pay cycle in the Payment Selection Criteria component, select an Approval value of None.

    To process a pay cycle using the Pay Cycle job, the status of the pay cycle must be New, Reset, No Work, or Completed. If you select the Automatic Increment Dates option for the pay cycle in the Payment Selection Criteria component, you avoid having to increment the dates for a pay cycle before running the job.

  2. Access the Pay Cycle Job Request page and enter the required information:

    1. Enter a pay cycle ID (created in the Payment Selection Criteria component).

    2. Enter an output server name (the server name supplied by default from the User Preferences page).

    3. Enter an output destination.

      This should be a valid directory path. A meta string (such as %%OutputDirectory%%) is not permitted. You must specify a full directory path with a backslash at the end (for example: C:\TEMP\).

  3. Click the Submit Job button to initiate processing.

  4. When the process is complete (the Job status is Processed), review all the output files to ensure that they were generated correctly.

    The Pay Cycle job produces only outputs to files; any files that require printing must be printed independently after the job is complete.

  5. If the Job status is No success, view the pay cycle using the Pay Cycle Manager page for more details.

  6. When the Job status is Processed, click Finalize Job.

    When you click Finalize, the system enables the Auto Increment flag and increments the date range accordingly. The pay cycle advances to a status of N (new) and you cannot reset it.

    Note: Oracle recommends that you use the Pay Cycle Manager page to confirm that all output processes are complete before clicking the Finalize Job button.

To access the Pay Cycle Job Request page, use the navigation: Accounts Payable > Payments > Pay Cycle Processing > Pay Cycle Job > Pay Cycle Job Request

Note: Oracle does not recommend that you create a run control for the Pay Cycle job to run on a recurring basis without any oversight because you must return to the Pay Cycle Job Request page after you've submitted the job in order to finalize the pay cycle.

Positive Payment is not supported by the Pay Cycle Job process.