Common Fields Used in This Chapter

Pay A (pay annual)

Enter the number of the pay period for employees who are paid annually. This field is used in conjunction with the Pay Period to Calculate field on the DBA (deduction, benefit, and accrual) Setup form to determine which deductions, benefits, and accruals are to be calculated during this payroll cycle.

Pay B (pay biweekly) and Period No B (period number biweekly)

Enter the number of the pay period, within the month, for employees who are paid biweekly. The system uses this value and the pay period to calculate, from the DBA Setup form, to determine which DBAs to calculate during the current payroll cycle.

Pay Cycle Code

Enter the code that identifies the values for a master payroll cycle.

Pay M (pay monthly) and Period No M (period number monthly)

Enter the number of the pay period, within the month, for employees who are paid monthly. This field is used in conjunction with the Pay Period to Calculate field on the DBA Setup form to determine which DBAs are to be calculated during this payroll cycle.

Pay O (pay other) and Period No O (period number other)

Enter the number of the pay period, within the month, that is used in conjunction with the Pay Period to Calculate field on the DBA Setup form to determine which DBAs are calculated during this payroll cycle.

Pay S (pay semimonthly) and Period No S (period number semimonthly)

Enter the number of the pay period, within the month, for employees who are paid semimonthly. The system uses this value and the pay period to calculate, from the DBA Setup form, to determine which deductions, benefits, and accruals to calculate for the current payroll processing cycle.

Pay W (pay weekly) and Period No W (period number weekly)

Enter the number of the pay period, within the month, for employees who are paid weekly. This field is used in conjunction with the Pay Period to Calculate field on the DBA Setup form to determine which deductions, benefits, and accruals the system will calculate during the current payroll cycle.

Report ID (report identification)

Enter the name of the program or report that you are assigning to the payroll cycle step.