Understanding How to Work with PDBA History Integrity

To ensure that the correct information appears on the quarterly tax reports and employees year-end forms, you should regularly verify the integrity of the PDBA history. To verify PDBA history integrity, run the PDBA Integrity report (R077021). This report identifies missing, inaccurate, or incomplete information in the F06146 table.

To identify PDBA history integrity errors, run the PDBA History Integrity report in proof mode so that you can review errors and enter any manual corrections before updating the table. When you run the integrity report in proof mode, the system identifies possible errors without changing any information in the history table.

To correct PDBA history integrity errors, run the PDBA History Integrity report in update mode or use history revision forms to enter corrections manually. When you run an integrity report in update mode, the system corrects information in the Employee Transaction History Summary table and generates a report that lists the errors that it could not correct. Review all errors, correct them as instructed, and rerun the integrity report until all of the errors are corrected.

You should run integrity reports monthly, quarterly, and before you begin year-end processing.

To complete these tasks, you must run the integrity report at least twice:

• The first time, to identify the errors.

• The second time, to correct the errors.