Understanding Payroll Cycle Reports Setup

Before you process a payroll for the first time, you set up the reports that you want to review during the payroll cycle. When you set up reports, you also designate when in the cycle to generate each report. For example, you might generate the payroll register during pre-payroll processing. You can choose from the reports that are included with the system, as well as any custom reports that you have created.

After you create a payroll ID, you can define the reports to generate during the various steps of the payroll cycle. Although the payroll cycle includes a reports step, the production of reports is not limited to this step. You can generate each report at any step in the payroll cycle and at multiple steps. For example, you can generate the Payroll Register report, which provides a breakdown of the gross-to-net pay calculations, after the pre-payroll step of the cycle as well as during the reports step of the cycle.

During the payroll cycle, the generated reports include all of the employee records that are included in the data selection for the payroll ID. When you set up the reports, you can create unique versions of each report so that you can specify the processing options, data selection, and data sequence.

The demonstration data for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Payroll system includes a model report setup. You can use this model to help you determine the step during which you might want to generate each report.