Payroll Results Comparison

This topic explains the analytics that are displayed on the Payroll results comparison section of the Overview tab.

The Payroll results comparison section on the Overview tab displays the following analytics, within the context of a payroll and period. Use the Balance Comparison and Costing Comparison context switchers to view the payroll balance comparison or costing information.

Note:

When you select a Calculation Flow Name filter, the information in this region will only display the results for the selected flow in the current payroll period. All other periods will be blank.

Balance Comparison

This region lets you view and compare the high-level balances for each payroll period, to verify whether the total amounts for the period are within the expected tolerances, when compared to previous periods. Details for the latest period and 3 previous periods are displayed. These figures represent the total amounts (in legislative data group currency) for the payroll period, broken down by balances. The balances that are displayed in this region is controlled by the legislation.

Costing Comparison

This region lets you view and compare the costed results for each payroll period, to verify whether the total costed amounts for the period are within the expected tolerances when compared to previous periods. Details for the latest period and 3 previous periods are displayed. These figures represent a sum of all cost results grouped by the element classification. The costing comparison results are sorted by the default priority that’s defined for the element classification.

Default and Suspense Costs

This region indicates when payroll costs have been posted to the default or suspense account. Any cost that’s posted to the default or suspense account won’t be included in the costing summary. For example, when a $200 earning is posted to suspense, it will be included in this region, but the $200 will not be included in the earnings value displayed in the costing balance region.

• Default:

  Indicates when costs are posted to the default account because of an issue with the costing percentage rules. When a payroll is processed, all earnings and deductions are allocated to a cost account. The cost account consists of multiple segments which are populated using the payroll costing hierarchy. Each segment is populated from various levels of the costing hierarchy such as Payroll, Department, Position, Element, and so on.

  You can define rules to split payroll costs based on a percentage split, such as 60% to department A and 40% to department B. When costing rules aren’t defined correctly, the percentage rules don't equal 100%, and this causes costs to be posted to the default account.

• Suspense:

  Indicates when costs are posted to the suspense account instead of the correct cost account. When a payroll is processed, the cost result might be allocated to the suspense account. For example, the Natural Account segment is defined as required in the costing key flexfield. When the costing string is built using the costing hierarchy, if this segment value comes as NULL, the full cost result will go to the suspense account.

  This analytic only includes cost results. It doesn’t include balance (cost) results, to prevent both debits and credits being included (double accounting).

Payment Exceptions

This region lets you identify employee payments that have one of these statuses: Unpaid, Void, Paid Externally, and Canceled. These exceptions represent the payments that might require attention. For example, unpaid payments need to be paid, void payments need to be paid or canceled.

Transfer to Subledger Accounting Status

This accounting summary lets you identify whether all costs for the payroll period have been transferred to SLA. It highlights any issues with the Transfer to SLA results that require attention.

Payroll Activity Status

This region provides a high-level overview of the status of the processes supported by Payroll Activity Center for the selected payroll period. It provides the following information for each process:

• Name of the milestone for the process, such as Payments.

• Number of employees that are included in the process.

• Number of payroll results that have an exception, such as error status or mark for retry.

• Number of payroll results in the payroll period that are pending a further processing. For example, number of prepayment results that are pending payments.