1. Administering Payroll for the United States
  2. Payroll Variance Report

Payroll Variance Report

Run the Payroll Variance Report to view the differences in balance values between the output of two runs of the Employee Active Payroll Balance Report.

The report helps you identify balance value variations after performing:

  • Business updates, such as salary increases

  • Technical updates, such as patching

To run this process:

  1. From My Client Groups, click Payroll.

  2. Click Submit a Flow.

  3. Select your US legislative data group (LDG).

  4. Search for, and select Payroll Variance Report.

  5. Select an instance of the Employee Active Payroll Balance report, or upload its XML output.

    You can select any combination of XML file or report instance. For example, you can compare an XML file source with a report flow target.

Report Parameters

Report Variance Greater Than

Use this field to report variances greater than this value.

Leave this field blank to include all variances above a value of 0.1, such as $.10.

Source Content ID, Target Content ID

Use these fields to select the Oracle WebCenter Content (UCM) ID of an XML file on the UCM server.

You can use Upload Parameter Files to upload an XML file directly to the UCM server.

Upload Parameter Files

Use this field to upload XML files directly to the UCM server. After you upload your XML file, you can select it in either Source Content ID or Target Content ID.

Source Flow Instance, Target Flow Instance

Use these fields to select the instance of a completed Employee Active Payroll Balance Report flow.

Process Configuration Group

Select a process configuration group if needed.

Report Results

The report output displays all balance value variations exceeding the defined threshold.

The report output includes:

  • Employee info, including person number, person name, payroll relationship number, and appropriate address info

  • Tax reporting unit (TRU)

  • Process info, including run type, process date, process type, and payroll name

  • Balance info, such as name, dimension, balance value source of the first file, balance value target of the second file

  • Applicable jurisdiction, such as state, county, city, and school district

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