Balance Exception Report Enhancement

You can now track balance exceptions for a specific payroll run. This enhancement ensures run dimension support on balance exceptions allowing you to define exceptions based on a balance value for a run. 

For example, use these values to define an exception to track employees with salary greater than $2,000 in the current run.

  • Comparison Type: Current Run
  • Dimension: Relationship Tax Unit Run

To support this exception rule you must define the following:

  • Balance Name: e.g. Salary 
  • Variance Type: Amount
  • Variance Operator: Greater Than
  • Variance Value: 2,000
  • Severity: 1

When you run the Balance Exception Report, the generated report shows employees having salaries greater than $2000 for the current run only.

Consider the following when you run the Balance Exception Report:

  • Define exceptions based on a balance value for the current run only.

  • Create a balance group with the same balance exception requirements for reporting purposes.

  • Use a balance group that includes balances that all have the same dimension.

When you create or edit a Balance Exception, the Balance Group dropdown lists balance groups that meet the following criteria:

  • The balance group must have a defined balance usage.
  • Balances included in the balance group must be of the same balance dimension
  • The dimensions of balances included in the group must match the comparison type. For example, if the comparison type is Current Month, the balances included in the balance group must all have month dimensions only. 

In addition, the Balance Exception Report supports flow connector rules. For example, during a payroll period, you run several off-cycle QuickPay runs to accommodate ad-hoc late or bonus payments to your employees or payment settlements for terminated employees. You also run the usual on-cycle payroll runs for the same payroll period.

Use flow connectors to consolidate the flows. When you run the enhanced Balance Exception Report, the generated report honors the defined flow connector rules and displays run balances for all the connected flows.

Use the enhanced Balance Exception Report to track specific run balances for a current run and also use flow connectors to consolidate flows and view the consolidated run balances for the connected flows.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Before you run the Balance Exception Report, consider the following:

  • Use the Balance Exceptions task to create a balance exception.
  • Use the Balance Exceptions and Reports task to create a balance exception report that groups together one or more balance exceptions.
  • Create an Exception Report Name that you can use to run the balance exception report.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following topics on the Oracle Help Center.

  • Balance Exceptions
  • Balance Exception Reports
  • How to Create a Balance Exception Report?
  • Severity Level for Balance Exceptions