Configuring the Payroll Accounts driver

The Payroll Accounts driver contains a list of General Ledger (GL) accounts that are mapped to payroll items for each company. The string values and number of the payroll items must conform to members of the PayrollItem table.

TIP: Double-click the ellipsis (…) to the left of the ACCT columns to select GL accounts from the ACCT table.

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NOTE: The utility has a section for each company included in the Payroll plan; departments are mapped to a PayrollBudgetDEPTRollup or PayrollForecastDEPTRollup. All payroll items—expenses and statistical accounts used by, and projected by, payroll planning—will be listed for each company.

To configure the Payroll Accounts driver:

  1. From the Command Center home page, click Payroll Planning.

  2. Open the budget, scenario, or forecast for which to edit the driver.

  3. Click the Drivers & Assumptions tab.

  4. Click the Payroll Accounts driver. The driver opens in the desktop client.
  5. Click the PayrollAccts sheet and enter the information indicated in the table below.
    Table ColumnDescription
    Budget ACCT

    Select or enter the BudgetAcctRollup value for all payroll items that are expense accounts, and for statistical accounts to be saved to the plan table – BudYYYY or FCSTYYYY tables. You do not need to map an account to every PayrollItem.

    Allocation ACCTEnter a Payroll Allocation ACCT to the payroll items that are shared with other DEPTs as payroll expense for allocations. Allocation records are created only for items with a Payroll Allocation ACCT, which can either be the same as the payroll BudgetAcctRollup or one or more unique BudgetAcctRollups used for allocation records.
  1. When all columns of the table are populated, click Save in the Main menu to save the driver file to create the driver table.