Payroll Tracking portlet

Use the Payroll Tracking portlet to track the status of payroll runs in real time, to manually enter data related to any payroll run, and to create management reports on completed payroll runs.

Set up the Payroll Tracking grid options

  1. Select
    Setup
    ,
    Firm Information
    , and then
    Firm
    .
  2. On the Payroll Tracking tab, find the Payroll Tracking Portlet section and use the grid to select the columns to display in the portlet.
  3. Use the up and down arrows to change the order the columns appear in the grid. Use the
    Reset
    button to revert back to the default settings.

Select the Payroll Tracking portlet in the Dashboard

  1. Select
    View
    , then
    Firm Dashboard
    or
    Staff Dashboard
    .
  2. Select the
    Select Portlets
    link, mark the
    Payroll Tracking
    checkbox, and then select
    OK
    .
  3. Move and expand the Payroll Tracking grid to display it how and where you want it.

Filter and sort the portlet data

note
The Payroll Tracking portlet includes payroll schedules for which the check date of the next pay period falls within the next 5 business days.
  1. In the Payroll Tracking portlet, choose whether you want to view payrolls that still need to be processed or payrolls that have been completed by selecting either
    Not Completed Payrolls
    (the default) or
    Completed Payrolls
    from the dropdown list at the top of the portlet.
  2. Use the filtering fields to limit the number of payrolls that display in the grid.
  3. Choose either
    Must match all criteria
    or
    Must match one or more criteria
    .
  4. Sort the data by columns by selecting the column header.

Modify details for a payroll

In the Payroll Tracking portlet, after filtering and sorting the payroll in the grid, you can choose to make the following changes.
  • Select a different payroll processor.
  • Add notes in the grid for the payroll.
  • Indicate if changes were initiated by the client or the processor.
  • Mark the
    Do Not Pay
    checkbox to complete the payroll run without printing payroll checks and advance the pay dates to the next payroll date. In the
    Do Not Pay Reason
    field, you can also select a reason for advancing the pay dates.
    note
    A selection in the
    Do Not Pay Reason
    field is required when the
    Require DNP reason selection if the DNP checkbox is marked
    checkbox is marked in the Payroll Tracking tab of the Firm screen.

Reassign payrolls to another processor on the fly

  1. In the Payroll Tracking portlet, you can reassign the payroll by selecting the down arrow in the
    Processor
    field and selecting another processor.
  2. To quickly reassign the payroll to the primary processor or to the backup processor, highlight the row of the payroll to reassign and then right-click in the row.
  3. Choose either
    Reassign to Primary Processor
    or
    Reassign to Backup Processor
    .

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