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Importing to Payroll - Workforce Management Format

Payroll | Payroll Import Types | Details tab | Import Type field

Summary

Payroll transactions obtained directly from Workforce Management. This format does not use files as a data source for importing.

Field Number

Field Name

Format

Comment

1

Employee Code

Char 12

Mandatory

2

Pay Type

Char 12

Allowance Code: Mandatory

3

Quantity

Double - rounds to 2 decimal places

Mandatory

4

Rate Amount

Double - rounds to 4 decimal places

Optional - If supplied, then PayGlobal forces the rate code to be the first override rate.

5

Total Amount

Double - rounds to 2 decimal places

Optional - If "Calculate in Payroll" is Yes, then this amount will be overwritten by the standard PayGlobal transaciton total amount calculation.

6

Date From

Date

Transaction Start Date: Optional - Passed as GMT time

7

Date To

Date

Transaction End Date: Optional - Passed as GMT time

8

Holiday Start Date

Date

Optional - The date that the leave transaction started. If supplied, passed as GMT time.

9

Cost Centre Code

Char 12

Optional

10

Calculate in Payroll

Logical - Y/N

Optional - defaults to false if not supplied. If false, then PayGlobal forces the rate code to be the first override rate. If true, then the Rate Amount and Total Amount are both set to zero and PayGlobal will calculate these during pay processing according to the rules active at the time.

Consolidation of transactions

When importing from Workforce Management transactions will be consolidated for allowances where the Payroll consolidate transactions is set to "Yes"

Transactions will consolidated into a single transaction based on grouping the following fields

  • Employee Code
  • Pay Type (Allowance Code)
  • Cost Centre Code
  • Rate Amount
  • Holiday Start Date
  • Calculate in Payroll

The Quantity and Total Amount for the consolidated transaction will set to the sum across the transaction group with the Date From being set to the minimum Date From and the Date To being set to the maximum Date To

Note: Pay Type in the import data from Workforce Management matches to Allowance Code within PayGlobal

Days worked transactions

When importing from Workforce Management it may be necessary to create days worked transactions for the employees. This can be set up using the Import WFM tab within Company Settings

Notes

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