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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Reconcile Ledger Commitment Balances to Payroll Commitments

Reconcile Ledger Commitment Balances to Payroll Commitments

  • Set up commitment accounting and payroll commitments to compare payroll commitment transaction actuals with posted journal entries.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Budget General
     domain in Budgets functional area.
You can compare the operational transactions of your payroll commitments to what's posted in journal entries in the related ledger. For a select company, ledger, and ledger period, you can see:
  • A summary of detailed commitment transaction results (for initial, adjustments, and liquidations) compared to the journal entries that actually posted to the commitment or obligation ledger.
  • Differences between the operational transaction and the amount posted.
  • A count of positions that make up the commitment transaction results, with the ability to drill down into activity details.
  1. Access the
    Commitment Balance to Payroll Commitment Reconciliation Report
    .
  2. Review the data aggregated in the report.
    Option Description
    Operational Balance at Period End
    Total payroll commitment transactions in the ledger period.
    Operational Activity in Future Accounting Period
    Total payroll commitment transactions in the ledger period posted to a future period.
    Calculated Operational Balance at Period End
    Sum of
    Operational Balance at Period End
     and
    Operational Activity in Future Accounting Period
    .
    Ledger Balance at Period End
    Total ledger activity actually posted during the ledger period.
    Difference
    Calculated operational payroll commitment transactions amount, minus the actual ledger activity in the period. Typically zero, but if there's a difference, use the information to identify configuration errors.
    Positions with Activity
    Number of unique positions in the period with payroll commitment transactions. If there are differences related to particular positions, Workday displays a count of positions with differences. You can then drill down into the transaction details for the position to identify and isolate issues.
    Positions with Differences
    Number of positions in the period with a difference between the calculated operational balance and the ledger balance at period end.
If there's a difference between an operational transaction and the amount posted, use this information to identify errors in your configuration.