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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2026-09-18
Run Pay Accounting Reallocation

Run Pay Accounting Reallocation

You can process pay accounting reallocation to:
  • Identify completed costing allocation events and create reallocation journals.
  • Complete in-progress reallocations to post journals.
  • Cancel in-progress or in-error reallocations when you need to reverse processing.
Workday recommends that you complete costing allocation changes for a completed period before you run pay accounting reallocation.
You can run a subsequent pay accounting reallocation for the same payroll result from a costing allocation event at the same costing hierarchy level.
You can't rescind a costing allocation event if it was used in a reallocation result. Cancel open reallocation results before you rescind the event.
  1. Access the
    Run Pay Accounting Reallocation
    task.
  2. Complete the task:
    Option
    Description
    Completed Events Through
    Enter a date to select costing allocation events completed within that date range.
    Workers
    If you don't select any workers, Workday includes all workers in the run.
    Reallocations to Be Processed
    If you don't select any workers, this grid doesn't display reallocation counts. Workday processes all matching reallocations when the job runs.
  3. Click
    OK
    .
When the job is complete, Workday creates reallocation journals that you can review on the
Other Accounting
tab of a payroll result and in payroll accounting reports. The journal status is the same as the reallocation transaction status.
On the
View Background Process
task, you can click on the number in these columns to view the costing allocation event, payroll result, and current accounting:
  • In Progress
  • In Error
  • Review the reallocation journals on payroll results.
  • Run the
    Excluded Pay Results from Pay Accounting Reallocation
    report to identify pay results that weren't reallocated because of an existing payroll accounting adjustment.
  • Complete open reallocation journals before you close ledger periods.
  • Access the
    Complete Pay Accounting Reallocation
    task to complete the reallocation.