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Last Updated: 2024-01-12
Schedule Payroll Commitment Adjustments (CAN, USA)

Schedule Payroll Commitment Adjustments (CAN, USA)

  • Configure the
    Create Initial Payroll Commitments
     business process and security policy in the Core Payroll functional area.
  • Create initial payroll commitments.
  • Security: Process: Position Commitment Accounting
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
When you run a payroll commitment adjustment, Workday recalculates all pay periods not yet liquidated as well as in-progress payroll periods for the fiscal year.
You can schedule payroll commitment adjustments to run on a specified schedule without needing to incorporate the
Check Budget
 step on impacted business processes. If you frequently process ad hoc payroll commitment adjustments, Workday recommends scheduling your adjustments to reduce the need to run them manually.
  1. Access the
    Payroll Commitment Adjustment Scheduler
     task.
  2. Select a
    Run Frequency
    .
  3. As you complete the
    Scheduler Criteria
     tab, consider:
    Option
    Description
    All Positions for All Completed Business Processes
    Select to include all positions from all business processes that impact commitment accounting since the last commitment adjustment or from the initial commitment run of the fiscal year.
    Completed On/After
    Completed Prior To/On
    Specify the completion date range of an event that is effective within the fiscal year and impacts payroll commitment accounting.
    Business Processes
    Select 1 or more position-based business processes. Example:
    • Add Additional Job
    • Assign Costing Allocation
    • Assign Pay Group
    If you don't select any business processes, the task runs on all displayed business processes.
    Rescinded/Corrected Business Processes Only
    Select to increase performance by restricting the subset of events.
    Positions
    Select to run commitment adjustments on specific positions.
    All Positions
    Select to run commitment adjustments on all positions.
    To include any positions retroactively closed or vacated on or before the fiscal year start date, run a commitment adjustment on All Positions within 60 days of creating initial commitments for the fiscal year.
  4. As you complete the
    Schedule
     tab, consider:
    Option
    Description
    Priority
    Setting a higher priority can reduce potential queuing.