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Last Updated: 2024-11-01
Cancel Completed Off-Cycle Payroll

Cancel Completed Off-Cycle Payroll

  • Cancel settlements.
  • You haven't completed retro for the target period that you're canceling and retro isn't in progress. When the retro process is in progress, you can cancel it, and then cancel the completed off-cycle payroll.
  • Security:
    Process: Run Batch Cancel Complete
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
You can cancel a completed off-cycle payroll result with a status of
Complete
 or
Complete with Exceptions
. Check the calculation status in the
Period Status
 section of the
View Pay Group
 report.
Workday can't cancel the completion of an individual result, when:
  • You settle payments.
  • Postprocessing occurred, such as tax filing, accounting entries, or processing a subsequent off-cycle payroll run.
  1. Access the
    Cancel Off-cycle Complete
     task.
  2. (Optional) Select the
    Next Period
     check box in a period that's
    Opened for Off-Cycles
    .
  3. Select a
    Period
    ,
    Pay Group Detail
    ,
    Worker
    , and an
    Off-cycle Result
    .
    When you don't see any results in the
    Off-cycle Result
     drop-down list after you’ve completed your off-cycle; it's possible that your results aren't eligible for cancel complete.
    Workday recommends you to run the:
    • Cancel Off-Cycle Complete for Group of Results
       report as it displays Results Not Eligible to be Canceled.
    • Completed Off-Cycles Results to be Canceled
       report as it displays the Ineligibility Reason.
    Here are some of the ineligibility reasons that you can find when you run the
    Completed Off-Cycle Results to be Canceled
     report:
    • Reversed
    • Payroll Accounting Adjustment Event Not Canceled or Rescinded
    • Settled
    • On Demand Event Business Process
    • More Recent In-Progress or Completed Results Exist
    • Next Period Off-Cycle Exists
Workday changes the status of:
  • Individual payroll off-cycle results from
    Complete
     or
    Complete with Exceptions
     to
    In Progress
    .
  • Payroll accounting from
    Posted
     to
    Created
    .
  • Liquidation accounting from
    Posted
     to
    Created
     when you're using Workday Payroll commitment accounting.
Individual off-cycle payroll results that you can't cancel remain with the status of
Complete
.