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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2025-02-07
Complete Payroll

Complete Payroll

  • Calculate payroll and generate accounting entries using the
    Run Pay Calculation
    task.
    • From the
      Based on Result Status
      prompt, select
      All Statuses
      . Select all statuses in the prompt.
    • Clear the
      Limit Accounting Population Based on Calculation Criteria
      check box to ensure that you include any recent costing allocation changes. It refreshes accounting for your entire payroll population before you complete payroll.
  • Verify that payroll results are correct and complete.
  • Verify that payroll accounting is correct.
  • For Payroll for France, verify that DSN reports are correct and have passed DSN-val data verifications.
  • When completing on-demand additional payments that include retroactive differences, the retro results are
    Complete
    .
  • Security:
    • Process: Run Batch Complete (Pay Complete)
      domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
    • Pay Calculation: Ad-Hoc Actions (Complete)
      domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
    • Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - USA
      domain in the USA Payroll functional area.
    • Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - CAN
      domain in the CAN Payroll functional area.
    • Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - UK
      domain in the UK Payroll functional area.
    • Reports - Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - FRA
      domain in the FRA Payroll functional area.
    • Reports - Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - AUS
      domain in the AUS Payroll functional area.
    • Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results) - IRL
      domain in the IRL Payroll functional area.
You can complete
In Progress
on-cycle payroll or off-cycle payments for:
  • An individual payroll result, using the
    Pay Calculation
    Complete
    related action.
  • Pay groups or pay run groups, using these steps.
Workday doesn't recommend aborting the
Run Pay Complete
task. But if you do, Workday resets the status of any
Completed
results back to
In Progress
. Depending on the number of results, the reset could take a significant amount of time.
Workday uses the currency rate type (or the company override) as of the pay period end date for currency conversions during the pay calculation.
When you use the
Run Pay Complete
task, Workday evaluates which bank accounts the settlement process routes payments through based on the bank routing rules you define.
Workday recommends that you:
  • Complete payroll in advance of Workday updates, to avoid midperiod changes in tax calculations or gross-to-net pay.
  • Ensure that all payroll results with their corresponding accounting journals are up to date before completing payroll. You can use the
    Payroll Results with Outdated Accounting
    report to identify results that's out of sync.
If you can't complete payroll, you can run the
Pay Calculation Results for Group of Workers
report before the update and download the results. After the update, compare the latest results and make any necessary adjustments.
  1. Access the
    Run Pay Complete
    task.
  2. Select the
    Period
    to complete.
    Option Description
    Current Period
    Select a period in progress from the
    Period
    prompt.
    Prior Period
    Select the
    Prior Period
    check box and a prior
    Period
    .
    You can select any period in the 6 calendar years preceding the current year. Workday determines the current year as the year of
    In Progress
    results or the next period to be calculated.
    Next Period
    Select the
    Next Period
    check box and a
    Period
    that's
    Opened for Off-Cycles
    .
    Select this check box to complete next period on-demand payments that you've run.
  3. Select the pay run groups or pay groups to complete.
  4. Select
    On-cycle
    or
    Off-cycle
    in the
    On-cycle/Off-cycle
    field to complete results for either on-cycle or off-cycle results.
Workday changes the status of
In Progress
results in other pay groups to
Requires Re-Calculation
, when:
  • A worker belongs to multiple pay groups, and
  • You complete the worker's payroll results for only 1 pay group.