Summary

The Payroll Variance Report displays any employee pay variances above a specified percentage between two payroll batches. This report is most often used to compare the previous payroll batch to the current payroll batch.

This report can compare both committed and uncommitted payroll batches.

Step by Step

1     Open the Payroll Variance report window (PR> Reports> Payroll Variance).

2     Configure the report.

• Enter the payroll batches you would like to compare in the First Payroll Batch and Second Payroll Batch fields. You can also click the field labels to select the batches from a list.
  • When the report is generated, the details associated with the batch selected in the First Payroll Batch field will be displayed under the Previous Gross and Previous Net columns. The details associated with the batch selected in the Second Payroll Batch field will be displayed under the Current Gross and Current Net columns.
  • You must select two batches to generate the report.
• Enter the Variance Percentage that will be used to compare the payroll batches. The percentage must be between 1 and 99.
  • This is a required field.
• Select a Sort By option to determine how the report will be sorted and displayed.
• The report will display the Department, Employee Number, Employee Name, Previous Gross, Current Gross, Previous Net and Current Net.

3     Print the report.

• Click the Print icon to process the report immediately or enter a date and time in the field next to the Print icon to schedule the report to generate at a later time. You can view the progress of the report on the Job Viewer window (SS> Utilities> Show Scheduled Jobs).
  • Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Print Preview to preview the report before printing.
  • Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Excel to export the report data to an Excel spreadsheet as unformatted data.
  • Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Excel (Formatted) to export the report data to an Excel spreadsheet that includes much of the Springbrook formatting found on the printed version of the report.
  • Once the report is generated, you can also display the report using the View Reports window (SS> Utilities> View Report).