Contents of the Select Posting Run Dialog Box

Use the fields and options to specify the employee payroll posting run to use for succeeding payroll processing.

Field Description
Seq This field displays the posting sequence number for the payroll processing run. DPS assigns these numbers sequentially to identify the payroll run, starting with one at the beginning of a new accounting period. The posting sequence is not the sequence number of the payment or paycheck. You assign payment numbers after payments are printed.
Name This field displays the username of the user who created the posting run.
Started This field displays the date and time the posting run was initiated on the process server.
Payroll Date This field displays the date on which to pay employees in the selected payroll processing run.
Type This field displays the payroll run type: Regular, Bonus, or Adjustments.
Post Comment This field displays the status of the posting run:
  • Assigned: This status indicates that the posting run has already been processed, printed, and payment numbers have been assigned. This run needs only to be posted. When you open a run that is Assigned, the Payment Printing and Numbering form displays, which you use to post payroll payments.
  • Printing: This status indicates that the posting run has already been processed, and the printing process has been initiated. Payment numbers still need to be assigned, and the run must be posted. When you open a run that is Printing, the Payment Printing and Numbering form displays, which you use to assign payment numbers and post payroll payments.
  • Printed: This status indicates that the printing process has completed. Payment numbers still need to be assigned, and the run must be posted. When you open a run that is Printed, the Payment Printing and Numbering form displays, which you use to assign payment numbers and post payroll payments.
  • Selecting Manual: This status indicates that settings for a posting run with a Process Type of Manual Select were saved, but not processed. When you open a run that is Selecting Manual, the Payroll Processing form displays, which you use to select employees and review information for the payroll run prior to processing.
  • Selecting Auto: This status indicates that settings for a posting run with a Process Type of Automatic were saved, but not processed. When you open a run that is Selecting Auto, the Payroll Processing form displays, which you use to select employees and review information for the payroll run prior to processing.
Period This field displays the fiscal period in which the payroll posting run was created.
Show only posting run created by me Select this option to limit the runs displayed on the dialog box to those created by the current user.
Open Select a row and click this option to open the data from the posting run on the Payment Printing and Numbering form.
New Click this option to create a new payroll processing run.
Delete Select a posting run and click this option to cancel the posting run. All data is reset to the way it was before you made changes.