Contents of the Open New Absence Accrual Year Dialog Box

Click the Open option to display the Open New Absence Accrual dialog box.

Field Description
Open New Absence Accrual Year Dialog Box

When you click Open to establish a new absence accrual year, one of three prompts is displayed. Select the appropriate response from the following table:

Dialog Box Message Prompt Select This Option
If there is a payroll run in progress, the following dialog box displays:

"You cannot open a new absence accrual year when payroll run is open."

Click OK to close the message. You cannot open a new Absence Accrual year until all payroll runs are completed.

To view the status of all payroll payments that are pending or in progress for your firm, navigate to Payroll > Payroll Payments and set the Payment run option to Open.

If there is no payroll run, but you are not in the current absence accrual period, the following dialog box displays:

"You can only open a new absence accrual year when you are in a current period."

Click OK to close the dialog box. You cannot open a new Absence Accrual year if you are not in the current period.

To change to a current accounting period, click the Period Ending Date/Prior Period Ending Date option on the main toolbar and then select a current accounting period.

For more information, see Change the Accounting Period.

If there is no payroll run and you are in the current absence accrual year, the following dialog box appears:

"This action will cause permanent changes to the database. Do you want to continue?"

To change the absence accrual year, click Yes.

If you do not want to switch to the new absence accrual year, click No.