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Configuration and period processing

Payroll Reference

Detailed guide for pay groups, salary components, salary structures, salary profiles, payroll periods, calculations, approvals, locks, reopen, and adjustments.

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Workflow

Workflow

  1. ConfigurePayroll admin: Create pay groups, components, salary structures, and salary profiles.
  2. PrepareHR / Payroll: Review attendance, leave, rosters, corrections, and adjustments.
  3. CalculatePayroll admin: Run the period, review entries, provenance, gross, deductions, and net.
  4. CloseApprover: Approve, lock, export, or reopen with reason.
Stage Actor Action Result
Configure Payroll admin Create pay groups, components, salary structures, and salary profiles. Employees have pay rules.
Prepare HR / Payroll Review attendance, leave, rosters, corrections, and adjustments. Payroll inputs are clean.
Calculate Payroll admin Run the period, review entries, provenance, gross, deductions, and net. Period results are ready for approval.
Close Approver Approve, lock, export, or reopen with reason. The payroll period is controlled and auditable.
Live payroll screenshot
Live local app capture of the Payroll workspace.
Payroll period screenshot illustration
Payroll period pages combine overview, entries, adjustments, provenance, and final action buttons.
Essential fields

Pay group and salary component forms

Payroll admin

Defines employee pay grouping and reusable earning/deduction components.

Essential field Plain meaning Example Required / notes
Pay group name Payroll grouping label. Monthly Staff Required.
Frequency How often payroll is processed. monthly Required.
Component name/code Reusable pay item. House Allowance / HOUSE_ALLOW Required.
Default value Default amount or percent. 15000 Can be overridden by profile.
Active Whether selectable. On Archive old components carefully.
Essential fields

Salary structure and item forms

Payroll admin

Builds a reusable salary template from salary components.

Essential field Plain meaning Example Required / notes
Structure name Template label. Operations Monthly Required.
Pay group Payroll group this template belongs to. Monthly Staff Required.
Component Earning/deduction item. Transport Allowance Required for item.
Amount / percent How much this item contributes. 5000 Depends on method.
Taxable / included flags Policy treatment. Taxable yes Follow payroll policy.
Essential fields

Salary profile form

Payroll admin

Assigns a salary structure and custom values to an employee.

Essential field Plain meaning Example Required / notes
Employee Person being paid. Hamza Malik Required.
Structure Salary template. Operations Monthly Required.
Effective date When profile starts. 2026-06-01 Required.
Base salary Main salary amount. 85000 Required.
Profile items Employee-specific allowances/deductions. House Allowance 15000 Optional overrides.
Archive Stops profile from future use. Archive Historical periods remain.
Essential fields

Payroll period action and adjustment forms

Payroll admin / Approver

Calculates payroll, adds one-off adjustments, approves, locks, or reopens a payroll period.

Essential field Plain meaning Example Required / notes
Period Payroll month/week being processed. June 2026 Required.
Calculate Runs payroll calculation. Calculate period Review attendance first.
Adjustment employee Who receives adjustment. Ali Ahmed Required for adjustment.
Amount Adjustment value. 2500 Required.
Reason Why adjustment exists. Late penalty correction Required for audit.
Approve / lock / reopen Period workflow actions. Lock Lock prevents accidental edits.
Essential table

Payroll periods and entries tables

Database listing

Shows periods, employee payroll entries, adjustments, provenance, and workflow status.

Filters: Period, Employee, Status, Pay group
Column What it means Where it comes from Example interpretation
Period Payroll window. payroll_periods. June 2026.
Employee Pay entry owner. payroll_entries employee. Ali Ahmed.
Gross / deductions / net Payroll amounts. calculated entries. Net is final payable after deductions.
Attendance basis Source attendance/leave context. provenance partial. 2 late days affected deduction.
Adjustment Manual one-off pay changes. payroll adjustments. Bonus 5000.
Approval/lock Workflow state. period status fields. Locked means final.
Available actions
  • Open or edit the record when permission allows it.
  • Filter the list without losing the current page context.
  • Use status badges to decide which item needs attention first.
Full field appendix

Main docs show essential fields only. Open Documentation Coverage for every detected source field, action, column, route hint, controller hint, and test hint.