The Populate Payroll General Ledger Reporting Data Tables background job collects and saves data associated with your payroll general ledgers. The data is based on pay runs, and includes labor metrics, org units, and other parameters that provide financial insight into the organization's payroll management.
To turn on data collection, a service user selects the client property Populate Payroll General Ledger Reporting Data Tables in System Admin > Client Properties. When the client property is selected, the job runs automatically on payroll commit.
You can also initiate the job manually at any time by running the background job in System Admin > Background Jobs, or in Payroll > General Ledger by clicking Populate PRGL Reporting Data from the Process Job drop-down list.
The data collected is based on the pay run selected in the job setting. To refine this data collection, you can generate data at a pay group level by selecting specific pay groups in Payroll Setup > General Ledger, in the Default Run Settings tab, in the Paygroup Default Chart of Accounts grid.
The status of each job is shown in the General Ledger tab in Payroll. See The General Ledger Tab in the Payroll Administrator Guide.
Important: By default, Dayforce overrides all existing data whether the Override Mode setting is selected or not. Data that is overridden can't be recovered.
Populate Payroll General Ledger Reporting Data Tables Background Job Settings
These settings are available when you run the background job in System Admin > Background Jobs.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| PayRunId | The ID number of the pay run in Payroll > Pay Run Management. |
| Override Mode | The setting is currently unsupported. By default, Dayforce overrides all existing data when a data collection is initiated. |