Commit WFM in the Overview Tab

A pay period for a specific pay group can be committed in Pay Admin Checklist, as part of the workforce management (WFM) features of Dayforce. However, if the role is configured for feature access, you can commit WFM data from Payroll > Overview without having to navigate from Payroll to Pay Admin Checklist.

Before You Begin: Select the Commit WFM checkbox (in the Features tab of System Admin > Roles for the Payroll > Overview feature). See Appendix: Role Feature Library in the Dayforce Implementation Guide. The Can Create checkboxes must also be selected for the Approve Org Pay Period for Transmit and Pay Period Locking access authorizations (in the Authorizations tab of System Admin > Roles.

Payroll administrators can commit WFM time in Payroll for all locations associated with a normal pay run. The Commit WFM job is available in the Process Jobs drop-down list in Payroll > Overview when the WFM time that is associated with at least one of the selected normal pay runs is in a non-committed state.

Note: The Approve By date must be in the past for the pay group in order to display the Commit WFM option in the Process Jobs drop-down list. The pay period must also be in non-transmitted state.

When you select Commit WFM, Dayforce prompts you to confirm the selected pay runs that have been validated as ready to commit WFM time and which ones aren’t ready.

Confirmation window showing a pay run that is ready to commit WFM, and one that isn't ready. The one that isn't ready has an information tooltip which explains why.

As long as one of the selected pay runs is in a ready state, you can click Proceed to commit WFM time for Payroll for each of the ready pay runs. The same applies as if you had committed WFM in Pay Admin Checklist for all locations that are associated with the pay group and pay period combinations. While processing, the status indicators show that the Commit WFM job is queued and then in progress.

Confirmation window showing a pay run that isn't ready to commit WFM. The information tooltip explains that WFM has already been committed for this pay run, and a status marker shows the WFM Committed status.

After completion, the pay run statuses reflect that WFM has been committed and you can initiate the next steps in the payroll process such as Close WFM and Lock payroll. WFM is locked as part of the commit WFM process for any location that was not already locked prior to commit.

To commit WFM data in the Overview tab:

Important: At least one location associated with the pay group and pay period must be in a non-committed state.

Go to Payroll > Overview and select the checkbox for a single pay period in the pay group.
Click Process Job > Commit WFM.
In the Confirmation dialog box, click Proceed.
Wait for the process to complete.