Generate Preview Data in Canada Year End

Payroll Administrator Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-11-14T21:00:21.412619
Generate Preview Data in Canada Year End

Before You Begin: You must commit all uncommitted pay runs for the year before Dayforce can perform a filing validation.

  1. Go to Year End > Canada Year End and click the Overview tab load with the most current year.
  2. In the Overview tab, select the year in the Year drop-down list to load a different year.
  3. Select a legal entity in the list of those displayed.
  4. Click Process Job, then click Generate Preview.
  5. Optional: If there are any uncommitted pay runs associated with the legal entity, the application displays a Confirmation dialog box. Select the uncommitted pay runs to include them in the calculations and click Proceed.
  6. Take note of any warnings or errors in the Problems column and click Export Problems to choose to export problems for a selected pay group or all pay groups.
  7. Go to System Admin > Background Jobs.
  8. Click the Job Logs tab, locate the most recently run Year End Job, expand it, and click the Job Information sub-tab to view general information about the number of and kinds of forms processed and updated, as well as any errors or warnings generated by the system.
  9. Resolve any issues that you identified when generating preview data.
  10. Once you have resolved all outstanding issues identified in the Generate Preview Data step, proceed to running and auditing reports.