Payroll Export Overview
The Payroll Export function generates payroll interface files for your payroll-generating application to use. Use the Payroll Export page on a pay period basis (weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly), depending on your pay frequency, after the pay group's final payroll report has been run.
The file containing the data that is used to create the payroll interface file is called the S36 file. The S36 file is generated when a Payroll report is created for a pay group. A configuration in the TimeSaver database controls the format of the export file created from the S36 data. You select the pay group to process and the configuration to use for generating the payroll interface file.
Your security rights determine the information you can view, add, update, and delete in TimeSaver. For an overview of security information, see Security Overview.
TimeSaver uses three labor levels and provides flexibility for naming the labor levels. Throughout TimeSaver documentation you will see the default names for the levels: Site, Department and Position. If you see a different name on your TimeSaver web page, it is because your organization is using the flexible labelling feature. For more information, see Labels for Labor Levels.
Accessing the Module
Starting from the TimeSaver home page, make the following selections:
Import/Export area ~ Payroll Export link
Viewing the Status of the Payroll Export Request
After running the export, you can check the status by going to the Request List area on the home page. From the Request List area, open the Import/Export Status folder, and then open the Payroll Export Requests folder. The Payroll Export Requests folder opens and displays the requests along with the date, time, status, and message for each request. Locate the requests you want to view, and review the status displayed in the Status column. For descriptions of the status icons, see Request List Menu Options.