Payroll Preview Dashboard

The Payroll Preview Dashboard provides payroll administrators with at-a-glance insights into payroll variances before submission. It enables payroll administrators to quickly identify and resolve discrepancies prior to payroll finalization, improving accuracy and efficiency.

Benefits:

• Immediate visibility into pay period changes without manual comparisons.

• Faster detection and resolution of payroll issues before finalization.

• Improved confidence in payroll accuracy and audit readiness.

Payroll Preview Dashboard

• Displays high level variance trends for Earnings, Deductions, and Taxes across regular pay periods.

• Highlights key percentage changes for quick review.

• Does not display variances when any of the following are true:

  • Current pay period is non-regular (i.e. Extra run, ROE run or Y-run)

  • Prior pay period is not processed.

  • There is no prior regular run for comparison.

• Uses color coding to highlight the significance of variances:

  • Green (0% to ±2%) – Normal fluctuation – no action required

  • Yellow (±2.01% to ±5%) – Mild variance – review if inconsistent or unexpected

  • Red (Greater than ±5%) - Significant change - investigate immediately

Employee Variances Table

• Displays employees whose variances fall above or below the threshold after comparing the current regular run to the previous regular run.

• Color coding highlights the significance of a variance.

  • Green (0% to ±5%) - Normal fluctuation

  • Red (Greater than ±5%) - Significant change - investigate immediately

• Shows key employee details such as status, type, net pay, earnings, deductions, and hours.

• To see specific details about employee's pay click on employee totals button.

• Sortable for easy review.

Earnings Variances Table

• Displays earnings code-level differences for each pay period.

• Identifies outliers and helps confirm accuracy prior to payroll submission.

• Color coding highlights the significance of a variance.

  • Green (0% to ±5%) - Normal fluctuation

  • Red (Greater than ±5%) - Significant change - investigate immediately

• Sortable for targeted review.

Tasks

Generate Preview Dashboard

1. Go to the Payroll Preview Dashboard page. From the Process menu, select Payroll Preview Dashboard.

   Powerpay runs the payroll preview automatically the first time you open the page.

2. Review your results and adjust, where necessary.

3. Click Refresh if changes were made to your payroll since you last viewed this page.

   The last updated date and time displays on the page.

   Note: If you log out and log back in, the previous dashboard results continue to display until you click Refresh.