Knowledge Check: Processing a Successful Payroll

Test your knowledge on the basics of Payroll at Namely with our Knowledge Check!

Notes

Use this Knowledge Check to check your understanding of how to process your company's payroll successfully. Try to answer to questions below before revealing the answer hidden in the collapsed field! Need a refresher? Review our New Payroll Administrator Guide​​​​​​!

 

In step 3, which report will show you a preview of employee pay stubs?

Payroll Register. 

 

Before creating a manual pay cycle, you must have the following information to input into each field:

Pay Cycle Start/End Date, Pay Cycle Date, and Pay Group.

 

After approving your payroll in step three, you can rollback the payroll and make edits by _:00pm et on the due date of submission. 

4:00pm ET.

 

Before approving your payroll in step three, view the total payroll liability for the pay cycle using the ____.

Payroll Summary. 

 

In step one of payroll processing, what features are available?

Step One of payroll processing allows you to edit wages, edit hours, and modify proration events. 

 

Which feature allows you to make company-wide changes in step two?

Global Payroll Updates. 

 

True or false - the profile status report is available only in hcm and the error log is available only in payroll. 

False. The Profile Status Report is available in both HCM and Payroll, and the Error Log is only available in Payroll.

 

True or false - in order to successfully upload additional pay, the intended pay type code(s) must be set up by namely before you can upload the file. 

True. The codes must be set up and an open standard pay cycle must be submitted before uploading the file.