Why two pay roll area fields in Pay roll Driver?

Question

Hi experts,
Can some body educate me with the significance of two pay roll areas in the pay roll driver program?
One field in Payroll period block and another in Selection block.
Thanks in advance.
RSS.

Answer 1

Hi RSS
The payroll area of the payroll period in payroll driver is for determining time period.
Please refer to the following doc for this payroll area:
Payroll area for determining time period
Payroll programs process different personnel areas and employee subgroups in different payroll periods. A payroll area groups the employees for whom the payroll is to be run on the same date irrespective of their status (salaried employee, industrial worker).
The program which retrieves data for payroll accounting selects records on the basis of payroll area. The payroll area defines the selection period but not the personnel numbers that are selected.
Use
The following options are available for the "Payroll area", "Payroll period", and "Payroll year" fields:
Payroll area without period and year
The payroll area is used to determine the current payroll period from the control record. The payroll period is the period for which payroll is to be run. This value is set as the data and person selection period.
Payroll area with period and year
The exact period is determined from the payroll area, period and year entries. This value is set as the data and person selection period.
The payroll area of selection in payroll driver is for payroll accounting area. Please refer to the following doc:
Payroll Area
A payroll accounting area (which is often abbreviated to payroll area) is an organizational unit containing all of the employees for whom the payroll runs at the same time.
Use
The payroll usually runs for payroll accounting areas. Each payroll accounting area determines the specific dates for which the payroll runs, the earliest payroll period for which retroactive accounting is possible, retroactive accounting recognition, and the periods for which the payroll runs.
Hope it is helpful
Regards.
Jun