Pay Distributions - New


The New Pay Distribution grid will show more information on the main grid. This will determine how an employee should be paid, either by Direct Deposit, Check or Both.

Search/View Pay Distributions

The Pay Distributions Grid allows the user to search for existing Payroll Distributions. You can either enter in the Number or a few characters in any of the grid headings and all occurrences of that search will show up and then you can choose the item(s) you are wanting to view or edit.  Example - First Name  is one of my grid options. If I type in %San (% is use as a wildcard) in the First name field, all occurrences of anyone with  San in the first name will appear. You can then click on the  next to the Pay Distribution record you are searching for to view the data relating to this Payroll Distribution record or click on the  to edit the record or  to delete the record.

Audit Report option after creating/editing a Pay Distributions

After creating and saving a Pay Distributions record, or to see any changes that were made to a Pay Distributions record, there is an option to run an Audit Report directly

from the Pay Distributions record.

User must be in VIEW mode in order to see the Audit Report button. On the Pay Distributions record–Click on the  button.

Click on the  button.

Enter a Start Date and Stop Date and click on button.

Create Pay Distributions

If a new bank is added, the Routing Number has to be added to the ACH Destination first before the employee can be added to Pay Distributions.


Info Message will appear if the Pay Distribution is already created for this employee. Will take you to Edit mode:

  Click on  to select an employee from the drop down box and click on 'Continue':


2.  Click on  :

3. Once open, select the Type of Pay Distribution, DIRDEP or CHECK, from the drop down box and click on 'Continue': (There is no limit on the # of Direct Deposits/Checks that an employee can have)

4.  Enter in the required Information:

Field Definitions

Pay Distributions

Select the Type from the drop down box.  This field is mandatory.

    • DIRDEP
    • CHECK

Code is the Pay Distribution code. Any code can be used, alpha or numeric. (Example- For Direct Deposits-DIRECT DEPOSIT 1, DD1, 700, 701 or  for Checks-CHECK1, CHK1, 800, 801)  This field is mandatory.  If using Kiosk, the Code has to be a Numeric value.

The amount of the direct deposit or check can be deducted as a Fixed Or Percent amount.  This field is mandatory.

Depending in the option chosen for the Fixed or percent field, either a dollar amount or percentage will be entered in the Rate field. This field is mandatory.

The Start date is the pay date of the payroll for which the Pay Distribution should start being deducted. 

The Stop date needs to be prior to the pay date of the payroll for which the Pay Distribution should stop being deducted. 

The Priority field is used for employee's with multiple 'fixed' Pay Distributions.  They can be prioritized in the order of which to be deposited first.

Direct Deposits

An Abbreviation can be added for this Pay Distribution.

An Account Number field contains the account number to which the amount deducted on this record should be posted. Allows both Alpha and numeric. This field is mandatory.

There are 4 Direct Deposit Type's available for direct deposit.  This field is mandatory.

    • Automated Deposit (Demand Credit Records) Checking Account
    • Prenotification of Demand Credit Authorization - Checking Account - **Note** The system is setup to not process an employee as a prenote until the employee truly is paid.  Once they are paid, they will appear on the ACH tape file as a prenote and will receive a physical check.  When the Flag is checked during the ACH run, that prenote will then be set to live.  No Email Direct Deposit notification will be sent for the Pre-note if 'Email Direct Deposit' is Checked in the Employee screen.
    • Automated Deposit (Savings Account Credit Records)
    • Prenotification of Savings Credit Authorization - **Note** The system is setup to not process an employee as a prenote until the employee truly is paid.  Once they are paid, they will appear on the ACH tape file as a prenote and will receive a physical check.  When the Flag is checked during the ACH run, that prenote will then be set to live. 

Each financial institution has its own identification (routing) number. This identification number can be selected from the drop down box or the user can enter partial or all of the bank name in the ACH Destination Routing Number.  These routing numbers need to be entered first in the CORE/ACH Destination option. This field is mandatory.

The districts now have the option to have multiple banks to choose from under the ACH Source.  The banks need to be setup first in the CORE/ACH Source

Standard CF

  • Money 1 is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires.
  • Money 2 is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires
  • Code 1 is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires.
  • Code 2  is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires.
  • Text is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires.
  • Date is utilized to store unique information for the district which is not tracked elsewhere. This may contain any value the user desires.

5.  Click on Save to create the Pay Distribution, click on Cancel to not create the Pay Distribution and return to the Query.

Click on

Click on in the right hand corner to close the screen.

Direct Deposit Payroll items are processed according to how to Fixed or Percent field is set.  The ACH Destinations that are set to Fixed are always processed first - then those set to Percent.


Edit Pay Distribution

 Pay Distributions that have been previously posted to the system may be modified.

  1. Query for desired Employee 
  2. Click on  to open up a window with the employee's information
  3. Once open, click on to open the desired Pay Distribution to be edit.

 4.  Click on Save to accept the changes, click on Cancel to not save the changes and return to the Pay Distribution.

Delete Pay Distribution

The Delete function may be used to delete a Pay Distribution.

  1. Query for desired Pay Distribution
  2. Click on the  in the query results.  If employee only has one Pay Distribution, a Note will be given: this is the only pay distribution for this employee.

      3. Click on  to Delete selected Pay Distribution or Cancel to return to the Pay Distribution Query

      4. If employee has more than one Pay Distribution and only one needs to be deleted, they can be selected and deleted by using the Edit option.


More Options

Select more options to show on grid or to remove from grid:


Errors and Warnings

Error - DateRange.dates.valid: DateRange not valid for a startDate that is after the stopDate. (Valuse: 'false')

Severe - Start date is after stop date!

Severe - Percent Distributions must total 100%

Severe - Direct Deposit Distributions must have an Account Number

Severe - Code failed validation

Severe - Multiple Pay Distributions with code XXX. code must be unique

Severe - Type failed validation: Code failed validation