Contents of the Print Wage History Report Screen

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field	Description
Parameter ID	Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY. When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query. You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.
Description	Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Field

Description

Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Employee

Use the fields in this group box to select the employee to include on this report.

Field	Description
Options	This field always displays One.
Start	Enter, or use to select, the ID of the employee for whom you wish to print a Wage History Report. The code is validated against the Employee table. This is a required field.

Pay Cycle

Field	Description
Options	This field always displays One.
Start	This non-editable field displays the pay cycle assigned to this employee on the Manage Employee Taxes screen.

Pay Cycle Dates

Use this group box to enter the dates for which earnings are calculated for this report. This group box is enabled only if you select the Prorate by Cycle option in the Calculation Method group box.

Field	Description
Options	This field always displays Range.
Start	Enter the date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, of the earliest paycheck to be included in this report.
End	Enter the date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, of the latest paycheck to be included in this report.

Pay Check Dates

Use this group box to enter the dates for which earnings are calculated for this report. This group box is enabled only if you select the Paycheck Date Only option in the Calculation Method group box.

Field	Description
Options	This field always displays Range.
Start	Enter the date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, of the earliest paycheck to be included in this report.
End	Enter the date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, of the latest paycheck to be included in this report.

Calculation Method

Use the options in this group box to select the calculation method.

Field	Description
Prorate by Cycle	Select this option to include paycheck records that fall between the dates entered in the Pay Cycle Dates group box. This option causes the program to prorate earnings for the first and last paycheck, as needed, based on the dates you entered in the Pay Cycle Dates group box. This option disables the Pay Check Dates group box.
Paycheck Date Only	Select this option if you want records to be selected by paycheck date only, based on the dates entered in the Pay Check Dates group box, with no prorating for pay cycles. This option is the default and selecting it disables the Pay Cycle Dates group box.

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