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100

What system delivered model should be used if the customer need to import a time file

Base with import time

100

What must be selected during bring in time to import a file

Time clock import template & CSV file with data

100

What do the earnings, deductions and taxes make up on a check

What is the net pay

100

What is the first thing you should check if the finish payroll step is grayed out?

Unresolved Payroll Items

100

What types of pay's can be direct deposits?

Regula, Additional, Instant/Manuals

100

Common payroll report ran to show information in batches

What is the pre check detail listing

100

What is the Web Import Tool used for?

Mass updating employee information

100

Do you have to rename vendor files that are resent via the Ultipro Carrier Network?

No :)

100

What are User Defined Fields?

System delivered customizable fields that can be used on two pages of the employees profile.

100

What is the first step in creating a PCF?

Select a class.  Example Employee

100

Workflow cases that involve 'conditions' that aren't working should be routed too?

Systems

200

What system delivered model is most commonly used for void only payrolls

What is open/close

200

In order for an employees scheduled hours to be brought into payroll what must be checked

What is regular pay is active for this payroll

200

What type of code should be used on pays to make payroll corrections

What is miscellaneous deduction

200

What is the most common reason a deduction is not available to select on a pay?

Deduction wasn't added to the employees record using effective dating mode.

200

Start payroll greyed out or Error Payroll is already open?

Problem could be due to payroll having been started in BO or a current/previous supplemental was not processed correctly

200

What report is commonly ran after payroll is processed

What is the detail payroll register

200

What is the navigation path for the web import tool?

Administration > Integration Studio > Import Tool

200

Where would you re-create a 401k vendor file that's listed in Payroll Automation?

Interfaces

Administration > Transfer Data > Interfaces > Find the Vendors Name > Click Running man > enter required information.

200

What is the acronym for user defined fields on the Jobs > Other Company Information page?

EEC

200

Can you mass update PCF using the web import tool?

Yes!

200

Workflow approving by role means what?

Allows anyone with the assigned role to approve the request.

300

What type of payroll model is required for direct deposits?

Anything that includes Base.

300

What step must be ran in order to see the imported amounts on pays

What is submit time and calculate 

300

What do we call a deduction that is linked to an earning code

What is an offset deduction

300

When changes are made to an employees profile and the changes are not reflecting on the employees pay what needs to be done

Recreate the check

300

What does the time clock error the data value in conjunction with the company code does not identify an employee in the company mean?

Incorrect company code manually added on import or company code expression is pulling the wrong company code

300

What report will show live checks from a payroll

What is the pay check register

300

In order to see a web import template in the drop down menu on the File Upload screen, what two things must be completed on the File Mapping screen?

1. Validate the template

2. Make template available

300

UCN (UltiPro Carrier Network) files will not be received by the vendor if what isn't checked off?

In the vendor file setup transmission settings, the box for  File Delivery is unchecked.

300

What is the acronym for user defined fields on the Personal > Other Personal Information page?

EEP and EIN

300

What two boxes do you check under the data services > fields?

View and Edit

300

What is different about the Approver = Individual?

The initiator can choose from a dropdown list of individuals who hold that role, and only those individuals will receive notifications for approval.

400

If the regular payroll has a pay date of Friday 8/14/2026, can you process an off cycle with the same pay date before you run the regular payroll?

No, regular payrolls proceed off cycles.  Customer can use the same pay dates but the off cycle would have to be run after the regular payroll.

400

During a base payroll what processes are included in the finish payroll step

What is print, create NACHA, post and close

400

What type of taxes can not be edited in the web portal

What is medicare and social security (FICA)

400

What is the most common reason arrears are created by mistake

What is leaving deductions scheduled for an off cycle 

400

Error on time clock import states LDNE.  What does this mean?

Location Does Not Exist. The location on the import doesn't match the location on the employees record for the specific charge date.

400

What report can be ran to research changes made to the employees profile 

What is the employee change audit 

400

How do I find the Platform Configuration ID and Path names for Platform Configured Fields in the Web Import Tool.

Administration > Integration Studio > Import Tool > Configuration > PC Fields > ID and Path Columns next to the specific field.

400

If you drop a Nacha or Employee History Export file in UDES to resend the file and the file doesn't disappear what are your next steps?

Complete due diligence for UDES swarm.

Queue: CS.OPS.Transmission

400

What do you have to select to make UDF visible to employees in a US Company?

Select the associated country: USA

Toggle the visibility switch to YES for Viewable by Employee.

400

Can you link a Platform Configured Field to a business rule?

Yes.

Example: Create a business rule for T-shirt size.  Add S, M, L, XL to the business rule. Next add the PC Field called Shirt Size with a field type of business rule.

400

A future dated workflow may have a status of what?

Contingent

500

What payroll model should be used to record 3PSP?

Third Party Payment Import Template or any system delivered third party pay template.

500

Where can you view the earnings and amounts after you complete the bring in time step?

View Pay Data

500

What is statutory priority?

The order in which deductions are taken in payroll

500

Where can you find the NACHA file once it is created

What is the payroll processors file transfers
500

What does the time clock error IGUC mean?

Invalid Gross Up Calculation.   Earning should have a flat amount calculation rule.

500

What report should be ran when the totals of the NACHA file do not match the final payroll reporting 

What is the summary payroll register no void, voiding or manual records 

500

How do you use effective dating mode in the web import tool?

Hard code the date in the effective date field in the templates mapping.

500

How do you verify if a UDES file was successfully sent?

UDES CL Log AND the transmission ends in 0;0;

500

Name the Web Import Templates used for mass updating UDF fields for International employees?

User Defined Fields Update EIN (International)

500

What two columns are required in the mapping of the template to update a PC fields?

1. ID = Token

2. Path = Path

500

How long will a future dated workflow remain in a status of contingent?

The system will not apply the change when the preceding pay period is closed. Pay period not containing the effective date.