How is the General Ledger updated with payroll transactions?

The General Ledger is updated with payroll transactions when the General Ledger Posting is performed. The posting does not have to be tied to the payroll cycle, but must be performed at period end to post payroll transactions to the appropriate period in the General Ledger.

General Ledger Posting (PR198) can post distributions for more than one payroll cycle, so you do NOT need to run this report every time you run Payroll Close (PR197).

The General Ledger Posting finds open payroll distributions created by the Payroll Close for the company, processing group, or process level you select on the General Ledger Posting, posts the distributions to the GL, and closes the distributions. If the General Ledger Posting finds any currency error payroll distributions, you must correct the errors on Payroll GL Dist-Currency Err .

The General Ledger Posting also posts AC and AP transactions. AP transactions cannot be processed through accounts payable until the General Ledger Posting is performed.