Projected payroll must be enabled for each pay cycle for which you want to project payroll. As a practitioner, you can enable payroll projection for specific pay cycles and define how many days before the end of each pay period projection should begin.

Note: Before you can configure individual pay cycles for projected payroll, an ADP Time & Attendance Representative must enable the Projected Payroll feature for your company.

To enable and configure payroll projection for a pay cycle:

  1. From the Time & Attendance menu, select Setup.

    Note: If the Setup option is not visible, make sure that you have selected Practitioner in the Role Selector.

  2. Under the Dates heading on the Setup page, click the Projected Pay Cycles link. The Projected Pay Cycles page displays a list of the pay cycles used by your company. Pay cycles that are already configured for payroll projection are indicated by a check mark in the Project Payroll column.

  3. To enable a pay cycle for projected payroll, select the check box in the Project Payroll column, read the message in the dialog box that opens, and then click OK.

    Note: If the Project Payroll check box is not available for a pay cycle and a boxed number "2" appears next to it, the pay cycle is out of date and must be moved forward before payroll projection can begin. Projected payroll can only be enabled when today's date falls within the current pay cycle. The date range for each current pay cycle is displayed in the right-most column of the Projected Pay Cycles page.

  4. In the Number of Days to Project column, enter how many days before the end of each pay period you want to begin projecting payroll. This determines the earliest day in the pay cycle on which you can begin processing payroll.

    Tip: The closing day of the pay cycle is counted in this number, so entering a "1" means that you can only begin projecting payroll on the last day of the pay period. If your pay period ends on Sunday and you want to begin processing payroll on Wednesday, enter "5."

  5. Click the Submit button. The Projected Pay Cycles page refreshes and displays in the Begin Projecting column the date on which payroll projection will begin for the current pay period. You can prepare your projected payroll export on or after this date.

    Tip: If a warning dialog box appears after you click Submit, read the dialog, click OK, and then click Submit again.

  6. To view the projected pay cycle in a calendar, click the Projected Pay Cycle Calendar button to the left of the pay cycle name. The Projected Pay Cycle Calendar page displays a calendar that begins with the current pay cycle and shows the projection start date and the pay period end date for each pay cycle in view.

    Tips:
    You can use the Pay Cycle Start selection tools to view pay periods up to 3 months in the past or future. If you navigate away from the current week, you can return to it by clicking the Current Pay Period button next to the Pay Cycle Start selection tools.

    If necessary, you can change the date on which projection begins for a specific pay period. You can also change the interval between the end of the pay cycle and the beginning of payroll projecting for every pay period. For more information, see Viewing and Changing Payroll Projection Dates.

Next Step: Create a projected payroll export template for the pay cycle.