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Choosing the employees and data used in historical reporting

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In Sage 50 Payroll you can store historical data and print a range of historical reports without the need to restore your data back to a specific point in time. For example, you can reprint copies of an employee's payslips, or print a summary of the payments made in a specific pay period.

By default, Sage 50 Payroll is set to store historical data for seven years, which is the maximum period available. If you don't want to store historical data for that long, you can specify the length of time required.

Access to the Historical Data feature can be restricted using your security account. Find out more about security.


How do I do this?

  1. From the employee list, select the employees > Company > Historical Data.

    Tip: You can also access this option using the appropriate quick link on the Payroll navigation group. Find out more.

  2.  Using the boxes provided, specify the data used on your reports.

    Option name Description

    Process Date

    To use information from Sage 50 Payroll that was processed on a certain date, enter the date you want to use in both the From and To boxes. You can also use information covered by a range of process dates. To do this, enter the range start and end date in the boxes provided.

    Department

    If you've set up departments to structure your business, you can include employees who belong to a specific department by selecting the same option from both drop-down lists. You can also include employees who are covered by a range of departments, such as department 1 to department 5, by selecting the range start and end from the drop-down lists provided.

    Cost Centre

    If you've set up cost centres to manage your business, you can include employees who belong to a specific cost centre by selecting the option you want from both drop-down lists. You can also include employees who are covered by a range of cost centres, such as cost centre 1 to 7, by selecting the range start and end from the drop-down lists provided.

  3. To view the report > OK.

Your next step:

Producing your historical reports.


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