Payroll Journal Fields (Import/Export)

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The following table lists the fields available for import or export, with a brief description of the field and (when necessary) a character limit for the field. The Import? column identifies which fields are available for import (all are available for export). The Required column shows those fields that must be provided.

Note: Payroll Journal fields are exported using PAYROLL.CSV as the default file name.

Field Name

Import?

Required

Description of Field

Limit

Employee ID

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - Employee ID for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Employee First Name

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Employee name for the transaction. This field is used for exporting only.

Up to 15 characters

Employee Middle Initial

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Employee name for the transaction. This field is used for exporting only.

1 character

Employee Last Name

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Employee name for the transaction. This field is used for exporting only.

Up to 20 characters

Check Number

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Check number for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Date

Y

Y

Date - Date of the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Cash Account

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - Cash account number for the transaction.

Up to 15 characters

Cash Amount

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Real) - Net cash amount for the transaction calculated during the import process. This field is used for exporting only.

Pay Period End

Y

Y

Date - Pay period end date of the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Weeks in Pay Period

Y

N

Numeric (Whole) – Number of weeks in the pay period for the distribution, valid numbers are 0 to 99.

Hours 1/Salary 1 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 1.

Hours 2/Salary 2 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 2.

Hours 3/Salary 3 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 3.

Hours 4/Salary 4 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 4.

Hours 5/Salary 5 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 5.

Hours 6/Salary 6 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 6.

Hours 7/Salary 7 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 7.

Hours 8/Salary 8 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 8.

Hours 9/Salary 9 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 9.

Hours 10/Salary 10 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 10.

Hours 11/Salary 11 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 11.

Hours 12/Salary 12 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 12.

Hours 13/Salary 13 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 13.

Hours 14/Salary 14 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 14.

Hours 15/Salary 15 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 15.

Hours 16/Salary 16 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 16.

Hours 17/Salary 17 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 17.

Hours 18/Salary 18 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 18.

Hours 19/Salary 19 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 19.

Hours 20/Salary 20 Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - The number of hours or salary amount for pay level 20.

Beginning Balance Transaction

Y

N

Boolean - Indicates the transaction is a beginning balance for an employee. Valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=beginning bal. & False=regular transaction.

Cash Acnt Date Cleared in Bank Rec

Y

N

Date - If the cash account used to cover the payroll check was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Number of Distributions

Y

Y

Numeric (Whole) - Number of distributions in the transaction; valid numbers are 1 to 60.

Pay Field-Number

Y

Y

Numeric (Whole) - The field number for each line of distribution; valid numbers are 1 to 100. Gross fields range from 1 to 20; employee fields range from 21 to 60; employer fields range from 61 to 100.

Pay Field-Account

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - The pay field G/L account for each line of distribution. Must be a valid account number from your Chart of Accounts.

Up to 15 characters

Pay Acnt Date Clear in Bank Rec

Y

N

Date - If the pay account used for a distribution line was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Pay Field-Expense Account

Y

Maybe

Alphanumeric - The pay field expense G/L account for each line of employer distribution; it's required when importing employer distributions. Must be a valid account number from your Chart of Accounts.

Pay Exp Acnt Cleared in Bank Rec

Y

N

Date - If the pay field expense G/L account for a given distribution line was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Pay Field-Amount

Y

Y

Numeric (Real) - The pay field amount for each line of distribution. Leave blank if the field is a Memo type payroll field.

Pay Field-Memo Amount

Y

Y

Numeric (Real) - The pay field Memo amount for each line of distribution. Leave blank if the field is a non-memo type field.

Number of Labor Distributions

Y

N

Numeric (Whole) - Number of job distributions in the transaction; valid numbers are 1 to 10.

Job Pay Field-Number

Y

Maybe

Numeric (Whole) - The job pay field number for each line of distribution; valid numbers are 0 through 9. Required if Number of Labor distributions is greater than 0.

Job ID

Y

Maybe

Alphanumeric - Job ID for a line of distribution. Required if Number of Labor distributions is greater than 0. (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher)

When importing any combination of jobs, phases, or cost codes, you must separate the items with commas and enclose the entire string with quotes. For example: "jobid,phase,costcode".

Up to 20 characters

Job Pay Field-Hours

Y

Maybe

Numeric (Real) - The job pay field hours for each line of distribution. Required if Number of Labor distributions is greater than 0. Leave this field blank if the employee is salary.

Job Pay Field-Amount

Y

Maybe

Numeric (Real) - The job pay field amount for each line of distribution. Required if Number of Labor distributions is greater than 0. If employee is hourly, then this amount is calculated during the import process.

Used for Reimbursable Expense

Y

N

Boolean - Used for reimbursable expenses on Sales/Invoicing task, valid choices are [True] or [False].

Transaction Period

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Whole) - Period number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the transaction number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends.

Transaction Number

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Whole) - Transaction number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the period number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends.

Pay Method
and Frequency
Y N Boolean
Value=Pay Method, Pay
Frequency
0=Salary, Weekly
1=Salary, Biweekly
2=Salary, Semi-monthly
3=Salary, Monthly
4=Salary, Bimonthly
5=Salary, Quarterly
6=Salary, Semi-annually
7=Salary, Annually
8=Hourly, Weekly
9=Hourly, Biweekly
10=Hourly, Semi-monthly
11=Hourly, Monthly
12=Hourly, Bimonthly
13=Hourly, Quarterly
14=Hourly, SemiAnnually
15=Hourly, Annually
16=Time Tickets, Weekly
17=Time Tickets, Biweekly
18=Time Tickets, Semi-monthly
19=Time Tickets, Monthly
20=Time Tickets, Bimonthly
21=Time Tickets, Quarterly
22=Time Tickets, Semi-annually
23=Time Tickets, Annually

Labor Burden Percent

Y

N

Real (whole) number

0.00-999.99

Labor Burden Amount

Y

N

Real (whole) number

-999,999,999.99 - 999,999,999.99