Back Pay Batch Wizard Overview

The Back Pay Batch Wizard displays a series of screens to guide you through each stage of the back pay batch process.

At each stage of the batch process, the Wizard displays a specific screen that allows you to view and select the information required to complete the respective stage of the process.

To display the Back Pay Batch Wizard, follow the procedure below.

1.	If the Back Pay Batch List screen is not already open on the desktop, open it by clicking Rates & Rules > Back Pay Batch on the left hand panel menu. The Back Pay Batch List screen opens.
2.	Click the view action next to an existing batch in the batch list. Note that if you open an existing batch in the batch list, the batch must have a status of Open, otherwise you cannot open the batch in the Wizard. The Wizard opens. If you clicked Add, the Initial screen of the Wizard opens. If you opened an existing batch, the screen corresponding to the current stage of the batch process is displayed.	Open

An example of the Wizard is shown below.

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Each Wizard screen features a series of buttons that appear on the top left-hand side of the screen. These buttons allow you to navigate back and forward between the various Wizard screens and to perform various actions that affect the Back Pay batch you are processing. Each of these buttons is described below.

Actions with an arrow facing the left, displays the previous Wizard screen, thereby allowing you to step back to the previous batch process stage.

Note that clicking this button on the Select Agreements screen of the Wizard will cause the batch to roll back to the Initial stage of the batch process. If you roll back the batch to the Initial stage, you will lose all information specified at all other stages of the process. A warning message is displayed if you attempt to roll back to the Initial stage, giving you the option to cancel rolling back to prevent losing any information.

This button is unavailable at the Initial stage of the back pay batch process, as there is no previous stage to which to roll back.

Cancels the batch so that it cannot be processed of modified.

Saves the batch so that you can close the Wizard screen and resume the batch process at a later time without losing any information you have already specified.

Actions with an arrow facing the right displays the next Wizard screen, thereby allowing you to step forward to the next batch process stage.

Note that before processing to the next stage in the process, you need to specify all mandatory information that is required at the current stage of the process. If you click this button and you have not specified all mandatory information, an error message is displayed and you cannot proceed to the next stage of the process until you key in or select all mandatory information.

This button is unavailable at the Debtor Selection stage as this is the last stage of the process.

Releases the batch, thereby allowing it to be processed by the Interpreter. This button is available only at the Debtor Selection stage of the Back Pay batch process.