There are three different ways Payroll Cost Centres can be set up.

1. The Primary Cost Centre is the Job or Task the Payee completes or the Pay Location (or State).
2. The Primary Cost Centre is the Pay Location (or State), and the Secondary Cost Centre is the Job or Task the Payee completes.
3. The Primary Cost Centre is the State, the Secondary Cost Centre is the Pay Location, and the Tertiary Cost Centre is the Job or Task the Payee completes.

Option # 1 caters to situations where you do not want or need to generate reports for the unique tasks completed in the Pay Location or the Pay Location itself. This option uses the Regular Pay Run Dates defined in Pay Run Settings within the Organisation (Legal Entity) File when the Pay Run Details Alert (Modal) is opened.

Option # 2 caters to situations where you want or need to generate reports or process Pay Runs for each Pay Location. This option uses the Regular Pay Run Dates defined in Pay Run Settings within a Primary or Secondary Cost Centre File when the Pay Run Details Alert (Modal) is opened. If Regular Pay Run Dates have not been defined within the Cost Centre File, the Regular Pay Run Dates defined in Pay Run Settings within the Organisation (Legal Entity) File are used instead.

Option # 3 caters to situations where you want or need to generate reports or process Pay Runs for each State or Pay Location. This option uses the Regular Pay Run Dates defined in Pay Run Settings within a Primary or Secondary Cost Centre File when the Pay Run Details Alert (Modal) is opened. If Regular Pay Run Dates have not been defined within the Cost Centre File, the Regular Pay Run Dates defined in Pay Run Settings within the Organisation (Legal Entity) File are used instead.

Depending on the setup you need, please Change your Plan Level from Essential to Advanced. Then refer to the below documentation;

1. Add a Primary Cost Centre.
2. Add a Secondary  Cost Centre.
3. Add a Tertiary Cost Centre.
4. Assign Payee/s to a Cost Centre
5. Choose the following for each Payee (where required,
   1. Default Cost Centre (Payment).
   2. Default Cost Centre (Hours Allocation).
   3. Default Cost Centre (Pay Location / Department).
6. Process your Pay Run.
7. Allocate Cost Centre QTY/Hours for a Payee whilst processing their Pay.

NEXT STEP: Now it's time to process your Pay Run (STEP 8).