Prerequisite
You have made the necessary settings for the payroll journal in Customizing for Payroll, under Forms ®
Payroll Journal, and have ended the payroll run successfully.You are in the initial screen for Payroll.
Procedure

You can specify a period of time or a payroll period as data selection criteria.
Fill in the Payroll Type and Payroll Identifier fields, if these are available in your country version, to restrict the payroll results that are to be evaluated.
You use Delimitation to determine the sorting sequence and the way in which the values for the totals pages should be cumulated.
You use Format Retroactive Accounting to determine how retroactive accounting should be displayed on the payroll excerpts.
You use Format Retroactive Accounting to determine how current periods are printed and whether superlines are printed.
Result
The payroll journal was created. According to the settings you have made, you only obtain information concerning the personnel area, or additionally you obtain information concerning the individual employees.