There are two ways to import payroll results. One way imports payroll directly to the Finance and Controlling (FI/CO) modules. The other way imports payroll results directly into a payroll results table within the HR module, for Payroll to reconcile all amounts before releasing the data to FI/CO.

If you use the Master Data Export, then you must import payroll results directly to FI/CO. Since the Master Data Export does not use the SAP Payroll clusters, payroll results cannot be imported back through them. If you want to import financial data from the Outsourcer's system to SAP's financial modules, you have only this option to do so.

If you use the Gross or Combined Payroll Export programs, you can use either option. Using the direct import method means that there are no records within SAP for reconciliation between payroll and the figures appearing in SAP's FI/CO. When you export the gross payroll data and import payroll results directly to FI/CO, you can only use the Outsourcer's system for reconciliation.

When you are using Gross or Combined Payroll Export programs, you can choose to import payroll results into the SAP HR module. This process imports all the Outsourcer's net and gross data and stores it in the SAP payroll results cluster. Using this method, you can reconcile financial data before transferring it to FI/CO. Since the import provides a total of differences between the gross values you exported and the gross values the Outsourcer imported, you can use these differences for any required reconciliation between the two systems.

Use procedure only if you outsource your payroll using either master data, gross payroll, or combined payroll outsourcing.

You have successfully completed the process for importing payroll results into SAP software.