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Costing Report Typical Errors with Solutions

Errors/Exceptions/Rejections with Solutions


Could not find PAYID TOCS in Location File

In the Location Code Database page 2 under PAYID enter the following information: Field 01 = TOCS, Field 02 = Cost Centre and in Field 03 = GL/SL Account

Employee has Lump Sum Function Line-For Line #

The function line defined to be used is a lump sum type, it is not valid to do timesheet entries against a lump sum function line

Skipping Dispatch, REP EMP does not exist in Payroll: TOCS

The employee will need to be added into the TOCS Payroll

OPS Storage Banks Exceeded

Payroll will need to investigate the employee’s storage bank balance

Invalid Storage Bank Setup on Pay Code

Bank Transaction not set with “W” or “D”

This employee has dispatches on Absence Dates

Review the employee’s absence and dispatch records to determine if the entries are correct

Skipped because not Authorized

*happens when the principal in the AMW has authorized the week and a new absence was entered for that week. The system will automatically put the absence (s) to the following week for approval. If they do not get approved, the error will occur. The school should go into AMW and authorize the absence or whomever is running the costing may go into the AMW Web Unauthorized Carry Forward Entry Utility choose the employee and date, choose “Y” to indicate the absence/dispatch is authorized

Ran the Final Costing in the wrong pay period

Rerun the costing in final using the correct pay period

Employee on Leave

The option to pay inactive employee(s) is not turned on

Invalid Pay Type-For Function Line #

The pay type (fixed, annual salary, hourly, part-time or contract) is not valid on the selected function line

The pay period is for Feb 1-28, 20## And weekending date is Friday, March 3, 20##.  What do I enter for the weekending date in the Costing

Use February 28, 20##, otherwise you would pull data for the March 1-3 dates

Employee is on-leave with benefits

Warning only that the employee is on-leave with benefits

Invalid Pay Cycle Code

Pay cycle not in payroll database

Invalid Pay Code “N” on Money only Pay Code

Money only pay code is setup with a type of “N”

Absence is missing a required leave

Required leave has not been entered for this employee

Extra time was entered

“extra time” entry was detected (this is because the dispatch source code is set to B or P

Invalid Occupation Code

Review the employee’s function line to ensure the correct occupation code is attached

No valid Storage Banks(s) found for pay code

Employee does not have any of the storage banks for this entry

Day Count Exception

Displays when day count is one of days in Field 12 of 11,4,2,2—Field 12= (ABS/REP) Exception Days for Costing [/##/##/]/6/19/

Employee not in Cycle

For function line # - Pay cycle for selected function line is not in cycle for the pay period

Can not find a match for grid ??????, Master Function Line Used

Check to ensure employee has grid ??????? in their function line. Review the Absence/Dispatch screen and the absence detail to verify that it is the correct position code being used for the employee. Ensure that the employee is in the correct pay cycle for the pay period

Invalid Entry—Zero Hours

Review/Change the Absence/Replacement entry - check to see if the absence is an Amendment, the letter “A” will be found on the far left side of the absence/replacement entry—could be the employee was paid in error on the last pay run and now the entry is reversed caused negative earnings - check the costing report to see if the absence code is a LWOP pay code

Invalid Cost Centre

Ensure a valid Cost Centre is attached to either the absence code, location code database or on the employee function line

Invalid hours - on Function Line

The hours on the selected function line are invalid

Invalid GL

Review the absence/dispatch screen - does the GL need to be hard coded in field 27 or if this is an issue for multiple employees , has the GL changed since the entry was made (review with finance) - was it overridden on the absence/dispatch entry incorrectly—review the set-up in the profiles

Unable to find pay start-End Dates for Cycle “S”

Review with payroll to verify the cycle is valid for the pay period - Payroll can either create a new function line that is in cycle for pay period or correct the code in the function line

Employee has no Function Lines

A function line is required to be created for the employee

Invalid selected Function Line #

The function line defined to be used is invalid

Invalid Pay Code

Pay Code is a non numeric or not in the database

You have duplicate absence being interfaced into payroll

Will happen when the final timesheet interface was still processing and another preliminary timesheet interface is ran. The final process marks the records as interfaced and purges the data from the costing file. But when the preliminary is ran again immediately it can re-pick the records that the final has not finished processing

Not in Cycle for Future Period-Cycle 1

The dates chosen to pull in do not fall within dates of the payroll calendar

Invalid Pay Cycle-for Function Line #

Pay cycle for selected function line is empty or invalid

Employee Terminated

Employee is terminated in the corresponding payroll—ensure this is the correct employee—if so, unterminate the employee

Entry date beyond pay end date

The timesheet date is a future date and future entries are disabled under 4,1,5 field 43 in the Users Specific parameter Profile in OPS

Invalid Shift Code

Ensure that the employee has been set up with valid shift code on their function line

Invalid Transaction Type for Process

Transaction type must be “T”

No Valid Storage Bank(s) Balance found for Pay Code

There are no or not enough storage bank balance found to process this entry

Zero money on money only Pay Code

Pay Code is money only & entry has no monies

Invalid Calculation Type on Pay Code

The calculation type on the pay code is invalid

Absence Code not interfacing

Ensure the payroll information is entered on the Absence Code

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