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Create a payroll run
6 steps to create a payroll run with SSOT validation and lifecycle controls.
- Audience
- Administrator, Operator, Risk and compliance
- Owner
- DEAP SSOT product documentation
- Last reviewed
- Oct 12, 2026
- Reading time
- 12 min
Steps
- 01
Scope
Choose the legal entity this run belongs to and what kind of run it is.
- Legal entity idRequired
- Helper
- Run typeRequired
- Helper
- 02
Period
Pick the payroll calendar and period. Dates and pay date come from the period itself.
- Payroll calendar idRequired
- Helper
- Payroll period idRequired
- Helper
- LabelRequired
- Helper
- Starts onRequired
- Helper
- Ends onRequired
- Helper
- Pay dateRequired
- Helper
- VersionRequired
- Helper
- 03
Identity
Give the run its number and settle the currency it is paid in.
- Run numberRequired
- Helper
- CurrencyRequired
- Helper
- 04
Policy
Bind the run to a versioned policy bundle, so the rules applied are fixed and auditable.
- Policy bundle idRequired
- Helper
- CodeRequired
- Helper
- Core versionRequired
- Helper
- DigestRequired
- Helper
- 05
Population
Decide which employees this run covers.
- KindRequired
- Helper
- Pay group id
- Helper
- Population definition id
- Helper
- 06
Review
Check every answer before the run is created. Nothing is calculated yet.
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