Segment overrides allow you to dynamically define G/L account segments for flexible cost center posting. You can define account segments on the Segments tab of the Payroll G/L Integration window and you set up the overrides in Payroll.
Using Cost Center Segment Overrides in Payroll
The option to use cost center segment overrides allows you to set up and define payroll-specific G/L account segments that will become components of the G/L account numbers to which you post payroll transactions.
For example, if you plan to post payroll transactions by department, you should set up a G/L segment called Department on the Segments tab of the G/L Integration window.
If your employees work in departments 400, 500, 600, and 700, you should enter these department numbers as segment codes for the Department segment in General Ledger's Segment Codes window.
The G/L segment names you enter in Payroll G/L Integration (Department, for instance) represent the segments of the G/L posting accounts you want to replace with employee-specific codes. When you set up an employee who is assigned to Department 600, you enter 600 at the Department fields in the Employee Payroll window. The employee's wages and other payroll totals will be posted to a cost center account for Department 600.
You can enter a different department segment code for each earning or deduction you assign to the employee. In addition, you can override the Department account segment for each earning/deduction on timecards to cover those occasions when an employee works in an area to which he or she is not normally assigned.