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Payroll: Dashboard – BETA

The Payroll Dashboard provides access to the most important aspects of your payroll. Select your check date, enter and review pay data, create manual checks, and view notes all from the Payroll Dashboard.

IMPORTANT: Checkwriters' new Payroll experience is currently in beta testing.

 

Selected Check Date
Payroll Status
Open and Edit Payroll
Payroll Notes
Manual Check

A screenshot of the Payroll Dashboard.

 


Selected Check Date

This section of the dashboard displays the selected check date and pay period. This will always default to the next unprocessed payroll.

A screenshot of the Selected Check Date section of the Payroll Dashboard.
Change the Selected Check Date by selecting the Calendar Calendar icon icon. The Select a Check Date aside will appear. Here, you can change the check date and view the status of previous check dates.

A screenshot of the Select a Check Date aside.

Important:

  • The Check Date is the date the paychecks are sent out.

  • The Pay Period is the set of dates tied to a Check Date. Employees will receive payment for hours worked during the Pay Period on the associated Check Date.

 


Payroll Status

We help you track where you are in the payroll process with our Payroll Status. These steps show on the Payroll Dashboard and track your progress through the Batches, Import, Review & Submit, and Review pages.

A screenshot of the Payroll Dashboard, highlighting the location of the two payroll status indicators.

  • Status 1: Not Started → The payroll for the Selected Check Date has not been opened or started.
  • Status 2: Open → The payroll for the Selected Check Date has been opened. Some payroll data may have been entered.
  • Status 3: Submitted → The payroll for the Selected Check Date has been submitted by a member of your administration. At this stage, your payroll is actively being processed by Checkwriters.
    • Once the payroll has been processed at Checkwriters, the final status will show as “Processed”.

Tip: Following each step of the payroll process, we’ll suggest helpful tips in the Things to Consider section of the dashboard. These reminders will help you remember the little things and ensure your payroll process is as smooth as possible.

 


Open and Edit Payroll

Select Get Started to open a payroll that hasn’t been started yet. After a payroll has been started, select Enter & Review to proceed to the Batches page. 

A screenshot of the Payroll Dashboard highlighting the Get Started button.

A screenshot of the Payroll Dashboard highlighting the Enter & Review button.

 


Payroll Notes

Payroll Notes can be used to keep track of important information about your payroll.

A screenshot of the Payroll Notes section of the Payroll Dashboard.
Select Add to create a new note. In addition to the editing note content, you can name the note, enter a Post Date, and an Expiration Date.

  • Select menu 2025-08-05_11-57-46 on a note to edit or delete the note.
  • Select the down arrow on a note to expand and view the full note.

 


Manual Check

A screenshot of the Payroll Dashboard, highlighting the Manual Check button.
Select the Manual Check button to create a new gross-to-net or net-to-gross Manual Check. This creates a single check outside of a regularly scheduled payroll that is printed at your company and will not produce a live check sent out by Checkwriters.

More Info: Learn more about Manual Checks.