Which report helps you diagnose the run results after payroll processing?

• A. Payroll Data Validation Report
• B. Payroll Balance Report
• C. Balance Exception Report
• D. Payroll Activity Report

Answer: (D)

When you need to diagnose what happened in a payroll run, you want visibility into the actual run activity and its results. The Payroll Activity Report provides that by detailing the payroll run itself—its period, status (completed, failed, with warnings), processing times, and counts of employees processed—along with any error messages or warnings that occurred. This makes it the best choice for understanding and troubleshooting the run results.

Other reports serve different purposes: a data validation report checks data quality before a run to catch issues in advance; a payroll balance report shows overall balances for reconciliation; a balance exception report flags discrepancies in balances. None of these give the full, run-by-run activity and outcome needed to diagnose the processing results in detail.